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All England Championships: Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Enter Quarterfinals; Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Ousted | Badminton News
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All England Championships: Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Enter Quarterfinals; Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty Ousted | Badminton News

[ad_1] Indian women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand scripted a stunning win to progress to the quarterfinals but Lakshya Sen bowed out in the men's singles competition of the All England Championships in Birmingham on Thursday. Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa and Gayatri continued their rise as they shocked former world No. 1 pair of Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota 21-14, 24-22 in a pulsating contest. The world No. 17 Indian pair, which had reached the semifinals of the last edition, will next face Chinese combination of Li Wen Mei and Liu Xuan Xuan.Last year's finalist Sen, however, couldn't find his touch against Anders Antonsen, going down 13-21, 15-21 in 52 minutes. It was a sweet revenge from the Danish, who had gone down in straight games to the In...
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PV Sindhu Crashes Out Of All England Championship, Falls At First Hurdle For Third Time This Season | Badminton News
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PV Sindhu Crashes Out Of All England Championship, Falls At First Hurdle For Third Time This Season | Badminton News

[ad_1] PV Sindhu lost to Zhang Yi Man of China© AFPThere was no end to P V Sindhu's poor run as the star Indian shuttler made a first round exit from the All England Championships after losing to Zhang Yi Man of China in straight games in Birmingham on Wednesday. The world number nine Sindhu, a double Olympic medallist, lost 17-21 11-21 in the 39-minute women's singles contest. This is the third time that Sindhu has lost her first round match this year. She had lost to Carolina Marin of Spain in Malaysia Open in January before exiting the Indian Open at the same stage in the same month.She had recently parted ways with her coach Park Tae-sang of Korea, under whose guidance she won a bronze at the Tokyo Olympics.Sindhu was rusty and subdued throughout the match with her world number 17 op...
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Kidambi Srikanth Pulls Out, Lakshya Sen Top Indian Contender At German Open | Badminton News
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Kidambi Srikanth Pulls Out, Lakshya Sen Top Indian Contender At German Open | Badminton News

[ad_1] Lakshya Sen in action© TwitterFormer world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth has pulled out of the German Open Super 300 badminton tournament which starts with the qualifiers on Tuesday. While Srikanth will be missing in action, finalist of the last edition, Lakshya Sen will hope to go the distance this time as he spearheads the Indian challenge. Sen, and newly-crowned national champion Mithun Manjunath, will be the top Indian players. Sen, the reigning Commonwealth Games gold medallist, had defeated world No. 1 Viktor Axelsen in the semifinals, only to lose the final in the last edition.This time the 21-year-old from Almora, seeded sixth, will meet France's Christo Popov in the opening round and is expected to face top seed Malaysian Lee Zii Jia in the quarters, if he can cross the initial ...
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PV Sindhu Parts Ways With Coach Park Tae Sang, Who Feels ‘Responsible’ For Her “Disappointing Moves” | Badminton News
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PV Sindhu Parts Ways With Coach Park Tae Sang, Who Feels ‘Responsible’ For Her “Disappointing Moves” | Badminton News

[ad_1] PV Sindhu with coach Park Tae Sang© InstagramPV Sindhu's coach Park Tae Sang has parted ways with the Indian badminton star. Park joined hands with Sindhu in 2019. Under Park Tae-Sang, Sindhu won three BWF World Tour tiles – the Syed Modi International, Swiss Open and Singapore Open. She also won the women's singles gold medal at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham and the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and then a gold at the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.Park took responsibility of Sindhu's recent poor form."Hello, it's been a while since I said hello. I came back to Hyderabad a few days ago. And I want to say thank you to everyone who worried about my father. To be honest, my father's condition is not good yet. So I felt heavy walking back to India," Park Ta...
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India Go Down Fighting To China In Badminton Asian Mixed Team Championship | Badminton News
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India Go Down Fighting To China In Badminton Asian Mixed Team Championship | Badminton News

[ad_1] India will return home with a first-ever medal -- a bronze -- from the continental tournament.© TwitterIndia's campaign in the Badminton Asian Mixed Team Championship ended with a 2-3 loss to China in the semi-finals, but not before the doubles teams -- men's and mixed -- came up with inspired performances to give their opponents a tough time on Saturday. Though India lost the keenly contested rubber, they will return home with a first-ever medal -- a bronze -- from the continental tournament, as both losing semi-finalists are awarded medals.Down 0-2 after HS Prannoy had lost the opening semi-final match to Lei Lan Xi 13-21, 15-21 and two-time Olympic medallist P V Sindhu had suffered a 9-21 21-16 18-21 defeat at the hands of Gao Fang Jie, the doubles teams gave a far better perfo...
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India In Asia Mixed Team Badminton Quarterfinals As Group Topper | Badminton News
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India In Asia Mixed Team Badminton Quarterfinals As Group Topper | Badminton News

