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Sindhu, Saina win first round matches in All England Championships

Ace Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal began their All England Championships campaign with easy straight-game wins over their respective opponents in the women's singles here on Wednesday.

Badminton in times of Covid: Sindhu, Srikanth eye glory at India Open

Star Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth will look to carry the momentum from last season and make winning starts to the new year when they begin their campaign at the India Open.

Sindhu aims to fill cabinet with missing CWG, Asiad crowns in 2022

While the CWG is set to be held in Birmingham in July-August, the Asian Games is scheduled in Hagzhou, China in September.

Newsmakers: Neeraj Chopra to Harnaaz Sandhu, who all made headlines in 2021

High achievers in the corporate world; a media potboiler we could do without; and heartfelt goodbyes. 2021 had it all, but a year of renewal and hope was summed up best by olympic glory for the ages

Sindhu enters final of BWF World Tour Finals, beats Yamaguchi in semis

Reigning world champion and the two time Olympic medallist beat Yamaguchi 21-15 15-21 21-19 in a thrilling match

BWF World Tour Finals: P V Sindhu sails into semis with straight sets win

Sindhu defeated German badminton player Yvonne Li in straight sets 21-10, 21-13 to seal the game in just 31 minutes

PM fulfils promise, has ice-cream with 2-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday fulfilled his promise and had ice cream with two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu when he hosted the Indian athletes at his residence today

'Moment marketing' violations: No trademark Act protection against brands

Sporting celebrities in India do not patent or register personal nuances that would allow them to gain relief under Act

With PV Sindhu mulling legal action, moment marketing faces moment of truth

Brands confronted with the question of what's acceptable and what isn't

Sindhu a sporting icon and one of India's greatest Olympians: Anurag Thakur

Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday hailed P V Sindhu as a sporting icon and one of the "greatest Olympians" the country has ever produced after she returned to the country

I felt pressure after being assigned to train P V Sindhu: Park Tae-sang

His phone hasn't stopped buzzing ever since P V Sindhu claimed the bronze medal at Olympics but Park Tae-sang says he did feel "little pressure" after being suddenly asked to train the star shuttler

P V Sindhu tames China's Bing Jiao to secure her second Olympic medal

Star Indian shuttler P V Sindhu on Sunday became only the second Indian to win two Olympic medals, securing a bronze.

Tokyo Olympics: Medal for Lovlina Borgohain; P V Sindhu closes in

The women too kept their hopes of moving ahead alive with Navneet Kaur scoring a late winner against Ireland for a 1-0 win

Badminton: P V Sindhu through to semifinals at Tokyo Olympics

Sindhu is the reigning world Champion

Tokyo Olympics: Atanu Das stuns champion archer, Mary Kom knocked out

Men's hockey team, P V Sindhu shine on a good day for India at the Olympics

Tokyo Olympics: Superb Sindhu enters quarterfinals, beats Mia Blichfeldt

Reigning world champion P V Sindhu sailed into the women's singles quarterfinals after beating Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt in straight games at the Tokyo Olympics badminton competition here on Thursday.

Tokyo Olympics: P V Sindhu and Deepika Kumari register thumping wins

In hockey, the Indian wom­en's team lost 1-4 to defending champions Great Britain

Tokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu to face Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt in Round of 16

India's star shuttler PV Sindhu will face Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt in the round of 16 here at the Musashino Forest Plaza Court 2.World Number 12 Mia Blichfeldt defeated Zetchiri of Bulgaria in the playoff stage 21-10, 21-3 to march into the knockouts. Sindhu leads the head to head 4-1 against the Danish shuttler.Earlier on the day, Sindhu defeated Hong Kong's Ngan Yi Cheung in her second Group J match of the Tokyo Olympics.Sindhu defeated Ngan Yi Cheung in straight sets 21-9, 21-16 to cruise into the elimination round of women's singles. The 26-year-old Indian wasted no time in the first set and won it with ease. The first set (21-9) lasted for just 15 minutes.This was the second successive win for the 2016 silver medallist who earlier on Sunday started her Tokyo campaign on a good note after defeating Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova 21-7, 21-10. The entire match lasted for just 28 minutes.

Olympics: Sindhu beats Cheung in straight games, enter pre-quarterfinals

Reigning world champion P V Sindhu advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of women's singles badminton event at the Tokyo Olympics after beating Hong Kong's NY Cheung in a group J match here on Wednesday. The 26-year-old Indian, who had claimed a silver medal in the last edition in Rio, prevailed over world No. 34 Cheung 21-9 21-16 in a 35-minute match to top the group. This was Sindhu's sixth win over Cheung in as many meetings. "I found my rhythm from the second game on and I finished it off. It was a fast game and I made a couple of unforced errors. I changed my tactics and got things under control. This type of test is important before a big match," Sindhu said after the match. World No. 7 Sindhu will meet Denmark's world number 12 Mia Blichfeldt, who topped Group I. Sindhu has a 4-1 head-to-head record against Blichfeldt, whose only win against the Indian was at the Yonex Thailand Open earlier this year. "It's not going to be an easy game. I need to recover well and come back ...

Tokyo Olympics: Mary Kom, Sindhu cross first hurdle, into round 2

Iconic boxer M C Mary Kom, 38, beat her 23-year-old opponent