The new millennium was witness to two divas ruling the roost in Indian badminton. Sania Nehwal and PV Sindhu have carved a niche by winning so many World, Olympic and Super series titles that — barring Kidambi Srikanth’s four successive Super series titles in a year — it shaded the efforts of the men on the circuit.
Exactly 28 years back, the Indian government had refused to send the badminton contingent to the 1994 Commonwealth Games as it was so confident that they cannot finish in the top-6, that too competing with the likes of England, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka etc.
A state-of-the-art badminton high-performance centre (HPC), under the technical and coaching supervision of pullela gopichand, will be operational soon at the Kalinga stadium complex.
For years India would turn up at the Thomas Cup, make up the numbers and watch from afar powerhouses like China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and Denmark walk away with all the glory.
Indian shuttlers are living a dream. A day after entering their maiden Thomas Cup final, they were busy plotting the downfall of 14-time champions Indonesia.
India's splendid feat of storming into the Thomas Cup final has stunned many across the world. While the Indian fans are celebrating this monumental occasion, the scale of this victory will be understood only by serious followers of the game.
pullela gopichand likes to juggle many hats. And he does it well. The recently -elected vice president of the Badminton Association of India (BAI) feels his new role, along with holding the chief national coach's position, will give him a chance to fill in the gap between players and administrators.
The Poona District Metropolitan Association (PDMBA) celebrated 75 years of its inception by launching a coffee table book on Tuesday.The book, ‘The Poona Game’, traces the 150-year long journey of badminton, which traces its roots to Pune.
In a twist to the elections of the Badminton Association of India (BAI), chief coach pullela gopichand on Friday filed his nomination for the post of the vice-president.
Lakshya Sen's dream run at the All England Championships ended with a heartbreaking straight-game loss against world number one and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen in the men's singles final, continuing India's 21-year-long agonising wait for the coveted trophy. After four days of sensational badminton, the 20-year-old Sen faltered on the cusp of history as he committed too many errors to go down 10-21, 15-21 to former champion Axelsen in a lop-sided summit clash that lasted 53 minutes.
Teen shuttlers Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly scripted history as they became the first Indian women’s doubles pair to reach the semifinals of the All England Championships. They defeated second seeds Lee Sohee and Shin Seungchan of Korea 14-21, 22-20, 21-15 on Friday.
Twenty-one years after her father pullela gopichand claimed the title at the All England Championships, his daughter Gayatri won her first match along with Treesa Jolly in Birmingham on Wednesday.
Ever since pullela gopichand became the second Indian after Prakash Padukone to win the prestigious All England in 2001, no Indian has won this coveted title. Though Saina Nehwal came close to triumphing at Birmingham, they faltered at the final hurdle. PV Sindhu reached the semifinals twice.
pullela gopichand's 15-year tenure as the chief coach of the Indian badminton team came to an end as the former All England champion is set to contest as the general secretary of the Badminton Association of India (BAI).
pullela gopichand likes to juggle many hats. And he does it well.
She is confident about qualifying for the 2024 Olympics now
pullela gopichand's 15-year tenure as the chief coach of the Indian badminton team is set to end soon as the former All England champion will contest for the post of general secretary of the Badminton Association of India (BAI).
Gujarat girl Tasnim Mir created history as she achieved the No.1 ranking in the girls singles category. As per the rankings released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF), Tasnim has 10,810 points. Interestingly, Tasnim was not expecting this rare honour as she is completely focusing on making the grade in the senior category.
TimesofIndia.com caught up with Suhas Yathiraj, who also won a bronze medal in the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, to talk about his badminton journey so far, his podium finish at the Tokyo Paralympics, juggling work and badminton, his plans for Paris 2024 and more.
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