2016 Rio Games Badminton

Big Three of Badminton Vie for Men’s Singles Olympic Gold at 2016 Rio Games

 August 18, 2016   R K Gupta

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In the next three days, the top guys and girls in world badminton will attempt to prove their supremacy in the shuttle sports at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. However, unlike 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Games, Rio will not see China’s Lin Dan and Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei playing the gold medal match. The […]

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P.V. Sindhu will meet Japanese Nozomi Okuhara in Semifinals

 August 17, 2016   kridangan

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P.V. Sindhu who is currently ranked world no 10 in BWF ranking beaten the world no 2 & London Olympics silver medalist Yihan Wang. P.V. Sindhu won this match with very close round 22-20 21-19. After initial struggle Sindhu shown tremendous patience and came back in-game against world number to Yihan Wang. Now Sindhu will […]

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Srikanth Kidambi & PV

Srikanth Kidambi & P. V. Sindhu will meet world No 2 in their QF Round

 August 15, 2016   kridangan

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India’s Srikanth Kidambi who is currently ranked 11 in BWF Ranking beaten World No 5 Jan O Jorgensen in straight games. He beat the Dane 21-19, 21-19 in the round of 16. He will meet World No 2 Lin Dan in Quarterfinals of the Rio Olympics. This may be difficult match for Srikanth. Srikanth meet Lin […]

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Yonex Open Taipei

Taiwanese Take Men & Women’s Singles Chinese Win All Other Finals of Yonex Open Taipei

 July 5, 2016   R K Gupta

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In the badminton tournament given a miss by top stars, the final glory was cornered by China and the hosts Taiwan. They shared all five titles on July 3, the last day of 2016 Yonex Open Chinese Taipei. While Taiwan grabbed both men and women singles crowns, China swept the doubles in all categories. With […]

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BWF world rankings

Saina Nehwal moves to No.5 in BWF world rankings

 July 2, 2016   kridangan

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Saina Nehwal continuing her move up in BWF rank this month, Saina moved to no 5 rank. This is her highest rank this year, last year she was no 1 in the BWF ranking after that she was slept down to no 8. PV Sindhu, also entered in top 10 player rankings. this good sign […]

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Saina Nehwal

Olympic Bound Saina Nehwal Attributes Her New-Found Aggression to Virat Kohli

 June 23, 2016   R K Gupta

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Late last year, Saina Nehwal rose to the pinnacle in women’s badminton by displacing Spain’s Carolina Marin to the second spot. But the Indian couldn’t keep her top position for long. She had a troubled ankle even as she commanded the top prize in the player auction for the Premier Badminton League held during January […]

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Saina Nehwal won

Saina Nehwal is the Australian Open Badminton Champion Vittinghus Takes Men’s Title

 June 12, 2016   R K Gupta

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After landing herself in a ditch for the first half hour, India’s Saina Nehwal worked her way to winning the Australian Super-Series final by defeating a feisty Sun Yu of China in women’s singles final. After losing the first game tamely, Saina also conceded an early lead to Yu in the second. Later, however, Saina […]

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Saina Nehwal

Saina Nehwal Enters the Final of Australian Open Badminton Srikanth Gets Unlucky

 June 11, 2016   R K Gupta

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Saina Nehwal has entered a super-series final after a long time. But the manner in which she made her way for the title clash in Sydney’s Xiamenair Australian Badminton Super-series was creditworthy. The Indian was up against an opponent, who had always come in her way in the past. But on Saturday, Saina held the […]

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Australian Super-Series

2016 Australian Super-Series: Saina Beats Intanon Enters Semis Srikanth Also in SF

 June 10, 2016   R K Gupta

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Saina Nehwal showed why she is counted as a threat by women shuttlers around the world. She wasn’t a favorite in the quarterfinal match against Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon, who was having a great 2016 season except at the BCA Indonesia Superseries last week, where she had lost in the first round. On Friday, however, Intanon […]

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Australian Badminton

Saina Srikanth Storm into Xiamenair Australian Badminton Super-Series Quarterfinals

 June 9, 2016   R K Gupta

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Indian shuttlers began well at the Australian Super-Series at Sydney with most of them winning their first-round matches on day one, except PV Sindhu, who lost to Korea’s Kim Hyo Min. On the second day, however, Sameer Verma lost to Indonesia’s Anthony Ginting in men’s draw while Tanvi Lad was no match to no.4 seeded […]

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