PV Sindhu had burst onto the scene when as a 16-year-old she had stunned London Olympics gold medallist Li in the quarterfinals of China Masters.
Banks on mobilising support from Dalit and Muslim voters. Sanjay Jog reports.
Former Olympic and World champion Taufik Hidayat feels that the emergence of the talented PV Sindhu will not only reduce the burden of expectations on Saina Nehwal but also make India a force to reckon with in women's singles category.
Parupalli Kashyap went down fighting to former World No. 1 Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia in the first round of the men's singles event in what turned out to be a mixed day for the Indians at the Yonex Sunrise India Open in New Delhi.
Emerging Indian shuttler Sourabh Varma continued his dream run at the Syed Modi Memorial India Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament by stunning 16th seed Suppanyu Avihingsanon of Thailand, to storm into the final of the men's singles event, in Lucknow, on Saturday.
Top seed Dionysius Hayom Rumbaka of Indonesia ended the impressive run of Indian shuttler HS Prannoy in the Vietnam Open Grand Prix final in Ho Chi Minh City.
As Raazi hit theatres, Harinder Sikka -- author of Calling Sehmat, the book on which the film is based -- reveals the thrilling real life story of an Indian spy named Sehmat.
On Saturday, disaster struck the coast of southern Sumatra and the western tip of Java when a volcano known as the "child" of Krakatoa erupted, which in turn, triggered a tsunami - in which powerful waves of a height of 30-90 centimetres (1-3 feet) lashed the area.
World champion Chen Jin of China exited the All England badminton championships on Thursday when he was beaten 21-18, 22-20 in the second round by unseeded German Marc Zwiebler.
The Indian men's and women's badminton teams crashed out of the Thomas and Uber Cup finals after suffering identical 0-3 defeats to Indonesia and China respectively in the quarter-finals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Wednesday. India's top shuttlers Parupalli Kashyap and Saina Nehwal gave a scare to higher-ranked opponents Taufik Hidayat and Yihan Wang before eventually going down 12-21, 21-10, 17-21 and 21-14, 11-21, 18-21 respectively.
An ailing Lee Chong Wei suffered a shock loss to China's Chen Long in the first round of the Indian Open in Hyderabad on Wednesday. The Malaysian world number one went down 21-7, 16-21, 18-21 in 50 minutes to the Chinese world number 147, blaming an upset stomach for his defeat.
Badminton powerhouse China resumed normal service on Sunday by thrashing Indonesia 3-0 to retain the Thomas Cup and erase the disappointment of their women's shock final loss to South Korea in the Uber Cup.
China's Chen Jin went one better than last year to lift the men's singles world badminton title on Sunday, subduing Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat 21-13, 21-15 in the final.
Malaysia's world number one Lee Chong Wei exited the world badminton championships on Friday, beaten 21-15, 11-21, 21-12 in the quarter-finals by former World and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat. Less than an hour later, in another big surprise, title-holder Lin Dan succumbed 21-13, 21-13 to 13th seeded South Korean Park Sung-hwan.
Arvind Bhat pulled off a stunner and P Kashyap played his heart out but that couldn't save India from succumbing to a 1-4 defeat to Indonesia in their first Group D match of the Thomas Cup finals in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday.
India continued their stranglehold on the SAARC Carrom Championships by clinching the men's and women's team championships for the 13th year running at the MIG Club in Mumbai, on Saturday. Indian men and women outclassed their corresponding rivals from Sri Lanka by identical 3-0 margin to win the top honours in the 13th edition of the tournament.
Indian badminton ace Anup Sridhar talks about his form and chances at the Beijing Olympics.
The defending champion needed only 38 minutes to pack off the Indian in the quarter-finals of the World Badminton Championships.
"It's the biggest win in my career so far and I'm happy it came in a big event like the world championships," said Sridhar.
Anup Sridhar and Saina Nehwal cruised into the singles second round but Shruti Kurian and Jwala Ghutta bowed out of women's doubles at the World Badminton Championships.
Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat tumbled out of the Malaysian Open Super Series after losing 21-18 21-16 to Indonesian compatriot Simon Santoso in the second round on Thursday.
The hot favourites beat Asian rivals Indonesia 3-0 to retain their world team badminton title.
Home-grown icons Saina Nehwal and P Kashyap, along with some international stars such as Lee Chong Wei, would be the top draws at the Indian Badminton League's players' auction to be held in New Delhi on Monday.
India's HS Prannoy continued his dream run and reached the men's singles final to be just one step away from clinching his maiden title in the $50,000 Vietnam Open Grand Prix at Ho Chi Minh City.
India's national champion Chetan Anand and World Championships quarter-finalist Anup Sridhar are seeded 11 and 13 respectively in the men's singles.
The Indian ace beat Muhd Hafiz B Hashim of Malaysia and stormed into the men's singles quarter-finals at the World Badminton Championships.
Lt Gen Rizwan Akhtar, considered a close confidante of army chief Gen Raheel Sharif, was appointed on Monday as the new head of Pakistan's powerful spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence.
World number one Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia and Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei will be the main attractions at the USD 150,000 Yonex Sunrise India Open.
The Bangalore lad shocked world No 12 Shoji Sato of Japan in a quarter-final match at the Yonex-Sunrise Asian Badminton Championship.
Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat said the game was only about Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan at the moment.
But national champion Chetan Anand fell by the wayside in the the Asian Badminton Championships.
National champion Abhinn Shyam Gupta meets third seed Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia in the first round.
General Bajwa and the outgoing DG, ISI Lieutenant General Naveed Mukhtar, had a long meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday, says Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan Desk at the Research and Analysis Wing, India's external intelligence agency.
Abhinn Shyam Gupta and Nikhil Kanetkar have tough opening matches in the World badminton championships.
Jonatan Christie gifted Indonesia the Asian Games gold medal they most yearned for when he beat Taiwan's Chou Tienchen in an exciting men's singles badminton final in front of a vociferous home crowd on Tuesday.
The Tablighi Jamaat avoided confrontation, stayed clear of conversion of non-Muslims, abjured politics and focused only on religious attainment. >A fascinating excerpt from Ziya Us Salam's Inside The Tablighi Jamaat.
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