Favela kid Coelho helps make badminton a smash in Brazil
TOKYO: Ygor Coelho grew up avoiding bullets in his Rio favela - now his exploits on the badminton court are inspiring Brazilians to pick up a racquet and try the sport themselves.
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BWF World Championships: B Sai Praneeth Loses, Ashwini Ponnappa-N Sikki Reddy, Tanisha Crasto-Ishaan Bhatnagar Win On Day 1
B Sai Praneeth failed to cross the opening hurdle after losing in three games but India registered twin wins in women's and mixed doubles competition on the opening day of the BWF World Championships here on Monday. Praneeth, a 2019 bronze medallist, put up a brave effort before going down 15-21 21-15 15-21 to world number 4 Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in little over an hour. It was yet another forgettable outing in Tokyo for Praneeth, following his struggles at last year's Olympic Games where he participated without a proper coach or physio to eventually bow out early.
Badminton World Championships 2022: When And Where To Watch Live Telecast, Live Streaming
The Badminton World Championships 2022 is set to kick off on Monday, August 22. While India's star shuttler PV Sindhu misses the event due to injury, the likes of Lakshya Sen -- CWG 2022 gold medallist, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy and Saina Nehwal will be among the Indians in the spotlight. Not to forget the pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, who are coming on back of a gold medal in men's doubles at the CWG earlier this month.
Meet the American who founded pickleball, the fastest growing sport in the nation
Joel Pritchard invented the game of pickleball along with friends in 1965. It's been soaring in popularity lately.
Independence Day: PM Modi Hails India's 'Stellar' Performance In Sports
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the nation for the ninth time from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of the Independence Day, urged the people to support and promote sports and praised India's 'stellar' performance in the recently concluded Commonwealth Games 2022. "Our stellar performances at international sporting events are an example of India's shining talent. We need to promote and support such talent," PM Modi said.
New junior World No.1 Sankar wants to make it big at senior level
Sankar is the first shuttler from Tamil Nadu to achieve this feat and fourth Indian boy after Aditya Joshi (Madhya Pradesh) in 2014, Siril Verma of Telangana in 2016 and Lakshya Sen from Uttarakhand in 2017. Among them only Lakshya Sen went on to make it big in the senior circuit.. Sankar benefited from BWF’s decision to defreeze the ranking points this August.
In special Independence Day hearing, Bombay HC directs BAI to include national shuttler as wild card entry in international tournament
The name of 18-year-old Kulkarni was not included in the list due to a clerical error on part of the BAI. A division bench of Justices Ravindra Ghuge and Arun Pednekar in its order, which was made available on Tuesday, said Kulkrani cannot be faulted as he had submitted his application form online with correct details well before the deadline.
Focus is on endurance ahead of World Championships: HS Prannoy
"I had a decent two weeks of training. There was nothing different, but courts in Japan tend to be on the slower side, so the focus was on endurance more," Prannoy, who will open his campaign against Austria's Luka Wraber, told PTI. "During the Olympics, the conditions were faster, but mostly, it is on the slower side.