Two-time Olympic medallist P.V. Sindhu was chosen as the flag-bearer of the Indian contingent for the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham. It is to be noted that Sindhu was the flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. She won the silver medal in women’s…
1st Indian woman with two individual Olympic medals India’s P.V. Sindhu defeated He Bing Jiao of China to win the women’s singles bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics. With this win, Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win two individual Olympic medals. Sindhu dominated Bing Jiao 21-13, 21-15 as she shook off the disappointment of…
Reigning World Champion P.V. Sindhu will play for the bronze medal in the Badminton Women’s Singles after a 21-18, 21-12 loss in the semi-finals to World No. 1 Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei yesterday. Sindhu will face China’s No. 8 seed He Bingjiao in the bronze medal match today (Aug. 1) at 5 pm (IST),…
The Indian men’s hockey team cruised into the Olympic Games quarterfinal with a comprehensive 3-1 victory over defending champions Argentina in its penultimate pool match today. After goalless first two quarters, India broke the deadlock in the 43rd minute through Varun Kumar before Vivek Sagar Prasad (58th) and Harmanpreet Singh (59th) struck in the closing…
Reigning World Champion P.V. Sindhu advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of Women’s Singles Badminton event at the Tokyo Olympics after beating Hong Kong’s N.Y. Cheung in a Group J match on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Indian, who had claimed a silver medal in the last edition in Rio, prevailed over World No. 34 Cheung 21-9 21-16 in…
Reigning world champion P.V. Sindhu opened her Olympic campaign with an easy straight-game win over Israel’s Ksenia Polikarpova in the Women’s Singles Group J match on Sunday. The 26-year-old Indian, seeded sixth, beat the 58th ranked Polikarpova 21-7 21-10 in a lop-sided opening match. The World No. 7 Indian will next play Hong Kong’s World…
Acting on world champion P.V. Sindhu’s request, the Government on Friday sanctioned the purchase of an advanced recovery equipment, which will help her remain in best physical shape ahead of the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Approval came within 24 hours of the 2016 Olympic silver-medallist Indian shuttler’s request, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) said. One…
Reigning world champion P.V. Sindhu crashed out of the Denmark Open after losing to Korea’s An Se-young in the 2nd round, here at Odense Sports Park yesterday. Fifth seeded, Sindhu lost 14-21, 17-21 in a one-sided clash against the unseeded Korean player. This is the 3rd time that Sindhu has failed to make it to…
Yuva Dasara Sub-Committee felicitated Badminton star P.V. Sindhu and her parents P.V. Ramana and P. Vijaya during the inauguration of Yuva Dasara-2019 at Maharaja’s College Grounds in city yesterday. They are seen with SP C.B. Ryshyanth, MP Pratap Simha, District Minister V. Somanna, City Police Commissioner K.T. Balakrishna, BJP State General Secretary M. Rajendra, DC…
Amidst the downpour, World Badminton Champion P.V. Sindhu inaugurated the four-day State-level Dasara Sports Meet, the Chief Minister’s Cup-2019, at Chamundi Vihar Stadium in Nazarbad here yesterday, in the presence of Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and other dignitaries. The Meet is organised by Dasara Sports Sub-Committee in association with the Department of Youth Empowerment and…
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