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BWF World C'ship: Sindhu books semi-final berth; Saina, Praneeth, Rankired
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Nanjing [China], Aug 04 (ANI): World No. 2 P. V. Sindhu on Friday stormed her way into the semi-finals of the BWF World Championships with an emphatic display against Japan's Nozomi Okuhara, while Saina Nehwal, Sai Praneeth, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa all crashed out from t
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BWF World C'ship: Sindhu elated after entering quarters
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Nanjing (China), Aug 2 [ANI]: Thrilled after reserving her seat in the quarter-final of the BWF World Championships 2018, Indian shuttler PV Sindhu on Thursday said she is "really happy with her performance".
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Nehwal, Prannoy break into top 10 of BWF rankings
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): Few days after settling for a bronze medal at the Asia Championships in Wuhan, ace Indian shuttler HS Prannoy and London Olympic bronze-medallist Saina Nehwal have broken into the top 10 of the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on Thurs
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Kidambi Srikanth settles for silver at CWG '18
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Gold Coast [Australia], Apr. 15 (ANI): Star Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth ended his run at the 21st Commonwealth Games here on Sunday with a silver medal in the badminton men's singles final.
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Shuttler Srikanth scripts history, secures top spot in BWF rankings
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 12 (ANI): Star Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth's stellar rise to the top continued as he replaced Denmark's Viktor Axelsen to achieve the numero-uno spot in the latest BWF World Rankings here on Wednesday.
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CWG 2018: Shuttlers Sindhu, Srikanth ease into quarters
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Gold Coast [Australia], April 12 (ANI):Rio Olympic silver-medallist PV Sindhu continued her rich vein of form as she cemented her spot in the quarter-finals of the ongoing 21st Commonwealth Games after sweeping aside Australia's Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen in straight games here at the Carrara Sport
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India Open: Saina Nehwal bows out in quarters
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), Feb 2 (ANI): In what may come as a huge blow to the Indian fans, ace shuttler Saina Nehwal crashed out of the India Open BWF World Tour 500 after going down in straight games to Beiwen Zhang of USA in the quarter-finals here on Friday.
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India Open: Zulkarnain beats Srikanth
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] Feb 2 (ANI): Malaysian qualifier Iskandar Zulkarnain caused the biggest upset of the Yonex-Sunrise Dr Akhilesh Das Gupta India Open 2018, a part of the HSBC Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour 500, when he took down home favourite and World No. 3 Kidambi Srikanth in
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Saina Nehwal again slams BWF's 'killing calendar'
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal said on Wednesday that the crammed calendar was not leaving much time to rest and prepare for tournaments, which are lined up one after the other.
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Want to give my 100% from first round: Srikanth on India Open
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 30 (ANI): Indian star shuttler Kidambi Srikanth, who has recovered fully from an injury which forced him to miss last week's Indonesia Open, on Tuesday said that he is eager to put behind his lean patch and give his 100 percent from the very first round of the India O
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New service rule 'ridiculous': Viktor Axelsen
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): Danish badminton player and world champion Viktor Axelsen has criticised the Badminton World Federation's (BWF) new service rule to fix the height of the shuttle, calling it 'ridiculous'.
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Srikanth rises to career-best 2nd rank post stellar season
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 2 (ANI): Indian ace shuttler Srikanth Kidmabi has risen to the zenith of his career as he established himself as world number 2 in the latest BWF men's singles ratings.
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