Badminton

Srikanth, Kashyap drop two places each in badminton rankings

KIDAMBI SRIKANTH AND PARUPALLI KASHYAP dropped two places each to be seventh and 15th, respectively, in the world badminton rankings released on Thursday.

November 20, 2015

Attri/Reddy move into R2 while Anand Pawar qualifies for R3 at Scottish Open

Eleventh seed Aanand Pawar and top seeds Manu Attri/ B Sumeeth Reddy have qualified into the next round after winning their respective matches of the Scottish Open Gold Prix in Glasgow on Thursday.

November 20, 2015

Injured Saina withdraws from Hong Kong; Sindhu, Srikanth and others gear up

SAINA NEHWAL'S withdrawal from the Hong Kong Open Super Series will build more pressure on the Indian shuttlers as they gear up for their first round matches at the Hong Kong Coliseum on Wednesday.

November 17, 2015

Saina Nehwal beaten in straight sets in China Open final

SAINA NEHWAL suffered straight games loss in the women's singles final of the China Open Superseries Premier to sixth seed Li Xuerui of China in Fuzhou, China on Sunday.

November 15, 2015

Saina storms into China Open final by beating World Champion Yihan Wang

ANOTHER STUPENDOUS PERFORMANCE saw defending champion Saina Nehwal enter the women's singles final of the $700,000 China Open Superseries Premier with a victory over local girl and former World Champion Yihan Wang in China on Saturday.

November 14, 2015

TOPS committee to be reconstituted

THE SPORTS MINISTRY on Friday decided to reconstitute the much talked about Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOP) identification committee, following the resignations of several eminent sports persons and administrators.

November 14, 2015

Saina Nehwal through to the semis at China Open with straight games win

THE ONLY INDIAN SHUTTLER left in the tournament, defending champion Saina Nehwal marched into the women's singles semi-finals with a comprehensive straight games win over Japan's Nozomi Okuhara at the prestigious $700,000 China Open Superseries Premier on Friday.

November 13, 2015