No mixed doubles without Jwala, says Diju
September 1st, 2012 - 7:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Badminton doubles specialist Valiyaveetil Diju expressed surprise over reports that his mixed event partner Jwala Gutta is taking a sabbatical from the game, and said ... Read more...
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Olympics: BWF rejects India’s appeal, Jwala-Ashwini out (Lead)
August 2nd, 2012 - 1:53 am ICT by IANS
London, Aug 2 (IANS) It was finally the end of the road for India's top women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa in the 2012 London Olympics after ... Read more...
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India’s badminton coach Gopichand accuses Japan of ‘wanting to lose’
August 1st, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 1 (IANS) India's badminton coach Pullela Gopi Chand Wednesday accused Japanese pair of Mizuki Fujii and Reika Kakiiwa of "wanting to lose" at a Olympic Games group match ... Read more...
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Olympics: Eight badminton players thrown out (Third Lead)
August 1st, 2012 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 1 (IANS) Eight women badminton players were disqualified from the London Olympics' doubles event for throwing matches to get a favourable opponent.The pairs are: Wang Xiaoli and Yu ... Read more...
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Olympics: Kashyap upsets seeded player, Devendro wins in style (Evening Lead)
July 31st, 2012 - 9:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) A day after the high of a bronze medal from the shooting ranges, Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap upstaged a higher ranked player while boxer Laishram Devendro ... Read more...
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Olympics: first medal in, hopes alive in badminton and tennis (Overall India Roundup)
July 31st, 2012 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) Rifle shooter Gagan Narang opened the medal count for India at the London Olympics by winning a bronze here Monday, and hopes for more laurels ... Read more...
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Olympics: Schedule of events involving Indian athletes Monday
July 30th, 2012 - 2:50 am ICT by IANS
London, July 30 (IANS) Following is the schedule of events involving Indian athletes at the London Olympic Games Monday.Archery: women's individual eliminations: L. Bombayla Devi vs Kateryna Palekha (Greece)Badminton: ... Read more...
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Olympics: Saina, Vijender, Jai Bhagwan keep India’s hopes alive (Evening Lead)
July 29th, 2012 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 29 (IANS) India's champion shuttler Saina Nehwal had an easy outing and Jai Bhagwan joined his more illustrious team mate Vijender Singh in the round of 16 but ... Read more...
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Olympics: Schedule of events involving Indian athletes Sunday
July 29th, 2012 - 8:35 am ICT by IANS
London, July 29 (IANS) Following is the schedule of events involving Indian athletes on day three of the London Olympic Games here Sunday.Archery: women's team eliminations: India vs Denmark.Badminton: ... Read more...
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Schedule of events involving Indian athletes at the London Olympics Sunday
July 29th, 2012 - 3:05 am ICT by IANS
London, July 29 (IANS) Following is the schedule of events involving Indian athletes on day three of the London Olympic Games here Sunday.Archery: women's team eliminations: India vs Denmark.Badminton: ... Read more...
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Olympics: Kashyap shines on a mixed day for Indian badminton (Roundup)
July 29th, 2012 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) Parupalli Kashyap was the lone bright spot for Indian badminton on a day when the highly-rated women's doubles pair and the mixed doubles team lost their ... Read more...
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Olympic: Kashyap gives India winning start; Jwala-Diju lose (Second lead)
July 28th, 2012 - 6:21 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) Parupalli Kashyap gave India its first win in badminton while the mixed doubles pair of V. Diju and Jwala Gutta went down in their opening group ... Read more...
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List of Indian athletes at London
July 26th, 2012 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 26 (IANS) The list of Indian athletes participating at the London Olympic Games - 81 athletes, the highest ever Indian contingent to Olympics, will take part in ... Read more...
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I want to be World No.1 shuttler, says Hyderabadi Sindhu (Interview)
July 19th, 2012 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 19 (IANS) After Saina Nehwal, another Indian girl is creating ripples in the badminton circuit.Pusarla Venkata Sindhu created history by becoming the first Indian to win the girls' ... Read more...
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Indian-origin economist appointed Trinidad bank governor
July 15th, 2012 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
Port of Spain, July 15 (IANS) Jwala Ramberran, a 45-year-old economist of Indian origin, has been appointed by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar as the next governor of the Central Bank ... Read more...
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Arif sure of Saina bagging Olympics medal
July 8th, 2012 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, July 8 (IANS) Former national chief badminton coach Syed Mohammed Arif believes India's top shuttler Saina Nehwal will win a medal at the London Olympics."I firmly believe that the ... Read more...
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Sports minister gives away cash awards to 158 athletes
May 10th, 2012 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi May 10 (IANS) Sports Minister Ajay Maken Thursday gave away cash awards worth to Rs 2.12 crore to 158 sportspersons who have won medals in international events from ... Read more...
