P Gopichand News

National badminton coach Pullella Gopichand was on Monday (May 11) stamped "quarantined" for next 14 days. Speaking to Zee Media, Gopichand said that on Monday he had rushed to Guntur in Andhra Pradesh from Hyderabad to see his ailing grandmother and while he was coming back to Hyderabad he was stamped 'quarantined' by the Telangana authorities on Andhra Pradesh-Telangana border.

Gopichand has been integral in the rise of Indian badminton over the past decade with the likes of Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth, all learning the ropes under him.

India on Friday welcomed with open arms its daughter PV Sindhu, who finally settled for a Silver medal after giving a tough fight to her World No.1 Spanish rival Carolina Marin at the ongoing Olympics games in Rio de Janeiro.

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According to a report in DNA, badminton stars Ashwini Ponnappa and Jwala Gutta will write a letter to PM Narendra Modi over their exclusion from the government-funded Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) by the sports ministry.