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PV Sindhu defeated Nozomi Okuhara in two straight sets by 21-7, 21-7 to become the 1 st Indian shuttler to win a gold medal at the World Championships played at Basel, Switzerland played on Sunday. After losing 2 successive finals in 2017 and 2018, Sindhu looked in good shape. With the help of foreign coach Kim Jyun-Hung, the gold medallists improved her stroke play and did a lot of strength training which helped her in winning long rallies. The Indian started the tournament on a confident note beating Pai Yu Po in straight games by 21-14, 21-15. It was a dominating performance by Sindhu who played with aggression and just dominated the Chinese Taipei opponent.  PV Sindhu cruised to an easy 21-14, 21-6 over Biewen Zhang of the USA in two straight games. It was another dominating display by the Indian who played showed her class and never allowed a chance for her opponent to come back into the game. Sindhu faced the toughest opponent of Tai Tzu Ying in the quarterfin...

It was a mixed day for Indian shuttlers as PV Sindhu made into her 3 rd successive finals while Sai Praneeth created history by securing bronze medal at the BWF World Championships 2019 played at Basel, Switzerland on Saturday. PV Sindhu crush 3 rd ranked Chen Yufei of China in two straight games at 21-7, 21-14 to move into her 3 rd successive finals. It was a dominating performance by Sindhu who looked in control right from word go and never allowed her opponent to play her natural game. The Indian had a dominating 11-3 lead at the interval. After the interval, Sindhu continued her domination and won the 1 st set easily. In the 2 nd game also, Sindhu dominated her opponent and created pressure on Chen Yufei. The Indian showed her attacking game which made life tough for the Chinese. At the interval, World number 5 led 11-7. After the interval, Sindhu continued her domination and won 2 nd set easily to move into her 3 rd successive finals. In the last two occasions, the...

The top Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, and Kidambi Srikanth moved into the round of 16 of BWF World Championships 2019 played at Basel, Switzerland on Wednesday. The 2-time World Championship silver medalists PV Sindhu had no problems of defeating Pai Yu Po of Chinese Taipei in two straight sets by 21-14, 21-15 to move into the round of 16. Sindhu who took time to settle played with aggressive intent and put pressure on Pai Yu Po. The Indian then took control and won the first set at 21-14. In the 2 nd game, Sindhu started on an aggressive note-taking a 6-1 lead. The Indian made mistakes which helped Pai equal the scores at 10-10 and went into 11-10 lead at the interval. After the break, Sindhu showed his class and stream rolled his opponent to win the 2 nd set at 21-15. She will take on Biewen Zhang of USA in the pre-quarters on Thursday. After some injury problems, Saina Nehwal defeated the Netherlands Soraya De Visch in two straight sets by 21-10, 21-11 to ...

After the Indian men's team cruised to an easy victory over New Zealand by 5-0, it was the turn for the Indian women's team as won a closely fought match against Japan by 2-1 in the summit clash at Olympic Test event at Tokoyo on Wednesday.  In the 1 st quarter, the Indian team dominated the first 10 minutes. Navneet Kaur gave India the lead with a fine finish in front of the goal. Japan levelled the score in the next minute with a brilliant field goal by Shimizu. At the end of the 1 st quarter, the scores were level at 1-1. The second quarter the Indian team having few chances in the first few minutes with the likes of Vandana Kataria and Navjot but could not produce goals. Japan also tried to score a goal as Shimizu created a chance as Indian team defence remained solid. The scores at half time were 1-1. It was an attacking start for the Indian team in the 3 rd quarter, earning a penalty corner in the 33 rd minute but was well saved by Japanese goalkeeper. T...

The Indian men’s and women’s team defeated their opponents to win the Olympic Test event played at Tokyo on Wednesday. It was a dominating performance from the Indian men’s hockey who took revenge from the league stage crushing New Zealand 5-0. Both teams were cautious at the start of the match India earned a penalty corner in the 7 th minute. Harmanpreet Singh could not convert the shot into a goal but did not miss on a re-awarded penalty corner with a powerful drag-flick shot to give India 1-0 lead. The Indian continued to attack the New Zealand defense. India ended the first quarter with a 1-0 lead. In the 2 nd quarter, Shamsher scored a goal from the penalty corner in the 18 th minute to give India a 2-0 lead. India made it 3-0 for India with a brilliant field goal from Nilkanata.  Gurshabjit scored the 4 th  the goal for the Indian team with a brilliant assist from Vivek Sagar. Mandeep Singh converted penalty corner into a goal to give India a commanding 5-0 l...

It was a good day for the Indian shuttler’s as Sai Praneeth and HS Prannoy moved into the 3 rd round of the BWF World Championship 2019 played at Basel, Switzerland on Tuesday. HS Prannoy stunned former World Champion Lin Dan in three games by 21-11, 13-21, 21-7 to move into the 3 rd round. It was a dominating display by the Indian who never allowed Lin Dan to play his natural game and led 11-5 at the interval. The Indian continued to dominate the Chinese and won the 1 st set at 21-11. In the 2 nd game, both players took alternate points before the Chinese legend showed his class and made life tough for the Indian. Lin Dan won the 2 nd game easily to force the match into the decider. It was one-way traffic for HS Prannoy in the third set and took an 11-4 lead. After the interval, the Indian lifted his game and won it easily. He will Kento Momota in the third round. Sai Praneeth also had an easy outing getting the better of Lee Deun K of South Korea in two straight g...

It was a great start for the Indian shuttlers as Kidambi Srikanth, Sai Praneeth and HS Prannoy moved into the 2 nd round of the BWF World Championship 2019 played at Basel, Switzerland on Monday. Sai Praneeth defeated Jason Anthony Ho-Shue of Canada in two straight games 21-17, 21-16 to move into the 2 nd round. Both players took alternate points till 5-5 before Sai Praneeth played aggressive badminton to take an 11-7 lead at the interval. After the break, the young Canadian player showed his talent and took 5 points in succession to reduce the gap only to 2 points. Sai showed experience and won 1 st set at 21-17. In the 2 nd game also, Sai Praneeth committed errors which the opponent took advantage of. Sai led 11-9 at the interval. The Indian dominated after the break and won 2 nd set at 21-16. HS Prannoy defeated Eetu Heino of Finland in three games by 17-21, 21-10, 21-11 to move into the 2 nd round. The Indian struggled in the 1 st game and trailed 9-11 at the inte...