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Five Indian shuttlers qualify for London Games
May 4th, 2012 - 1:14 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) For the first time in Olympics, Indian badminton will see a record participation from five players in four different categories.According to the new world rankings ... Read more...
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Shuttler Kashyap qualifies for London Olympics
April 28th, 2012 - 1:41 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) India's Parupalli Kashyap Friday qualified for the London Olympics with third-seeded Chinese Chen Jin pulling out of the quarterfinal match, citing a wrist injury, in ... Read more...
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Saina out of Asian Championship, Indian campaign over
April 20th, 2012 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
Qingdao (China), April 19 (IANS) India's top shuttler Saina Nehwal, World No.5, crashed out of the Asian Badminton Championship with a shocking second round loss in the women's singles here ... Read more...
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Asian badminton: Ajay Jayaram goes down fighting
April 18th, 2012 - 10:42 pm ICT by IANS
Qingdao (China), April 18 (IANS) India's top shuttler Ajay Jayaram went down fighting to Wei Nan of Hong Kong over three games in the second round of the men's singles ... Read more...
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‘Housefull 2′ packed with dirty dozen, laughter (IANS Preview)
April 2nd, 2012 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Fun, frolic and laughter - filmmaker Sajid Khan returns with all this in his "Housefull 2 - The Dirty Dozen". It promises to take ... Read more...
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Saina enters second round of Swiss Open
March 14th, 2012 - 9:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Saina Nehwal brushed aside Japan's Sayaka Sato 21-13, 21-8 to enter the women's singles second round of the Swiss Open Grand Prix badminton event in ... Read more...
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All England Championships: Saina sails into quarters
March 9th, 2012 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Birmingham, March 8 (IANS) Saina Nehwal dispatched Pi Hongyan of France 21-10, 21-17 to advance to the women's singles quarterfinals at the All England Badminton Championships.Saina, world no. 4, beat ... Read more...
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All England Championships: Saina enters second round
March 7th, 2012 - 10:35 pm ICT by IANS
Birmingham, March 7 (IANS) Saina Nehwal entered the second round of the women's singles event at the All England Badminton Championships here Wednesday defeating Thai Sapsiree Taerattanachai.World No.4 Saina had ... Read more...
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I had a miscarriage, fine now: Dimpy Mahajan
February 10th, 2012 - 2:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IANS) There were reports last year that reality TV couple Rahul and Dimpy Mahajan were expecting their first child together. Dimpy confirmed the news, but ... Read more...
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Saina loses to Jiang Yanjiao in Korea Open quarters
January 6th, 2012 - 6:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Saina Nehwal went down 17-21, 10-21 to China's Jiang Yanjiao in the women's singles quarterfinals of the Korea Open Superseries badminton event in Seoul Friday, ... Read more...
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Saina, Jwala-Diju reach quarters of Korea Open (Lead)
January 5th, 2012 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal advanced Thursday to the women's singles quarterfinals of the Korea Open Superseries badminton in Seoul defeating Chinese Taipei's Shao Chieh ... Read more...
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Saina eases into second round of Korea Open Superseries
January 4th, 2012 - 9:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) India's badminton star Saina Nehwal Wednesday eased past Scot Susan Egelstaff in the first round of the women's singles at the Korea Open Superseries badminton ... Read more...
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Property dealer shot dead in Ghaziabad
December 24th, 2011 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Dec 24 (IANS) A property dealer, accused in the murder of two sons of a retired Delhi Police official, was shot dead by armed assailants in Ghazaiabad's Vijay Nagar ... Read more...
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Super Series Finals: Saina to face Yihan Wang in title clash
December 17th, 2011 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 17 (IANS) Saina Nehwal defeated Denmark's Tine Baun 21-17, 21-18 Saturday to cruise into the BWF World Superseries Finals at Liuzhou, China.This was Saina's fourth consecutive win ... Read more...
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Gutta, Ponnappa in quarterfinals of China Open
November 24th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
Shanghai, Nov 24 (IANS) India's Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa defeated Iris Wang and Rena Wang of USA 21-9, 21-12 to move into the women's doubles quarterfinals of the China ... Read more...
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Jayaram, Gurusaidutt, Saina in Hong Kong Open quarterfinals
November 17th, 2011 - 9:47 pm ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, Nov 17 (IANS) Ajay Jayaram and Gurusaidutt recorded upset victories against formidable opponents to storm into the men's singles quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Open badminton Thursday.Saina Nehwal ... Read more...
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Saina crashes out of Denmark Open
October 20th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) India's Saina Nehwal crashed out of the women's singles second round of the Denmark Open badminton with a 19-21, 13-21 loss to Tzu Ying Tai ... Read more...
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Saina enters quarters of Japan Open
September 23rd, 2011 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Sep 22 (IANS) India's ace shuttler Saina Nehwal entered the quarterfinals of the Japan Open Superseries event with a 21-17, 21-16 victory over Mingtian Fu of Singapore in ... Read more...
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