NEW DELHI: Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen‘s Olympic dream came to a heart-wrenching end as he narrowly missed out on a bronze medal in the men’s singles event at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Despite a valiant effort, Sen finished fourth after a hard-fought 21-13, 16-21, 11-21 loss to Malaysia’s Zii Jia Lee in the bronze medal…
NEW DELHI: Lakshya Sen, a rising star in Indian badminton, secured a resounding victory against his fellow countryman HS Prannoy, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Olympic badminton tournament in Paris on Thursday. The 22-year-old sensation from Almora displayed his prowess on the court, winning in straight games with a score of 21-12, 21-6. Sen’s…
NEW DELHI: India’s badminton star Lakshya Sen advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the Olympics men’s singles competition on Wednesday with a straight-game win over Indonesia’s world number 4, Jonatan Christie. Sen, a 22-year-old and a 2021 world championships bronze medallist, showcased his tactical brilliance to defeat Christie 21-18, 21-12.Sen’s victory against Christie is significant as…
NEW DELHI: Indian shooter Manu Bhaker has made history at the Paris Olympics, winning two bronze medals and becoming the first Indian athlete from independent India to achieve this feat in a single edition of the Olympics. Her admiration for fellow Indian sports icon PV Sindhu emerged as a touching moment, garnering a warm response…
PV Sindhu, having won silver in Rio & bronze in Tokyo, is feeling good about her prospects in her third OlympicsPARIS: PV Sindhu had a late evening practice at the Porte de la Chapelle on Wednesday. It got extended beyond the planned time and her meeting with the media at the mixed zone was delayed….
One half of India’s ace men’s doubles badminton team, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, struck gold soon after he settled inside the Athletes Village at the Paris Olympics as he met tennis legend Rafael Nadal and got himself pictured with the Spanish super star. Satwik shared the photo in an Instagram story, and captioned it: “With the best”.The…
NEW DELHI: Badminton ace Saina Nehwal has condemned veteran Congress leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa for his “sexist jibe” at Gayatri Siddeshwara, a BJP candidate from the Davangere constituency. The 92-year-old MLA from Davangere South faced criticism after commenting that Gayatri, wife of former Union Minister Siddeshwara GM, “belonged to the kitchen.”Expressing her dismay, Nehwal took to…
NEW DELHI: India celebrated a remarkable triumph at the Para Badminton World Championship as Suhas Yathiraj, Pramod Bhagat, and Krishna Nagar secured gold medals in their respective categories on Sunday.Suhas Yathiraj, ranked world No. 3 and a Paralympic silver medalist, claimed his maiden world title by defeating Indonesia’s Fredy Setiawan 21-18, 21-18 in the men’s…
NEW DELHI: Ace shuttler HS Prannoy crashed out of the India Open Super 750 tournament after being outplayed by world No. 2 Shi Yu Qi of China in the men’s singles semifinal on Saturday.On the other hand, men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty entered the final after beating Malaysian pair of Aaron…
