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Owing to her exemplary performances, Meghana Jakkampudi is becoming the cynosure of all eyes; she recently emerged victorious in two categories at a national badminton tournament.

City shuttler wins the day, twice!

It's a twofold victory for Meghana Jakkampudi, who recently won the Doubles (with Poorvisha Ram) and the Mixed Doubles...

28 Jan 2018 12:32 AM IST

Saina Nehwal made a perfect startto the new season, reaching the womens singles final of the USD 350,000 Indonesia Masters with a thrilling straight-game win over world no 4 Ratchanok Inthanon of Thailand here on Saturday.(Photo: AP)

Indonesia Masters: Saina Nehwal beats Ratchanok Inthanon to enter...

Saina will play world no 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei or Chinese eighth seed He Bingjiao in the final on Sunday.

27 Jan 2018 3:40 PM IST

Saina Nehwal returns to P.V. Sindhu in their Indonesian Masters quarterfinal match at Jakarta on Friday. (Photo:AP)

Saina enters semis: Beats her compatriot Sindhu in straight games

Saina Nehwal asserted her supremacy over Olympic silver medallist P. V. Sindhu with a straight game victory to enter the...

27 Jan 2018 2:48 AM IST

Indonesia Masters: Saina Nehwal beats PV Sindhu, enters semi-final

Saina took the first game quite comfortably, winning it 21-13.

26 Jan 2018 2:32 PM IST

Badminton player K. Srikanths father K.V.S. Krishna is offered sweets by his friends at their residence in Guntur. (Photo: DC)

Kidambi Srikanth is Andhra Pradesh's lone Padma awardee

The 24-year-old won six titles last year including four Super Series and is looked upon as a future Olympic champion.

26 Jan 2018 2:44 AM IST

While Saina Nehwal and Carolina Marin have hit out at the 2018 BWF calendar, PV Sindhu chose not to dwell too much on the issue and said she will pick and choose her tournaments in order to be in the best possible shape. (Photo: PTI / AFP)

Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu to clash in quarterfinals at Jakarta

Saina and Sindhu clashed twice in the international circuit so far with both winning once.

26 Jan 2018 12:59 AM IST

Saina Nehwal on Wednesday slammed the BWF for a cramped international calender, which hardly leaves any time for players to recover from injuries or be at their best at important tournaments.(Photo: PTI)

Saina Nehwal has it easy in Indonesia

Earlier, men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy lost 18-21, 21-16, 16-21 to Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han...

25 Jan 2018 12:40 AM IST

Kidambi Srikanth

PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth eye strong starts at Indonesia Masters

Sindhu and Srikanth were sensational last season clinching multiple titles.

23 Jan 2018 12:49 AM IST

Viktor Axelsen of Denmark poses with his medal after defeating Kenta Nishimoto of Japan in the mens singles final at the Malaysia Masters badminton tournament in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. (Photo: AFP)

World No 1 Viktor Axelsen wins Malaysia Masters

Axelsen, who won the world title in 2017, is hoping that he will be able to repeat that form this year.

22 Jan 2018 12:28 AM IST

Asian Team Championships: PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal to lead India's...

Leading India's charge in the men's singles will be Srikanth, who clinched four titles last year.

19 Jan 2018 12:37 AM IST

B Sai Praneeth, Ashwini Ponnappa-Sikki Reddy duo bow out of Malaysia...

Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy lost their women's doubles match in 35 minutes to crash out of the competition.

18 Jan 2018 8:34 PM IST

Members of the Hyderabad Hunters team are jubilant after winning the third edition of the Premier Badminton League at the Gachibowli Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday night. Hyderabad beat Bengaluru 4-3 in the title match. R. Pavan

Hyderabad champs

Hunters beat Blasters to win Premier Badminton League.

15 Jan 2018 12:59 AM IST