Sindhu, Sen look to regain lost touch in Canada Open
This is the third time this year that Sindhu has been knocked out in the first round of the tournaments she's played.
Lakshya Sen stunned world No 2 Jonatan Christie of Indonesia in straight games
Shubman Gill flops as Karnataka bundle out Punjab for 55 to gain command on Day 1
It's a demoralising loss for especially considering Japan did not field their full-strength team, with several top players absent.
Battling an inconsistent form, double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu on Tuesday slipped five places to world number 17 in the latest BWF world rankings.
However, a tough contest awaits the former world No. 1 as he faces top seed Kenta Nishimoto of Japan next.
HS Prannoy, who occupies the 8th spot, is the best ranked Indian in the men's singles while Lakshya Sen and Kidambi Srikanth are placed 19th and 20th respectively.
Two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu sailed into the quarter-finals in the singles event at the Badminton Asia Championships with an easy victory over China's Han Yue.
Sindhu had beaten world number 18 Zhang in the Malaysian Open quarter-finals in May this year but the Chinese avenged that defeat and also made the lifetime win-loss record to 3-2 against the Indian.
'No caption needed @mohanlal. It was a pleasure meeting you sir'.
B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa, however, suffered a 21-23, 21-13, 12-21 loss against Korean pair of Song hyun Cho and Lee Jung Hyun in their mixed doubles opening round.
'If you really love your work and are good at it, it does not matter what is work and life.'
North East were 65 for 2, 475 runs in arrears, when bad light and rain forced an early closure to their first dig on Thursday.
P V Sindhu's home is a haven of peace and quiet.
Sindhu took 38 minutes to prevail over her recent nemesis from Indonesia 21-19, 21-15
Stalwarts of Indian sports paid rich tributes to former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, who died on Thursday, describing him as a visionary, who had quiet strength and humility.
The Indian Olympic Association's athletes commission chairperson and boxing legend M C Mary Kom on Tuesday denied reports that she has resigned from her position.
PV Sindhu fell to a crushing loss in the final of the Madrid Spain Masters Super 300 tournament.
Sindhu, Lakshya win openers; Sai Praneeth loses in US Open
Ahead of her 27th birthday on Tuesday, July 5, Sindhu has posted another dance video, noting, 'Whatever makes you truly happy, do that'.
Karun Nair has smashed 664 runs with five centuries in eight matches at an astonishing average of 664 in the Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Kidambi Srikanth made a winning start but PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy were ousted
Lakshya Sen sails into third round of World Championships
On paper, the squad may not create too much optimism among fans but it still has a balanced look with a good mix of young players and experienced international names.
India's campaign at the Sudirman Cup came to an end as they went down to Malaysia in the second Group C match.
India had a mixed day at the Madrid Spain Masters with PV Sindhu marching into the semis and Kidambi Srikanth's campaign coming to an end.
Badminton star P V Sindhu attended the FIT India celebrations near Hyderabad on Tuesday, December 13, 2022.
The former world number one duo had been sidelined from competitive action post the Paris Olympics due to Satwik's shoulder injury.
It is Sindhu's first final since winning the gold and the Commonwealth Games last year.
India's men's singles campaign suffered a setback as none of the players could make it past the opening round on Day 2 of the India Open in New Delhi on Wednesday.
The third seeded Indian will face the winner of the other semi-final, between Japan's Aya Ohori and China's Wang Zhi Yi, on Sunday.
After a string of disappointing results, PV Sindhu parted ways with coach Park Tae Sang
'We wouldn't have had to face all this had our national leaders taken care to select a place for Sindhis and sent us there, instead of sending us all over to settle in places where the locals didn't want us.' 'They could have partitioned Sindh and given us a Sindhi state from its two Hindu-majority districts.' 'Wasn't that the logic of Partition?'
Sindhu squandered a game lead to lose 13-21, 21-15, 21-13 to the second seed Tai Tzu
Earlier in the day, the mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanshia Crasto squandered an early lead to go down 21-18, 15-21, 19-21 against Malaysia's Pang Ron Hoo and Su Yin Cheng in the second round.
HS Prannoy and PV Sindhu marched into the pre-quarterfinals of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament in Basel.
PV Sindhu eked out a three-game win over world number 1 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan
Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila outclassed Adnan Maulana and Indah Cahya Sari Jamil in straight games in the first round match.
Double Olympic medallist Neeraj Chopra is among only three track and field athletes retained in the sports ministry's revamped TOPS core group.
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