'You can't just have one single player who is individually doing well and be able to win the World Championship or the Olympics.' 'In the Thomas Cup, you need a group of players performing at the same time at their highest level.' 'So that shows how difficult it is, and what a great achievement that is for a country like India to be able to win it.'
The 2021 All England Open will be the second tournament this year to offer ranking points to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, after the Swiss Open.
Joginder Tuteja looks at some of the fresh faces who may have to wait another year to make their debut.
Sukanya Verma celebrates Republic Day by looking at the tiranga's most striking moments on celluloid.
Burned by the shooting down of a MiG-21 aircraft and the capture of its pilot after a dogfight over the India-Pakistan border in February 2019, CATS eliminates the need to send pilots into enemy air space.
Amid standoff with ally its ally -- the Bharatiya Janata Party -- over formation of the next government in Maharashtra, Raut is scheduled to meet with Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari on Monday evening.
The BWF was forced to cancel multiple tournaments and postpone the Asia leg and the World Tour Final to January next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Wednesday
The Tokyo Paralympics slated to begin on August 24, will be Jhajharia's third Paralympics.
Satwik and Ashwini, who reached the semi-finals at Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 in January, will meet the winner of the match between fifth-seeded Malaysians Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing and Germany's Jones Ralfy Jansen and Kilasu Ostermeyer.
Actor Kushal Punjabi, who appeared in films such as Kaal and Lakshya as well as the reality show Fear Factor, was found dead in his Bandra apartment, in north west Mumbai, in the early hours of Friday, police said.
Yaariyan may be targeted at a young audience but every single teenager who chooses to watch it will be insulting their own intelligence, writes Paloma Sharma.
Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com captures the chaos backstage at the Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort 2016.
Sukanya Verma lists the memorable use of trees in Hindi movies.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Saturday
On his 46th birthday on January 10, Sukanya Verma lists 10 impressive Hrithik scenes.
'Instead of making this a four-year phenomenon, when you look at us and get thrilled, do it more regularly.'
A trainee of former Olympian shooter Suma Shirur, Avani Lekhara became India's first woman gold medallist at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo on Monday when she shot a total of 249.6 in the 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1.
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Indian contingent has an opportunity to go deep in the draw and recapture the trophy which has been won by just two Indians so far -- the legendary Prakash Padukone (1980) and P Gopichand (2001).
P V Sindhu will be eager to return to the podium as former winner Saina Nehwal looks to regain her touch
An important factor in India's stupendous success in 2021 was the way the government opened its coffers to support athletes.
The director had twins last month through surrogacy.
Karnal-born model Lakshya Lathar, 20 speaks about his early struggles.
These are the big budget films that have been designed either as a spectacle or just for the masses, hence warranting a large segment of audiences coming together to enjoy the experience in theatres.
Aanchal Shrivastava took a huge risk when she quit a well paying job to become a full-time singer.
Norma Godinho challenges sporting know-it-alls.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday.
P Kashyap insisted that he too has an outside chance of qualifying for the Tokyo Games but he has no way to pursue it as he can't train at the camp.
The Indian men's doubles pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty reclaimed its position in the top 10 of the latest BWF rankings.
The Pilotless Target Aircraft Lakshya was used as a support system providing the target for the exercise, defence sources said.
I need funds to play more international tournaments, says National Champion Sourabh Verma
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Friday.
India's wrestler Simran settled for a silver in women's freestyle 43 kg category competition after she lost to Emily Shilson of United States in the final bout at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.
Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
Sourabh Verma and Ajay Jayram also entered the second round
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