World No 1 men's shuttler Lee Chong Wei's coach Tey Seu Bock of Malaysia was appointed chief coach of Mumbai Masters for the inaugural Vodafone Indian Badminton League on Sunday.
India upset Hong Kong 4-1 in the league encounter of the Uber Cup (preliminaries) Asia Zone badminton tournament.
They won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National Badminton Championships.
Popat lost the opening game but came back strongly to beat Cutsen of Netherlands in the Swiss Open badminton tournament.
The Indian champions expressed satisfaction with her showing in the World championships, where she reached the last 16.
The doubles team of Jwala Gutta and Shruti Kurien has also crossed the first round hurdle.
The Indian champion was beaten in the round of 16 in the women's singles badminton by Mia Audina.
The chief coach of the Indian badminton team said it could be considered a good achievement if Aparna Popat, Nikhil Kanetkar and Abhinn Shyam Gulta make the last eight stage.
India's No.1 woman badminton player on her preparations for the Athens Games and the gloomy period that followed the ban after she tested positive.
The Indian women shuttlers blanked Macau in the Uber Cup (preliminaries) Asia Zone badminton championship.
They won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National Badminton Championships.
Defending champion Abhinn Shyam Gupta and Nikhil Kanetkar lost in the men's quarters and semis respectively.
Chetan Anand upset former champion Ong Ewe Hock in the second round before losing in the next.
Abhinn Shyam Gupta, Chetan Anand, Nikhil Kanetkar and Aparna lost in the first round.
The nation of 1.3 billion people was glued to television sets as early as 5am, following the fortunes of Aditi Ashok, who after three days, was lying second and in line for an unprecedented medal in golf at the Olympics.
'Being a cricketer, I will say that the game needs to be globalised, without any doubt'
Sachin Tendulkar and other eminent sporting stars congratulated Saina Nehwal on becoming the first Indian woman shuttler to attain the world number one ranking in badminton.
With scrutiny that comes with a public listing, Deepinder Goyal's leadership could face its sternest test yet.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday
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