Ratchanok Intanon

Incredible Intanon Inscribes Third Successive Super-series Triumph at 2016 Singapore Open

 April 19, 2016   R K Gupta

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If you were to name one single player, who ruled the roost at 2016 OUE Singapore Super-Series, you couldn’t miss Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon. The winner of the Super-Series events at India and Malaysia proved beyond doubt at Singapore that she was a force in her own right. In a tournament, where top men and women […]

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Lee Chong Wei

Lee Chong Wei and Ratchanok Intanon Score Dazzling Wins in 2016 Malaysia Open Finals

 April 11, 2016   R K Gupta

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Lee Chong Wei won the Malaysia Open for the 11th time but his victory was sweeter because he downed China’s world no.1 Chen Long in the final by producing his best performance since returning to badminton courts after an 8-month doping-ban related hiatus. Women’s singles final expectedly saw another scintillating show from Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon, […]

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Rio Olympic Update: Kento Momota Out of Badminton

 April 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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World no.2 in BWF rankings Kento Momota of Japan will miss his Rio Olympic qualification berth for reasons not related to badminton. A recent India Open champion and singles bronze medalist at World Championships in Jakarta last August, Momota has admitted to gambling at an illegal Casino in Tokyo in May 2015. Illegitimate gambling is […]

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Yonex-Sunrise India Open

Momota Wins Men’s Title Intanon Takes Women’s at Delhi’s 2016 Yonex-Sunrise India Open

 April 4, 2016   R K Gupta

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Japanese Kento Momota and Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon both looked competent in a tournament, where some big names made early exits. Therefore, it was only appropriate that the two ended up as men and women’s singles champions of 2016 Yonex-Sunrise India Open that concluded in New Delhi on Sunday. Momota’s few moments of bother came in […]

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HS Prannoy Wins Swiss Open Badminton Title Saina Nehwal Disappoints

 March 24, 2016   R K Gupta

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India’s HS Prannoy surprised everyone by winning the title in the recently concluded Swiss Grand Prix Gold Badminton tournament at Basel. The 24-year old Indian, who had a relatively easy passage into the final; defeated Germany’s Marc Zwiebler in the summit clash. However, among women, India’s Saina Nehwal crashed out in the semifinals. Nothing seems […]

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Lin Dan regains the Yonex All England crown

Lin Dan regains the Yonex All England crown

 March 13, 2016   kridangan

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Lin Dan regains the Yonex All England crown. He wins 21-9, 21-10 over Tian Houwei to become champ for the 6th time! The sixth championship by badminton’s greatest player came 12 years after his first, and four years after his last, when he went into semi-retirement for two years. 2 times Olympic champs vows to […]

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Srikanth Winners in 2016 Syed Modi International

Srikanth and Sung Ji-Hyun Emerge Winners in 2016 Syed Modi International Tournament

 February 2, 2016   R K Gupta

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India’s Kidambi Srikanth got third-time lucky in the 2016 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold tournament, which concluded at Lucknow’s Babu Banarasi Das Indoor stadium on Sunday January 31, 2016. Srikanth, who has slipped in BWF world rankings to 9th spot now; defeated China’s Huang Yuxiang in the final of the US $120,000 badminton event. […]

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Indian Badminton League

Saina Nehwal and Lee Chong Wei Are Most Expensive Stars as Indian Badminton League Makes a Rechristened Comeback After a Two-Year Limbo

 December 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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After a big fanfare in 2013, the Indian Badminton League program ran into legal hurdles in 2014 and 2015. It is now coming back for the 2016 season, rechristened as the Premier Badminton League. Based almost on the Sudirman Cup format, the 2016 PBL Season is slated to kick-off from January 02, 2016 at Mumbai […]

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