Ace Indian shuttlers Chetan Anand and Saina Nehwal crashed out of the China Open Super Series after losing their first round matches in the men’s and women’s singles respectively in Guangzhou on Wednesday. Saina, who won two Grand Prix titles this year besides making it to the quarterfinals of the Beijing Olympics, gave a tough [...]
India is set to win a pair of gold and silver medals in badminton on Friday at the 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games with both boys and girls singles finals turning out to be an all-Indian affair. Olympian Saina Nehwal and Sikki Reddy will clash for gold in the girls singles, while the boys singles final [...]
Ace Indian woman shuttler Saina Nehwal on Sunday won the Yonex Chinese Taipei Open defeating unseeded Li Ya Lydia Cheah of Malaysia 21-8 21-19. Earlier in the semi-final, Saina defeated Pia Zehadiah Bernadet of Indonesia in a one-sided match on Saturday. Saina became the only Indian woman to reach two GP finals by registering a [...]
Saina Nehwal has entered the quarterfinal of Yonex Chinese Taipei Open badminton after easing past Hong Kong’s Kwan Yi Mong 21-8, 21-12 Thursday. Second seed Saina will now face Porntip Buranaprasertsuk of Thailand, who battled past local challenger Shih Han Huang 20-22, 21-12, 23-21. Saina earlier beat Mingtian Fu of Singapore 21-19 21-19 in the [...]
Saina Nehwal’s gallant run in her maiden Olympics ended Wednesday as she lost a marathon quarter-final against Maria Kristin Yulianti of Indonesia. World no. 15 Saina lost out 28-26, 14-21, 15-21 in a fierce match that lasted more than an hour at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium. Saina came into the match riding high [...]
Saina Nehwal stormed into the quarters of the women’s singles event at the Beijing Olympics. She defeated world number five and fourth seed Chen Wang of Hong Kong in a three set thriller 21-19, 11-21 and 21-11. Saina overcame her higher seed opponent Chen Wan someone whom she could not beat in her last two [...]
Vijender Kumar beat Jack Badou of Gambia in the 75-kg bout to advance to the second round of boxing competition at the Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing on Saturday. Vijender beat Badau 13:2 in the Round of 32 and with this will play in the round of 16 or the quarter finals. Meanwhile India’s badminton [...]
Rajyawardhan Singh Rathore will be leading the Indian contingent as the flag bearer when the Beijing Olympics start with a bang today. The Indian tri-colour was hoisted yesterday at the athletes village and sports minister MS Gill was present. At the opening ceremony, Sonia Gandhi and her children Rahul and Priyanka will be present as [...]