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Yonex Racquet

Yonex going the MADE IN INDIA route

World’s leading badminton equipment brand YONEX on Saturday announced that it will now manufacture high-quality graphite racquets in the country, expanding its existing production plan and base in India, a move which will bring the cost of full-body racquets down considerably. Indian shuttlers have been performing exceptionally at the global stage, bringing numerous laurels for…

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Asian Indoor Championships 2023

26 member squad announced for Asian Indoor Athletics Championships for Feb 10-12

The Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Saturday announced a 26-member Indian contingent to participate in the 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, taking place in Astana, Kazakhstan from February 10-12. The team will comprise 13 male and as many female athletes, including Tokyo 2020 Olympian Tajinderpal Singh Toor and women’s national record holder in 100m…

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Chennai

India’s Bhambri, Ramanathan off to winning starts in qualifiers at 5th Tata Open Maharashtra

Indian players Yuki Bhambri and Ramkumar Ramanathan kickstarted their campaign at the fifth edition of Tata Open Maharashtra with contrasting victories in the singles qualifying opening round at the Balewadi Stadium in Pune on Saturday. While Bhambri dominated Diego Hidalgo by 6-2, 6-2 in the lopsided match, Chennai-based Ramanathan, who entered the draw as a…

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Chennai

India Open 2023 draw: Srikanth, Sen, Prannoy bunched in ‘quarter of death’ with Axelsen, Momota and Shi Yu Qi

Indian men’s singles players were handed a tough draw in the Yonex Sunrise India Open 2023 as all three of them were bunched together in one quarter while former world champion PV Sindhu faces her last edition nemesis Supanida Katethong in the opening round. The Yonex Sunrise India Open, which is part of the HSBC…

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Chennai

भारत के स्टार बोपन्ना और तीन अन्य के साथ 5वें टाटा ओपन महाराष्ट्र में पुरुष युगल खिताब के लिए लड़ेंगे यूएस ओपन चैंपियन राम-सैलिसबरी

मौजूदा यूएस ओपन चैंपियन राजीव राम और जोए सैलिसबरी चार भारतीयों के साथ टाटा ओपन महाराष्ट्र के पांचवें संस्करण में स्टार खिलाड़ियों से सजे मैदान में उतरेंगे। इन खिलाड़ियों में मौजूदा चैंपियन रोहन बोपन्ना और रामकुमार रामनाथन भी शामिल हैं। दक्षिण एशिया का एकमात्र एटीपी 250 इवेंट 31 दिसंबर से 7 जनवरी, 2023 तक पुणे…

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Chennai

Olympics champions Yufei, Axelsen lead star-studded field at Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2023

Sindhu, Sen, Srikanth and Chirag-Satwiksairaj to carry India’s title hopes at the Super 750 event India Open 2023 Reigning Olympics and world champions including Chen Yufei of China, Akane Yamaguchi of Japan and Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen will spearhead galaxy of stars at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open badminton tournament, to be held at the Indira Gandhi…

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Chennai

World No 17 Cilic leads field alongside 16 top-100 players as 5th edition of the Tata Open Maharashtra kicks off on December 31

South Asia’s only ATP 250 event will go on till January 7 in Pune World number 17 Marin Cilic will headline a strong singles field at the fifth edition of the Tata Open Maharashtra along with 16 other top-100 players when South Asia’s only ATP 250 event returns to the opening week of the calendar…

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Unnati Hooda

Indian shuttlers confirm 5 medals at Badminton Asia Junior Championships

Indian shuttlers Unnati Hooda, Gnana Dattu, Anish Thoppani and two doubles pairs marched into the semi-finals to assure country of five medals at the Badminton Asia U-17 & U-15 Junior Championships 2022 in Nonthaburi, Thailand on Friday. Asia Junior Championships The pairs of Arsh Mohammad and Sanskar Saraswat, and Bjorn Jaison and Aathish Sreenivas PV…

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Malvika Bansod Kaushal Dharamveer

Malvika, Kaushal win Yonex-Sunrise VV Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament 2022

Top-seeded Malvika Bansod clinched the women’s singles title while unseeded Kaushal Dharmamer secured the men’s title at the Yonex-Sunrise VV Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament 2022 in Pune on Sunday. Bansod secured a come-from-behind 13-21, 21-17, 22-20 win over Adita Rao in a thrilling final encounter which lasted an hour and three…

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Chennai

Srihari Nataraj finishes campaign with a flourish, claiming sixth gold with 100m Freestyle win

