P.V. Sindhu survived a scare before making the semifinals but Saina Nehwal was thoroughly outplayed in her straight-game quarterfinal loss on a mixed day for India at the Singapore Open Badminton Tournament here Friday. Rio Games silver-winner Sindhu defeated World No.18 and 2017 BWF World Junior Championship bronze-medallist Cai Yanyan of China 21-13, 17-21, 21-14…
World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying in finals
April 13, 2019World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan has reached the final of Singapore Open 2019 with a 15-21, 24-22, 21-19 win over Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi. A brilliant match where Yamaguchi tried her best to reverse the result of Malaysia Open final and played brilliantly but in the end, a few mistakes in the end and…
Mysore Varsity Badminton team for South Zone Tourney
November 21, 2018The men’s badminton team of University of Mysore (UoM) which is taking part in the South Zone Inter-University Badminton Men’s Tournament (2018-19) being held at SRM University in Chennai from today. Seen are (from left – standing) Sohel Ahmed, S. Abi Amudhan, Rahul Choudary, N. Bharadwaj and Kiran; (sitting) M.K. Sunil Kumar (Coach), Dr. P….
Badminton: City’s Raghu in State Team
October 2, 2018Mysuru lad M. Raghu has been selected in the Karnataka men’s team which will take part in the 74th South Zone Inter-State Badminton Championship-2018 to be held at Hyderabad from Oct.3 to 7. THE TEAM Men: Nikhil Shyam Sriram, M. Raghu, S. Prakash Raj, Vaibhav, K. Sai Pratheek; Women: Dhrithi Yateesh, Deepti Ramesh, Leela lakshmi,…
Saina Nehwal ends India’s 36-year drought in 36 minutes with Asian Games bronze
August 27, 2018Jakarta/Palembang: Top Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal won a bronze medal after going down to world number one Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei in the women’s singles semifinals of the 18th Asian Games, here today. World number 10 and Olympic medalist Saina played with good intensity but lost 17-21 14-21 to a superior Tzu Ying,…
Mysore State Ranking Badminton Tourney: Saneeth, Tanya clinch titles
August 17, 2018Second-seeded Saneeth S. Dayanand and top-seed Tanya Hemanth won the U-17 boys and girls singles titles respectively on the final day of the Mysore State Ranking Badminton tournament conducted by MDBA under the aegis of KBA at the GS Sports Complex and Aditya Sports Arena respectively here yesterday. In the U-17 boys singles final, second…
Mysuru State Ranking Badminton Championships: Good win for Abhinav Garg
August 13, 2018Abhinav Garg scored a facile 15-12, 15-13 win over N. Bhuvan in the boys under-15 qualifying round match in the Mysuru State Ranking Badminton Championship 2018 conducted by Mysuru District Badminton Association (MDBA) under the aegis of KBA, for U-13, U-15, U-17 boys and girls at the GS Sports Complex, Vijayanagar and Aditya Sports Arena…
Badminton Asia Junior Championships: Lakshya Sen clinches gold
July 23, 2018Rising shuttler Lakshya Sen stunned reigning world junior champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand in straight games to become only the third Indian player to clinch a gold medal at the Asia Junior Championships in Jakarta on Sunday. The sixth seeded Indian from Uttarakhand, who had won a bronze medal in the last edition of the…
Selected to represent USA in Pan-American Badminton Championships
April 23, 2018Fifteen-year-old Roshni Venkat has been selected to represent USA in Pan-American Junior Badminton Championships scheduled on July 22 in Brazil. Roshni will be playing in the Under-17 Singles category. She is the daughter of Raghu Venkateshwaran, an alumnus of NIE Mysuru and Lakshmi Venkateshwaran, who are currently residing in Bengaluru. The young shuttler started playing…
Winners of District-level Badminton Tournament
April 19, 2018Kodava Samaja Cultural and Sports Club in association with Mysuru District Badminton Association had organised a District-level Badminton Tournament from Apr.13 to 15 in city. The Tournament was inaugurated by International Sportsperson and Arjuna awardee Arjun Devaiah at Mysore University Indoor Badminton Court in Manasagangothri and Matches were held at Club premises in Vijayanagar 1st…
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