Lee Chong Wei Returns

Lee Chong Wei Returns to Competitive Badminton in the Sudirman Cup at China

 May 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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Former world no.1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia found it difficult to hide his excitement in his first game on the world stage after he finished the 8-month long doping ban. Lee is representing his country in Sudirman Cup, the prestigious world mixed team championship tournament now underway in the Chinese city of Dongguan. Lee’s […]

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Lee Chong Wei

Lee Chong Wei Returning to Competitive Badminton from May 01 Onwards

 April 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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When Lee Chong Wei was served with a doping ban after the 2014 world championship tournament in Copenhagen, the news shocked his fans worldwide. For Malaysians, it was grief beyond words because Lee had been regarded as the national hero and after the Prime Minister of Malaysia; he was the most respected citizen. As a […]

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Lin Dan

Intanon, Lin Dan Crowned Dong Feng Citroen Badminton Asia Champions

 April 27, 2015   R K Gupta

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Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon displayed one of her best performances in the title match of the Badminton Asia Championships against two-time champion China’s Li Xuerui at the Chinese city of Wuhan on Sunday. In a match lasting 118 minutes, the Thai woman outlasted Xuerui in three games after being match-point down in the second game. Intanon […]

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2015 Singapore Tournament

2015 Singapore Tournament Ends With Four First-Time Super-Series Champions

 April 13, 2015   R K Gupta

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The last day of the OUE 2015 Singapore Open Badminton tournament saw the emergence of the underdogs. Beginning with Thursday’s annihilation of several men’s seeded players, the tournament continued with surprises until the very end on Sunday. Japanese Kento Momota won the men’s singles title beating Hong Kong’s Hu Yun, while China’s Sun Yu took […]

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Parupalli Kashyap Enters Singapore Super-Series Semifinals

 April 11, 2015   R K Gupta

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One of the survivors of the men’s singles bloodbath on Thursday, India’s Parupalli Kashyap continued with his brilliant performance in defeating Frenchman Brice Leverdez on Friday and sealed the semifinal berth in the $300,000 Singapore Open Super Series Badminton Tournament. Unfortunately, another Indian, HS Prannoy couldn’t play his quarterfinal against Japanese Kento Momota because of […]

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Carolina Marin

Carolina Marin & Chen Long Are 2015 Maybank Malaysia Open Champions

 April 5, 2015   R K Gupta

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World champion Carolina Marin is on a winning spree. She defeated Saina Nehwal in the All-England Championship last month after losing the first game and on Sunday she downed the top seeded Li Xuerui in another tough final. She was a bit unlucky at Delhi but out of the three super-series premier tournaments, she has […]

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Saina Loses World no.1

Saina Loses World no.1 Status after Her Loss, Marin Through to Final, Lin Dan Beats Jorgensen to Meet Chen Long in Final in Maybank Malaysia 2015

 April 5, 2015   R K Gupta

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With her defeat against top seed Li Xuerui in the semifinal of Maybank Malaysian BWF Super-series Tournament, India’s Saina Nehwal also lost her world no.1 ranking. She took the first game but couldn’t sustain the pressure against the Olympic champion. In the other semifinal, Spain’s Carolina Marin showed her class in beating Wang Shixian to […]

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Maybank Malaysia 2015

Maybank Malaysia 2015: Okuhara, Shixian Fight a Classic Battle; Saina to Play Xuerui Next; Lin Dan, Chen Long, Jorgensen Cruise Along

 April 4, 2015   R K Gupta

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The Putra Stadium-2 in suburban Kuala Lumpur had never seen an epic battle like the one fought there on Friday evening. After 111 minutes, China’s Wang Shixian defeated Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in a badminton match of the highest quality. Shixian reached the semifinal in the women’s singles, where she has been joined by compatriot Li […]

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2015 Maybank Malaysian Super-Series

Saina Nehwal Enters QF of 2015 Maybank Malaysian Super-Series Tournament

 April 3, 2015   R K Gupta

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Saina Nehwal has been cruising comfortably at the Maybank Malaysian BWF World Super-series Badminton Tournament currently underway in Kuala Lumpur. To the disappointment of Indian badminton fans, however, men’s challenge has ended with Parupalli Kashyap and Kidambi Srikanth crashing out early. The Malaysian tournament is the third super-series event after All-England and New-Delhi in a […]

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World No.1 Saina

World No.1 Saina Wins India Super-Series with Srikanth Adding Icing on Cake to Make it an Indian Double

 March 30, 2015   R K Gupta

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Saina Nehwal celebrated her newly acquired status as world’s no.1 women’s badminton player by winning the title match of 2015 Yonex Sunrise India Open. In the final played at New Delhi’s Siri Fort Sports Complex, Saina kept an upper hand in her match against Thailand’s no.3 seed Ratchanok Intanon and walked away as a 21-16, […]

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