Bronze medallist Saina Nehwal fielded questions with the same flair she shows on the badminton court.
One of the greatest contemporary badminton players has left the sport with her name dragged through the mud. Now we can only reflect on the irony that the system which created Yu Yang betrayed her in the end.
India’s Saina Nehwal went down to world champion Wang Yihan in the women’s singles semi-finals of the London Olympics.
Saina Nehwal achieved a first by marching into Olympic badminton semifinals, while star boxer Vijender Singh is only a bout away from repeating his medal performance of the Beijing Games.
Our man in London Dev S Sukumar It wasn’t a pretty day for sport – particularly badminton – on Tuesday. It was the final group A match of the women’s doubles, and the world No.1 Chinese were taking on world No.3 Korea. Both were trying to lose! This curious incident was necessitated by an upset [...]
Eight female players were reportedly disqualified from the London Olympics after four doubles teams attempted to throw matches to secure a more favourable draw later in the tournament.
London: The Chinese Olympic delegation has started investigations into allegations that some of its badminton players were deliberately losing in the group stage of the London Games. “The Chinese Olympic Committee is devoted to promote the Olympic spirit, carries forward the sports spirit of equity and justice, and opposes any kind of behaviour to violate the [...]
Parupalli Kashyap became the first Indian to enter the men’s singles quarterfinals of Olympics badminton
It wasn’t a pretty day for sport – particularly badminton – yesterday. It was the final group A match of the women’s doubles, and the world No.1 Chinese were taking on world No.3 Korea. Both were trying to lose!
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Ajay Hotchandani As is the routine every morning, I wake up, toss and turn for about an hour trying to find the motivation to get out of bed. Somewhere between eating and showering, I check my email and have a glance at the news on Google. Later that day I had to go pick my [...]
According to a survey of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation officials, there are about 620 buildings and another 100 on the outskirts that need immediate demolition in the twin cities. The GHMC engineers’ wing has certified that these 700 old buildings including 200 in Secunderabad could fall any time. Do we need to lose a [...]
The forest department has taken to task many of Hyderabad’s fortune-tellers for the alleged torture and cruel treatment of parakeets under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Raids were conducted by the State Forest Department officials and members of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau in Chirkur, Kukatpally and Ameerpet areas that led to the rescue of [...]
One step forward, two steps back
There are positive signals from the G8 summit regarding the plan of action that must be pursed in Syria. Russian leader Vladmir Putin, the man who is the main hurdle to the creation of some means formidable to bringing down Assad, has hinted that he may allow removing Assad provided there is a plan for [...]
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