[ad_1] File image of PV Sindhu© AFPStar shuttlers P V Sindhu and H S Prannoy won their respective singles matches as India made it to the quarterfinals of the Asia Mixed Team Badminton Championships as group toppers after defeating Malaysia in Dubai on Thursday. Prannoy began the proceedings for India in their final Group B match and had to fight hard against world no.4 Zii Jia Lee before stunning his rival 18-21 21-13 25-23 in the men's singles match that lasted one hour and 10 minutes.In contrast, Sindhu took just 34 minutes to beat lower-ranked Ling Ching Wong 21-13 21-17 in the women's singles and give India 2-0 lead.But the men's doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Chirag Shetty suffered a 16-21 10-21 defeat to the duo of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik as Malaysia made it 1-2.Treesa Jolly...
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Man City Back In Business After Statement Win At Arsenal | Football News
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Man City Back In Business After Statement Win At Arsenal | Football News

[ad_1] Written off at times during an unusually erratic season, resurgent Manchester City delivered a resounding statement as they moved to the top of the Premier League with a 3-1 victory at title rivals Arsenal on Wednesday. As City's players celebrated in front of their travelling fans in one corner of the Emirates Stadium at the final whistle, Pep Guardiola's face was wreathed in smiles, and perhaps tinged with a little relief. Just a few minutes earlier, Guardiola had been punching the air in delight as second half goals from Jack Grealish and Erling Haaland lifted City back to the top of the table.Kevin De Bruyne had given City the lead and even Bukayo Saka's controversial penalty equaliser wasn't enough to shake the champions' equilibrium once they rode Arsenal's first half storm ...
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India Thrash UAE 5-0 To Notch Up Second Consecutive Win In Asia Mixed Team Badminton | Badminton News
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India Thrash UAE 5-0 To Notch Up Second Consecutive Win In Asia Mixed Team Badminton | Badminton News

[ad_1] File image of PV Sindhu© AFPIndia thrashed United Arab Emirates 5-0 to registered their second win on the trot and virtually seal a spot in the quarterfinals of the Asia Mixed Team Badminton Championships in Dubai on Wednesday. Star players P V Sindhu and H S Prannoy were rested after they helped India beat Kazakhstan 5-0 in their opening match on Tuesday. Aakarshi Kashyap and Lakshya Sen took their place in the women's and men's singles respectively on Wednesday.Sen was the first to start the proceedings for India and he easily defeated Dev Vishnu 21-16 21-12 in 31 minutes.Aakarshi then took just 26 minutes to outplay Madhumitha Sundarapandian 21-6 21-7 and give India 2-0 lead.The men's doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Chirag Shetty made it 3-0 with 21-15 21-14 over the duo of De...
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I Was Waiting For The World Championship Gold For 5 Years, PV Sindhu To NDTV | Badminton News
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I Was Waiting For The World Championship Gold For 5 Years, PV Sindhu To NDTV | Badminton News

[ad_1] Two-time Olympic medalist PV Sindhu recounted his journey to becoming badminton world champion in 2019 and said that she was waiting for the moment for more than five years. Sindhu won the bronze medal in the 2013 and 2014 editions of the World Championships while in 2017 and 2018, the Indian shuttler was defeated in the final on both occasions. However, in 2019, she finally won the tournament after comprehensively defeating Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the summit clash.“It's a really big thing. Being a world champion is...it's after Olympics are what I feel. I won it in 2019. For me it was a different memory altogether because I was waiting for it for five years. I had two bronze, two silver and I wanted that gold desperately. It is definitely one of the biggest tournaments out ther...
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Thailand Open: Sai Praneeth, Ishaan-Tanisha, Ashmita Advance To Next Round | Badminton News
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Thailand Open: Sai Praneeth, Ishaan-Tanisha, Ashmita Advance To Next Round | Badminton News

[ad_1] Indian shuttler B. Sai Praneeth advanced to the second round of the men's singles competition at the ongoing Thailand Masters on Wednesday. He defeated Denmark's Mads Christophersen in his first-round match by 21-13, 21-14. The Indian mixed doubles duo of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto also advanced to the next round after eliminating Thailand's Ratchapol Makkasasithorn and Chasinee Korepa in straight two sets by 21-17, 21-5. India's Ashmita Chaliha also defeated her compatriot Anupama Upadhyaya in her first-round match by 21-16, 21-19 to advance to the next round.The Indian mixed doubles duo of Rohan Kapoor and Reddy Sikki also defeated Canada's Josephine Wu and Ty Alexander Lindeman in their first-round match by 21-11, 21-16.Kiran George also kept the tricolour flying high ...
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