Lucknow: Considering the availability of hi-tech sports infrastructure and facilities at Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University (DSMNRU), the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has made the university a training centre for para-badminton players of international repute who will represent India in Paralympics to be held in Paris in Aug. Seven players, including secretary and director general of youth welfare and Prantiya Rakshak Dal Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj, have started practising at the university for the championship. Other players include Mandeep Kaur, a DSMNRU student, Palak Kohli, Nithya Sree, Tarun Dhillon, Manoj Sarkar and Sivarajan Solamalai.“All these athletes are training for…

PNB MetLife, one of India’s premier life insurance companies, proudly announces the 8th edition of its Junior Badminton Championship (JBC), which is set to ignite the passion and potential of young badminton enthusiasts across the country. Building on the resounding success of preceding editions, the championship aims to continue its legacy of fostering sportsmanship, skill development, and the pursuit of excellence among India’s young shuttlers. This year’s championship spans 10 major cities: Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Guwahati, Kochi, Jalandhar, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Ranchi, and Lucknow, providing a stage for young players to showcase their skills and compete at a state level. The city matches are…

Members OnlyParis Olympics 2024: With eyes on the prize, India’s badminton star Lakshya has activated ‘Sen Mode.’ What is it?Published: 14 Jul 2024, 7:40 PM IST Paris Olympics 2024: Story for Badminton prodigy Lakshya Sen. (Photo: PTI/Altered by The Quint) ✕ Get notified on latest newsÜbermensch. A being who has transcended human limitations. The Friedrich Neitzsche version of Superman. Essentially, someone who could do nothing wrong.Many elite athletes have experienced fleeting Übermensch phases – where they could do nothing wrong. For Lakshya Sen, the Indian badminton prodigy from Almora, Uttarakhand, it was the phase from 2022 to 2023.May 2022 –…

A roadmap to follow for the badminton competition during the Paris Olympics:Athletes to Watch—Beiwen Zhang, United States: After winning the women’s singles gold at the 2023 Pan American Games, the 33-year-old is the best shot at the first American badminton medal at the Olympics since its debut as a medal event in 1992. Born in China, Zhang moved to Singapore as a teenager in 2007 and has represented the U.S. internationally since 2013.—Viktor Axelsen, Denmark: Axelsen was Europe’s only medalist (gold) in Tokyo three years ago, and he was the top qualifier for Paris. At 30, this will be his…

Satwik-Chirag are seeded third in the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024. The men’s doubles group stage draw for Paris Olympics 2024 has been delayed further due to the fresh development involving the French pair Ronan Labar and Lucas Corvee. Labar-Corvee successfully disputed a decision made by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) regarding their qualifying rankings for the upcoming Summer Games, scheduled from July 26 to August 11. Labar and Corvee pointed out that their qualifying rankings had been miscalculated by the BWF and that killed their chances of qualifying for the Olympics. The matter had to be escalated to the Court…

Taiwan’s Badminton star Tai Tzu-ying. (Photo: Provided by the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee) Badminton star Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) is set to make her fourth and final appearance at the Olympic Games this year. After winning silver in the Tokyo Olympics, Tai planned to retire, but decided to return once more, aiming for a gold medal to conclude her nearly 20-year career. Since debuting on the world stage at 15, Tai achieved remarkable success, topping world rankings for 214 weeks and boosting badminton’s popularity in Taiwan. Tai, who turned 30 this year, says that preparing for this competition has been especially…

New Delhi: Trailblazing Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal feels she would have perhaps excelled more as a sportsperson if she had picked a tennis racquet instead of playing badminton.Nehwal has an impressive resume as a badminton player. Not only she became the first Indian woman shuttler to be ranked No. 1 in the world, she was the first woman athlete from the country to win an Olympic medal.”Sometimes I feel that it would have been good if my parents had put me in tennis,” Saina said during her Her Story–My Story talk at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.”There is more money and I…

Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal, who brought laurels to the nation on multiple international stages including the 2012 Olympics in London where she clinched a historic bronze, spoke in candour during her visit to the Rashtrapathi Bhawan.The 34-year-old was pictured playing a couple of rallies with the Honourable President of the nation Shri Droupadi Murmu, before addressing a congregation at the place of importance.She stated that it occurred to her sometimes that she would have done even better than she already has, had she opted for a different racquet.“Sometimes I feel that it would have been good if my parents…

President Droupadi Murmu participated in a friendly badminton match with renowned shuttler Saina Nehwal at Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Badminton Court on July 10. The event highlighted President Murmu’s passion for sports and celebrated India’s prowess in badminton, especially among women athletes who have made significant global impacts.The match was part of the ‘Her Story – My Story’ lecture series featuring women Padma Awardees. Saina Nehwal, an iconic Indian sportsperson honored with the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awards, expressed her gratitude, describing the experience of playing with President Murmu as a memorable moment.Earlier, President Murmu unveiled the prestigious Durand Cup, President’s…

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian badminton team is determined to maintain its tradition of winning gold medals at the upcoming 2024 Olympics in Paris, said M. Fadil Imran, secretary general of national badminton association PP PBSI.”If asked about targets, athletes and teams will try their best following the expectations of the Indonesian people,” he added at a press conference at the PP PBSI Cipayung National Training Center, East Jakarta, on Thursday.”I hope that there will be results that match expectations; at least the tradition of winning gold medals can be maintained,” he said.The Indonesian badminton team has also undergone a…