London 2012 medallist Saina Nehwal has decided to pull out of the Indian badminton squad selection trials for the Asian Games 2023 due to fitness issues, according to the Olympics.com.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will lead the men's doubles challenge, while Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly will compete in the women's doubles event
Loud cheers rang out as the Apple CEO threw open the doors of the first India store and many excited gadget enthusiasts were seen posing with Cook for selfies
Earlier, at the women's singles competition at the Orleans Master 2023 BWF Super 300 badminton tournament in France on Wednesday, Indian badminton star Saina Nehwal lost in the opening round
It was Saina Nehwal's first competition since the Indonesia Masters in January. The German Open, All England Open, Swiss Open, and Madrid Spain Masters competitions were all missed by the Olympic medalist
As per Olympics.com, PV Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medalist, and the men's singles competitors Lakshay Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, and HS Prannoy will not compete in the BWF Super 300 tournament. Sindhu lost in the Madrid Masters 2023 final on Sunday
The Indian pair had bowed out of the tournament at the same stage during the last edition as well when they lost to China's Shu Xian Zhang and Yu Zheng
Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur attended the opening ceremony of Khelo India Dus Ka Dum on Friday. The event will start from be from March 10 to 31. While talking to ANI Anurag Thakur said "Empowering women through sports is the motive of this (Khelo India Dus Ka Dum) event."
Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen hardly broke a sweat and defeated Japanese shuttler Kodai Naraoka by a 21-12, 21-11 scoreline in his men's singles round of 32 match.
Sen won the opening game of the men's singles contest but Denmark's Rasmus Gemke fought back by engaging the Indian in long rallies to win 16-21, 21-15, 21-18 in the BWF World Tour Super 750 event, organised by the Badminton Association of India