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AMSTERDAM : Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal said it was ridiculous that this year’s World Cup was being played in Qatar, accusing FIFA of taking the tournament to the Middle East emirate for money and commercial reasons.
All England Championships finalist Lakshya Sen will be missing in action but double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and World championships silver winner Kidambi Srikanth will look to make a mark when the Swiss Open Super 300 begins here on Tuesday. Sen, the 20-year-old from Almora, decided to withdraw after feeling exhausted following back-to-back final appearances at the German Open and All England Championships.
The world number one Viktor Axelsen on Sunday defeated India's Lakshya Sen to win the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championships. It took the reigning Olympic champion just 53 minutes to defeat the unseeded Indian by 21-10, 21-15 here at Utilita Arena in Birmingham. The Dane shuttler has now increased his lead in the head-to-head against Sen by 5-1. The young Indian shutter was bidding to become only the third man after Prakash Padukone (1980) and Pullela Gopichand (2001) to win the All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England which is the world's oldest and most prestigious badminton tournament.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. — Scotland withdrew from the women's world curling championship Sunday after two more players tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.
PV Sindhu and World championships silver winner Kidambi Srikanth will look to make a mark when the Swiss Open Super 300 begins here on Tuesday. Sen, the 20-year-old from Almora, decided to withdraw after feeling exhausted following back-to-back final appearances at the German Open and All England Championships. While Sen has been sensational in the last two weeks, top players Sindhu, Srikanth and Saina Nehwal failed to reach the quarterfinals at Birmingham and would eye a better show this week.
Lakshya Sen in less than six months. The loss in the first round of the selection trials last August rankled the new poster boy of Indian badminton, but he was clearly below-par then as he was down with a stomach infection.
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Lakshya Sen faltered at the final hurdle of the All England Badminton Championships in Birmingham on Sunday. His 10-21, 15-21 loss to Denmark's Viktor Axelsen means India's 21-year-old jinx at this tournament continues - Pullela Gopichand was the last Indian to win the title in 2001. It was sweet revenge for Axelsen, who had lost to his training partner Lakshya in the semifinal of the German Open last week.