MATHIAS BOE - Danish badminton player who is one of the world's leading shuttlers in the men's pairs event - has opined that India's premier women's combine of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa will find it extremely difficult to pull off the Indian hopes of a doubles medal at the Rio Olympics.
BANKING ON THE SUCCESS OF THE Premier Badminton League (PBL) held in January, the Badminton Association of India (BAI) now wants to organise something similar for the national players. A lucrative domestic tournament in which only the Indian players will feature.
KIDAMBI SRIKANTH clinches his first Syed Modi International Badminton Championship title after being runners-up twice before (2014 and 2015), defeats the Chinese Huang Yuxiang 21-13, 14-21, 21-14 at the BBD Indoor Stadium in Lucknow on Sunday.
SRIKANTH AND AKSHAY/PRANAAV QUALIFIES FOR THE finals of the Syed Modi International Badminton Championship while doubles stars Jwala/Ashwini in Lucknow on Saturday.
SRIKANTH, JWALA/ASHWINI, AKSHAY/PRANAAV marched into the semi-finals of the Syed Modi International Badminton Championship held at the BBD Indoor Stadium in Lucknow on Friday.
SRIKANTH, KASHYAP, HARSHEEL, JWALA/ASHIWNI AND AKSHAY/PRANAAV have reached the quarters of the Syed Modi International Badminton Championship held at the BBD Indoor Stadium in Lucknow, while third-seeded PV Sindhu suffered an upset defeat.
P.V. SINDHU rose a place in the women's singles rankings released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Thursday to be ranked No.11.
AJAY JAYARAM was well on his way to create a name for himself by qualifying for the Olympics on the basis on his ranking.
JWALA GUTTA/ASHWINI PONNAPPA have entered the pre-quarters at the Syed Modi International Badminton Championship held at the BBD Indoor Stadium in Lucknow on Wednesday.
SAINA NEHWAL will spearhead India's campaign in women's singles while World No.9 Kidambi Srikanth will be highest-ranked Indian in men's singles as the Badminton Association of India (BAI) here on Wednesday announced a strong 15-member squad for the South Asian Games next month.
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