India's top women's shuttler stormed into the women's singles badminton quarter-finals, shocking Li Li of Singapore.
The Indian national champion beat Salket Polsana of Thailand in the final.
Anup Sridhar won the men's singles title in the National Badminton championships.
Seventeen Indian sportspersons, including World Cup winning chess player Divya Deshmukh, decathlete Tejaswin Shankar, and shuttler Gayatri Gopichand, have been named for the prestigious Arjuna Award for 2025.
India's top seeded Tanvi Sharma produced a near-perfect match against China's Liu Si Ya to storm into the final of the BWF World Junior Champions, in Guwahati, on Saturday.
They won the men's and women's singles crowns in the National badminton championships.
They won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National Badminton Championships.
In a move to conserve herself for big events, Aparna Popat had decided to miss the tournaments in Jakarta and Malaysia.
The national women's champion is suffering from acute positional vertigo, which relates to giddiness.
The Indian champions expressed satisfaction with her showing in the World championships, where she reached the last 16.
The national women's champion has been top seeded for the Asian Satellite Badminton Championship in Jaipur..
Popat was taken the distance by B R Meenakshi while Saina Nehwal easily beat Trupti Murgunde in the semi-finals of the Senior National badminton championships.
They won the men's and women's singles titles respectively in the National Badminton Championships.
Both entered the pre-quarter-finals in the women's individual badminton event.
Aparna Popat gave a tough fight to Rebecca Bellingam before losing 11-9, 8-11, 9-11 to crash out of the World Badminton Championships
The Indian ace proved too good for Michelle Edwards in her opening match in the badminton competition.
The Indian ace will meet Michelle Edwards of South Africa in the first round of the women's singles badminton on Saturday.
Aparna Popat went down to fourth seed Jie Yao of Netherlands 4-11, 2-11 in just 18 minutes.
The Indian champion was beaten in the round of 16 in the women's singles badminton by Mia Audina.
Defending champion Abhinn Shyam Gupta and Nikhil Kanetkar lost in the men's quarters and semis respectively.
They went down to Japan's Shoji Sato and Huawien Xu of France respectively at the German Open badminton tournament.
While Abhinn Shyam Gupta runs into a top-ranked\n\nplayer in the opening round of the Olympics.
The Indian ace upset eighth seed Petya Nedeltcheva of Bulgaria in the Swiss Open badminton tournament.
Popat lost the opening game but came back strongly to beat Cutsen of Netherlands in the Swiss Open badminton tournament.
Tanvi Sharma's bid to script history by winning a gold medal at the BWF World Junior Championships ended in heartbreak as she lost in straight games to Thailand's Anyapat Phichitpreechasak
The 26-year-old said she will be concentrating on her weak points in the three months training prior to the Athens Olympics in August.
The doubles team of Jwala Gutta and Shruti Kurien has also crossed the first round hurdle.
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The Indian Olympic Association's Executive Council agreed to set up a panel to tackle doping after India's poor record was flagged by the IOC during a national delegation's visit to push for the 2036 Olympic bid.
Tanvi becomes first Indian female in 17 years to secure world junior medal, Hooda misses out
The Mission Olympic Cell is also considering higher incentives for retired Olympians and world-class players who want to take up coaching, in an effort to retain top talent within India.
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On Sunday, Aamir Khan and Deepika Padukone played a doubles badminton match against each other.
Saina Nehwal has become a strong medal prospect at the upcoming London Olympics after her dominating performanmce over the formidable Chinese players at the Indonesian Open, asserts nine-time national badminton champion and two-time Olympian Aparna Popat.
But Pullela Gopichand, Anup Sridhar, Arvind Bhat and Abhinn Shyam Gupta were shown.
Images from Day 11 of the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.
The 25-year-old will join Aparna Popat and Abhinn Shyam Gupta in the badminton event at Athens.
The former national champion won a berth following the withdrawal of players in the qualification list.
Outgoing coach Vimal Kumar criticized the BAI for giving preference to youngsters at the expense of experience.
