Ashwini Ponnappa

Indonesia Open: Saina Nehwal sails to quarters; Jwala-Ashwini, Manu-Sumeeth lose

Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal once again emerged as the lone Indian survivor at the Indonesia Open after registering a straight-game win over local favourite Fitriani Fitriani to reach the quarterfinals of the Super Series Premier event here today.

Jun 02, 2016, 16:12 PM IST

Indian eves maul Australia 5-0 in Uber Cup

Indian eves made a stupendous start to their campaign at the Uber Cup badminton tournament by thrashing Australia 5-0 here today.

May 16, 2016, 18:42 PM IST

Thomas and Uber Cup: Saina Nehwal & Co eye another medal, uphill task for men

Indian women will face Australia in their campaign opener on Monday, before taking on Germany and the formidable Japan in the next two days respectively.

May 14, 2016, 19:00 PM IST

Pullela Gopichand expects seven Indian players to make it to 2016 Rio Olympics

K Srikanth, PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa, and Manu Attri are among the players likely to make it to India's badminton team to the Olympics.

Apr 23, 2016, 18:27 PM IST

China Masters: Indian campaign ends as PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy lose in quarters

Prannoy lost his match to Long, which was his third defeat to the two-time World Champion and two-time All England champion.

Apr 22, 2016, 18:32 PM IST

Singapore Superseries: Pranaav-Sikki enter 2nd round; Srikanth, Jayaram, Prannoy lose

It turned out to be a disastrous day for the men's singles shuttler as Kidambi Srikanth, H S Prannoy and Ajay Jayaram lost their respective first round matches.

Apr 13, 2016, 17:13 PM IST

New Zealand Open: Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponappa lose as India's campaign ends

The duo lost the tie 22-24 8-21.

Mar 25, 2016, 14:38 PM IST

Four Indian doubles pairs enter 2nd round of New Zealand Open

Manu Attri and Ashwini Ponnappa led the Indian charge in the Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament.

Mar 23, 2016, 19:41 PM IST

Syed Modi Grand Prix: Srikanth wins, Pranaav-Akshay pair stuns World No. 8 team

Commonwealth Games champion Kashyap, who is coming from an injury, went down fighting in men's singles against China's Huang Yuxiang.

Jan 29, 2016, 22:57 PM IST

Saina Nehwal holds 2nd spot as PV Sindhu moves to No. 11 in BWF ranking

Carolina Marin of Spain is right at the top of the table with 91192 points.

Jan 28, 2016, 18:47 PM IST

Syed Modi International: PV Sindhu leads top players' progress, Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponappa advance

It was a happy day for top Indian shuttlers.

Jan 27, 2016, 22:37 PM IST

PBL: Saina Nehwal helps Awadhe Warriors trump Bengaluru Top Guns

World No.2 Saina then defeated Suo Di of Thailand in their trump match to take an unassailable 3-1 lead over Bengaluru Top Guns in the five-match tie.

Jan 06, 2016, 23:58 PM IST

PBL: Kidambi Srikanth shocks Lee Chong Wei, Chennai overcome Mumbai

Kidambi Srikanth showed his rising stature in world badminton with a shock maiden victory over former world no. 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, but could not prevent his team Bengaluru Top Guns from going down to Hyderabad Hunters 2-3 in the Premier Badminton League, here on Sunday.

Jan 03, 2016, 23:15 PM IST

Srikanth, Kashyap drop a place each in badminton rankings

Srikanth performed poorly at the World Superseries Finals while Kashyap dropped as south Korea's Lee Hyun Il jumped three places to be 12th.

Dec 17, 2015, 17:10 PM IST

Badminton ranking: Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu static; K Srikanth slips, Ajay Jayaram improves

Nehwal held on to her number two position but a poor run of form saw K Srikanth lose a spot and slip to World No. 9.

Dec 03, 2015, 17:39 PM IST

Indian shuttlers will do well at 2016 Rio Olympics: Prakash Padukone

Prakash Padukone believes Indian shuttlers have good chance of winning multiple medals at 2016 Rio Olympics.

Nov 04, 2015, 20:21 PM IST

Aim is to break into top 10 by year-end: Jwala Gutta

Prakash Padukone feels that Indian badminton is seeing the best phase in its history

Nov 04, 2015, 19:17 PM IST

Bitburger Open: Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponnappa lose in 2nd round

 Top Indian women's doubles shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa received bye in the first round.

Oct 29, 2015, 21:32 PM IST

Rising badminton star Sai Praneeth enters third round of Bitburger Open

Rising India shuttler B Sai Praneeth entered the third round of the men's singles competition of the Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold.

Oct 29, 2015, 20:04 PM IST

French Open Super Series: H S Prannoy shocks Lin Dan; Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap reach 2nd round

H S Prannoy stunned reigning Olympic champion Lin Dan while Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap also reached 2nd round of French Open Super Series on Wednesday.

Oct 21, 2015, 22:24 PM IST