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Share There couldn’t have been a more fitting finale to the 100th All England Open Badminton Championships on Sunday. Denmark’s Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen saved four match points against compatriots Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen to win the men’s doubles title 26-24 in the third game, bringing to an end one of the most thrilling tournaments in recent times. All England Badminton championship Through... 

Share Dev S Sukumar. Birmingham Malaysian world No.1 Lee Chong Wei finally buried his personal demons at the 100th All England Badminton Championships, staving off a strong challenge in the final from Japan’s Kenichi Tago 21-19 21-19 at the NIA on Sunday. Denmark’s Tine Rasmussen won the women’s singles over Wang Yihan, 21-14 18-21 21-19 to regain the title she won in 2008. China will go home... 

Share The Japanese rookie’s upset of two top Chinese has been the talking point of this All England. What began as a stiff easterly breeze has now developed into a whirlwind that has blown people’s minds at the All England. Kenichi Tago, a 20-year-old only in his second year of senior badminton, astonished spectators over the week as he surmounted one improbable barrier after another to become... 

Share Time seems going great for Indian sports. Yesterday it was cricket where Sachin Tendulkar created history by becoming first player on planet to hit double ton, and today it is badminton. Indian men’s badminton team qualified for the finals of Thomas Cup badminton. to be played at Malaysia. India thrash Vietnam 3-0 to reach in the finals of Thomas Cup. Arvind Bhat, P Kashyap and Anup Sridhar... 

Share It’s all about confidence No Indian pair in history has reached the heights that Valiyaveetil Diju and Jwala Gutta scaled during their dream year of 2009. Beginning the year ranked 38, the duo rocketed to No.7 on the back of some sensational results, including the defeat of world champions Nova Widianto/ Lilyana Natsir at the Korea Open Super Series. Most memorably, they ended the year on a... 

Share Prakash Padukone, India’s most accomplished badminton player, is usually economical with words and is not given to sentimental outbursts. It was thus a surprise when, in a rare moment of candour with this writer, Padukone spilled out his thoughts on the state of Indian badminton. “What had happened in the 1980s is repeating again,” he said. “I’m worried and upset. I’ve done whatever... 

Share Sportsmen and women in India have usually been shy and introvert when it comes to giving interviews. Even his Holiness Sachin has had to watch what he says and sometimes retract statements, but all that is in the past. Say hello to a new breed of young sportsmen who speak their minds and make a lot of sense when they talk. Anand Pawar I recently had the privilege of talking to Anand Pawar, one... 

Share Recently JD Walsh ( who has been gracious to join our community) caught up with Badminton star Pullela Gopichand in Hyderabad ! JD has been kind enough to share a video of the interview with us. Before we begin with the interview, this is a short introduction for our Badminton hero: Pullela Gopichand is an Indian Badminton legend. He won the All England Open Badminton Championships in 2001... 

Share In a sport dominated for years by the Chinese and South-East Asians, breaking into top 10  is no mean feat. The famous Hyderabadi shuttler Saina Nehwal has already  became the first Indian to have won a Super Series title when she triumphed in Indonesian event in June. With such series of achievements she was deservedly awarded as Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year for her stupendous... 

Share Saina Nehwal will face a tough opener in Japan Open Super Series starting in Tokya today. She will be up against World No.10 Yanjiao Jiang. This will be the third meeting between the two with the Chinese winning on both occasions. Saina is rejuvenated and raring to go after a month long break. She feels she has trained hard in the last month and is confident of her chances against her Chinese...