Since 2022, the duo has won five BWF World Tour titles, historic Thomas Cup, medals at World Championships, Asian Championships, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.
Meet Tulika Jadhao, the 15-year-old from Buldana, Maharashtra - a chirpy teen just like anyone her age, chatting away constantly with fellow compatriots and eager to get on with her matches. That she was born with cerebral palsy, a congenital disorder affecting movement, muscle tone and post
Seven disciplines including para-athletics, para shooting, para archery, para football, para-badminton, para table tennis and para weight lifting will be held across three iconic venues in the city, witnessed 32 states and Union Territories including Services Sports Promotion Board vying for
Ashwini and Tanisha, who also reached the finals of the Syed Modi International Super 300 tournament last week in Lucknow, defeated their Dutch opponents 21-12, 21-12
Singles shuttler star Malvika Bansod and women's doubles combination of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto registered contrasting victories to reach the semi-final of the Yonex-Sunrise Guwahati Masters Super 100 badminton tournament here on Friday.
In the men's singles category, none of the other Indians in action made it to the quarterfinals with national champion Mithun Manjunath, the experienced Sameer Verma and world junior bronze medallist Ayush Shetty knocked out in the round of 16.
Sameer Verma proved that he was getting closer to his best as he upset men's singles third seed Kiran George in straight games while women's singles fifth seed Aakarshi Kashyap saved a match point to beat Denmark's Amalie Schulz to advance to the pre-quarterfinals of the Guwahati Masters Sup
Junior world championship bronze medallist Ayush Shetty came up with a confident showing to win both his qualifying round matches convincingly to book a main draw spot in the inaugural Guwahati Masters Super 100 badminton tournament on Tuesday.
International badminton is returning to the Assamese capital after a gap of 17 years and rising badminton star Unnati Hooda, who has won all the BWF Super 100 tournaments played so far in India, is hopeful that she can break into the top 50 of the BWF rankings with a win here too.
India's women's doubles pair Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa fell just short against Rin Iwanaga and Kie Nakanishi of Japan in a thrilling three-game women's doubles final 14-21, 21-17, 15-21 to finish as Runners-Up at Syed Modi India International Badminton Championship 2023.