Indian shuttler News
Indian shuttler Nitesh Kumar won gold in the men's singles SL3 category at the Paralympics by defeating Great Britain's Daniel Bethell in a thrilling match, 21-14, 18-21, 23-21. Nitesh's victory adds to India's medal tally, showcasing his exceptional skills.
PV Sindhu met Mohanlal at a gym in Goa
Sindhu is a two-time Olympic medallist for India
World number 10 and Olympic medallist Saina played with good intensity but lost 17-21 14-21 to a superior Tzu Ying.
The Indian sensation achieved the career-best ranking of 2 on November 3, after a fantastic run of form this year, in which has won four Super Series titles in five finals.
Recovering from a hamstring injury, Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram has decided to pull out of the next two Super Series tournaments in China and Hong Kong.
The World No. 2 women's singles player took to micro-blogging site Twitter to share her disgust at the treatment meted out to her.
It also served as a sweet revenge for the 22-year-old Indian girl, who lost to Yufei in straight games of the French Open first round match earlier this month.
Earlier today, Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy also lost their doubles match to top seeds Misaki Matsutomo and
Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth climbed to the fourth position in latest BWF rankings, released on Thursday. Propelled by his recent success in the Denmark Open Super Series event, the 24-year-old jumped four places with 66,923 points.
Prannoy, who has beaten the former World No. 1 Malaysian twice this season, will square off against Denmark's Hans- Kristian Solberg Vittinghus next.
India will have a strong presence in the 2017 Glasgow World Championships, which starts on August 21.
Interestingly, Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap, HS Prannoy and N Sikki Reddy had to request the Ministry of External Affairs and Sports Ministry to receive their passports on time to travel to Canada.
Last month, he lost in the final of Singapore Open to compatriot B Sai Praneeth. This was his fourth Super Series final. He had previously won the 2014 China Open and 2015 India Open.
The world No. 29 Prannoy saw off 20th ranked Anthony Sinisuka Ginting 21-13 21-18 in a 43-minute battle. He will next face top seeded Malaysian Lee Chong Wei.
Praneeth, seeded third in the tournament, came from behind to beat fourth-seeded Indonesian Jonatan Christie 17-21 21-18 21-19 over in an hour and 11 minutes.
The 14-time national champion said she is looking forward to play her role in the development of sports in the country.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had offered a Group-I officer job of her choice at the felicitation function itself, but Sindhu has now decided to take it up.
The 21-year-old defeated Sun Yu of China 21-11, 17-21, 21-11 in the final of the 2016 China Open in Fuzhou.
The 10th ranked Indian lost the second round match in 41 minutes.
Jayaram had won the title of this Grand Prix tournament in 2014 and 2015.
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