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Saina sails to quarters of Japan Open, others disappoint

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Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal emerged as the lone survivor for India at the Japan Open, defeating Mingtian Fu of Singapore in straight-games to reach the quarterfinals of the women's singles competition i

Veterans light up the courts

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It was almost two-and-a-half decades back that he first won the sub-junior title in the state championship at the Udyogamangal courts, but Jaison Xavier was as chirpy as ever when he came out to play

Saina, Jwala to miss NSCI badminton tournament

Top national shuttlers -- Saina Nehwal, Jwala Gutta, P. V. Sindhu, Arvind Bhat and Chetan Anand -- will not take part in the NSCI All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament to be held here from Aug

World Badminton: Jwala, Ashwini storm into semis, Saina exits

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India's Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa stormed into the semi-final of the World Badminton championships, upsetting Indonesian Vita Marissa and Nadya Melati 17-21, 21-10, 21-17 in women's doubles her

Saina makes rollicking start at World Championship, enters 3rd round

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India's Saina Nehwal advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the World Badminton Championships after thumping Chloe Magee of Ireland in straight games to make a resounding start to her campaign in the wo

Flood of fresh talent raises hopes for junior badminton

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They walked into the court hand in hand but were drawn up against each other. Yet they fought valiantly.

One emerged while the other was reduced to tears. But, like professionals, the winner was the

Saina loses in Indonesian Open final

India's Saina Nehwal went down to China's Yihan Wang 21-12, 21-23, 14-21 in the final of the Indonesia Open Super Series badminton here Sunday.

Kerala junior badminton players show great promise

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Einstein was right — Stars emerge with a big bang.

And the theory was proved right in sports when upcoming badminton talents P.V. Sindhu and Pratul Joshi shone with their skilful play at the All Ind

Saina, Kashyap, Sourabh in pre-quarters of Thailand Open

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Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal notched up a thrilling three-game victory over Chinese Lu Lan in the opening round to advance to the pre-quarters of the Thailand Grand Prix Gold in Bangkok on Wednesd

Rule requiring skirts in badminton suspended

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The Badminton World Federation has indefinitely suspended a controversial regulation that would have required women to wear skirts or dresses in competitive matches, a move that many female athletes c

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