Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponnappa

Jwala Gutta – Ashwini Ponnappa Enter Canada Open Final, Lee Chong Wei in Men’s Final

 June 28, 2015   R K Gupta

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In the Canada Open Grand Prix being played at Calgary, India’s Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa continued their march and reached tournament final on Saturday. In semifinal, the Commonwealth Games silver-medal winners defeated Shiho Tanaka/Koharu Yonemoto of Japan 21-17, 21-16. For the title game on Sunday, the Indian duo will take on Netherlands’ Eefje Muskens/Selena […]

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Lee Chong Wei

Despite His Own Brilliant Show, Lee Chong Wei Couldn’t Prevent Malaysia’s Loss in SEA Games

 June 12, 2015   R K Gupta

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In the last 10 years, Malaysia’s badminton superstar and former world no.1, Lee Chong Wei came to play at the SouthEast Asian Games for the first time. Badminton is one of the disciplines at the 28th SEA Games, currently underway at Singapore. Since his return from the eight-month doping ban, global badminton community is keeping […]

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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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Lee Chong-wei

Badminton Star Lee Chong-wei Fails Secondary Dope Test at Norway

 November 14, 2014   R K Gupta

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In one of the most shocking revelations in the history of badminton, world’s No.1 shuttler and Malaysia’s darling sportsman, Lee Chong Wei, has been banned from the sport for failing last week’s secondary doping test in a Norway laboratory. During the World Championship at Denmark in August, Chong Wei’s urine samples showed the presence of […]

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Indonesia Open

Historical Triumph for Jan Jorgensen after Kenichi Take out Chong Wei in BCA Indonesia Open

 June 27, 2014   R K Gupta

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The $ 750,000 BCA Indonesia Open is one of the world’s most prestigious badminton tournaments, classified as BWF World Super-Series Premier. Every year, it attracts the best badminton talent from around the world. This year’s event was organized in Jakarta during June 17-22, 2014, immediately after the Yonex Japan Open. When the tournament concluded on […]

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Lee Chong Wei

Lee Chong Wei wins Yonex Japan Open as Korean Lee Yong-Dae returns to badminton courts

 June 21, 2014   R K Gupta

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On June 15, 2014, the Yonex Open Japan came to an end with some good news to the badminton fans around the world. In January this year, Olympic badminton gold medalist Lee Yong-Dae and fellow-South Korean Kim Ki-jung were banned from playing for a year on a dope-related offence. The Malaysia based Badminton World Federation […]

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Simon Santoso

Singapore Super-Series Ends With Brilliant Performance From Simon Santoso

 April 13, 2014   R K Gupta

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Despite a heavily depleted field in the men’s singles, caused by last-minute withdrawals of three of the top four seeds, a scintillating exhibition of superbly-controlled shuttle art from world’s no. 1 player kept the spectators enthralled until the final. The mere appearance of Lee Chong Wei on the court was enough for a true badminton […]

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India Super Series 2014

India Super Series 2014 Ends in Delhi With Lee Chong Wei’s Master-Class Act

 April 7, 2014   R K Gupta

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The annual Yonex-Sunrise India Open tournament has acquired an added importance after BWF upgraded its status from Grand Prix Gold to Super Series in 2011. For this reason, world’s top men and women badminton players make it a ritual to visit Delhi around this time every year. Except for some last minute withdrawals, the who’s […]

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Lee Chong Wei

Lee Chong Wei Displays His Superiority As All-England Badminton Championship Ends

 March 10, 2014   R K Gupta

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It is not for nothing that Lee Chong Wei is ranked as World’s No. 1 badminton player. In his 5th appearance on Sunday in the Men’s Singles Final of the 104th edition of All-England Badminton Championship in 10 years, Chong Wei performed brilliantly to record a 21-13, 21-18 straight sets victory over Chen Long, the […]

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