Olympian Srihari Nataraj (Karnataka) ended his campaign in the National Games Swimming competition in a blaze of glory, capturing his sixth gold medal with a brilliant show in the men’s 100m Freestyle final at the Sardar Patel Aquatics Complex here today. He won in 50.41 seconds, a new National Games record time. Through the week,…

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Hockey National Games

Hockey Quarter Finals – UP survive a scare to join MAHA, HAR and KAR in semis

Men’s Results Karnataka beat Gujarat  11-2  Haryana beat Tamil Nadu 3-0 Uttar Pradesh beat West Bengal 5-4 Maharashtra beat Jharkhand 3-1 Fancied Uttar Pradesh survived a massive scare before pulling off a 5-4 thriller (via penalties) against West Bengal to sneak into the Hockey semifinals of the 36th National Games at the Dhyan Chand Hockey…

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Chennai

National Games Round Up: Ram Baboo draws attention with National record in 35km Walk

Uttar Pradesh’s Ram Baboo, an unemployed Physical Education graduate, chose the National Games platform to draw attention to himself with a National record when winning the men’s 35km Race Walk at IIT Gandhinagar on Tuesday. His victory in 2 hours 36 minutes 34 seconds was sweeter as he beat the record holder Juned Khan of…

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Chennai

Telangana’s troika of Sai, Sumeeth & Sikki ambush Prannoy’s Kerala to win gold

Telangana’s B Sai Praneeth upset Kerala’s much fancied and in-form HS Prannoy 18-21, 21-16, 22-20 to help his team annex the Badminton Mixed Team gold in the 36th National Games here on Monday. His victory came on the heels of another brilliant show by the husband-and-wife duo of Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy who got…

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Chennai

Fascinated by boats but discouraged by boys once, Khushpreet Kaur wins two National Games rowing gold

Double gold medallist in the 36th National Games’ Rowing events, Khushpreet Kaur took up the sport over a chide for being a girl. “I had gone swimming and I got intrigued by its boats,” she disclosed on Monday, shortly after winning her second gold in the Quadruple Sculls with Vindhya Sankath, Poonam and Rukmini. Earlier,…

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Chennai

Gulveer Singh caps maiden season with record-breaking effort in 10000m to win gold

Gulveer Singh’s doughty effort to win the men’s 10,000m with a Games record in the Athletics competition today helped Services consolidate their position at the top of the 36th National Games medal charts. The three-time defending champions spurted to the pole position for the first time on Sunday, thanks to a good show in Rowing…

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Chennai

National Games badminton: Telangana survive Maharashtra scare, Gujarat bag bronze after losing to Kerala in semis

Top seeds Telangana had to dig their heels in to edge out Maharashtra 3-2 in the semifinals of the Badminton Mixed Team Championship in the 36th National Games here at the PDDU Stadium on Sunday. They will now face the HS Prannoy-led Kerala team, which got the better of hosts Gujarat 3-1, in the summit…

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Chennai

Swimming begins with butterfly specialist Astha Choudhury setting a National Games record

Astha Choudhury (Assam) claimed the honour of becoming the first swimmer to break a record as the National Games Aquatics competition commenced at the Sardar Patel Aquatics Complex here on Sunday. She clocked 1:03.91 in the 100m Butterfly heats to take the Games record from Richa Mishra, who set it at 1:04.41 in Ranchi in…

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Chennai

Abhishek Pal and Parul Chaudhary take home both 5,000m golds

Uttar Pradesh’s Abhishek Pal and Parul Chaudhary completed a unique double at the National Games here on Saturday, winning the Men’s and Women’s 5,000m gold for their state. Parul Chaudhary was delighted with her performance but Abhishek Pal was a slightly disappointed man even though he beat the stiff challenge of Services’ Karit Kumar and…

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Chennai

Gujarat’s Elavenil Valarivan shoots down gold even as 9 records fall in athletics

Gujarat’s ace shooter Elavenil Valarivan gave the hosts their fourth gold even as several favourites, including Olympic silver medallist weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, pathbreaking fencer Bhavani Devi and wrestler Divya Kakaran, lived up to their top billing and pocketed gold medals in their respective events in the 36th National Games here on Friday. The athletics arena…

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Chennai

Deepika and Vanshika break U18 national records at National Youth Athletics in Bhopal

Deepika and Vanshika star at the Youth National Championships 2022 in Bhopal Haryana’s rising Javelin Thrower Deepika and Pole Vaulter Vanshika Ghanghas broke National U18 girls records on their way to victory on the concluding day of the 17th AFI National Youth Athletics Championships at the Tatya Tope Stadium here on Monday. Deepika, who is…

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