Machangada A. Laksh Chengappa, a promising badminton player from Mysuru city, emerged victorious in the U-19 badminton singles category at Khelo India Youth Games 2024. This prestigious event, marking its sixth edition under the Indian Government’s Khelo India initiative, concluded on Jan. 31. With a participation of over 5,600 athletes from across the nation, the…
Chirag-Satwiksairaj pair wins Korea Open title: Beat World No. 1 Indonesian pair in final
July 25, 2023Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy pair beat World No. 1 Indonesian pair 17-21, 21-13, 21-14 in Men’s Doubles final to clinch Korea Open Super 500 Badminton title on Sunday. The Indian pair, after losing the first set, showed remarkable improvement to down the top seeds Fajar ALfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto. The ace Indian duo…
Shines in Badminton
July 5, 2023M.J. Mohammed Zaid, a II PUC student of Trinity College, Mysuru, who represented Karnataka State at the 66th National School Badminton Championship/Tournament held at Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh recently, has secured 2nd place in Badminton. The 19-year-old is the son of M.K. Jaleel, a resident of Mysuru. Due to the COVID pandemic, the Madhya Pradesh…
‘Allow Olympic-bound Indian athletes to train’
March 18, 2020With the COVID-19 pandemic halting all sport activities, India’s former Chief Badminton Coach Vimal Kumar yesterday urged the Government to allow the Olympic-bound athletes to continue their training after conducting the required tests. Following the respective directives of the Talengana and Karnataka Governments, the Pullela Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad and Prakash Padukone Academy in Bengaluru…
French Open Badminton Tournament: Satwik-Chirag lose final, settle for silver
October 28, 2019The Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty ended up as runners-up at the French Open Badminton Tournament after they lost the summit clash in straight games against World No. 1 pairing of Marcus Fernaldi and Kevin Sukamuljo. In what turned out to be a one-sided final, the Indian duo was outclassed…
Talented badminton player: S. Bhargav
September 29, 2019Badminton is a very popular sport in the world sporting scene and India has been faring well in the international circuit. The achievements of stars like Prakash Padukone, Syed Modi, Gopichand and now Saina Nehwal, P.V. Sindhu, Srikanth have inspired many youngsters to take up this sport. Our city’s youngster S. Bhargav has done everyone…
Kodagu shuttler for World Seniors Badminton
August 2, 2019Thathapanda Jyothi Somaiah, daughter of Thathapanda Dally Somaiah and Pookunji Somaiah (Thamane Chettolira) has left for Poland to represent India in World Seniors Badminton Tournament 2019. The tournament will be played from Aug. 4 to 11. The 2019 BWF World Senior Championships, officially BWF World Senior Badminton Championships Katowice 2019, is a tournament which will…
Yonex Sunrise State Ranking Badminton: Mysuru boy Raghu enters final
July 18, 2019Mysuru lad and second seeded, M. Raghu beat Anirudh Satish 21-12, 21-12 and entered the final in the Men’s Singles event in the on-going Yonex Sunrise State Ranking Badminton Tournament in Bengaluru yesterday. Raghu sets a title clash with top-seed Hemantha Gowda. Results Men’s Singles Semi-finals — M. Raghu bt Anirudh Satish 21-12, 21-12; Hemantha…
Singapore Open: Sindhu seals semifinal spot; Saina ousted
April 13, 2019P.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…
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