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Saina dumped from Denmark by Japan’s Hirose

Saturday 24 October '09

Tripping to shuttlers ranked in the tricky 20s, where players can be at their hungriest to prove a point, was always going to be a possibility when Saina Nehwal moved into the top-10 bunch....
Guru upsets third seed, Saina enters quarter-finals

Friday 23 October '09

On paper, the draw offers Saina Nehwal a chance to sneak up behind her rival challengers and pick her second Super Series title this year after Indonesia....
Guru starts with top-20 scalp

Thursday 22 October '09

After making the semi-finals of the world junior championships last year, school boy-faced shuttler RMV Guru Sai Dutt had worried about...
Australia not scared of finals, says Waugh

Thursday 8 October '09

Steve Waugh has been at the grandest Olympics spectacle at Beijing, helping the Australian squad shed their nerves on the big stage.
Offenders handed bans for brawling

Friday 2 October '09

Attacking the referee with a chair turned out to be the worst of his four infringements, as Sandeep Yadav of Maharashtra State Police was handed a life ban after the attack on Uzbekistan rugby players on Tuesday.
Offenders handed bans for brawling

Friday 2 October '09

Attacking the referee with a chair turned out to be the worst of his four infringements, as Sandeep Yadav of Maharashtra State Police...
Rugby police team players face ban

Thursday 1 October '09

Six rugby players from the Maharashtra State Police team face long-term ban from the game after they were found guilty of attacking their...
Free-for-all in rugby match between Uzbek side and police team

Wednesday 30 September '09

A scuffle during a rugby match saw blood spilled on the Bombay Gymkhana field after blows were exchanged between Uzbekistan and Maharashtra State Police....
Kolkata watches as rugby legacy vanishes year after year

Tuesday 29 September '09

First they saw rugby’s biggest rivalry — Armenians vs La Martinere Old Boys (LMOB) — simply evaporate one day when it was all that the city’s ruggers talked about till a decade and half ago....
Uncertain of starting, Trupti ends with title

Monday 28 September '09

Unsure of whether to compete in the Czech International at Brno after she suffered a back spasm three days before her departure for the tournament....
Unstoppable China outclass Korean hoopsters in final

Friday 25 September '09

The anticipation of a humdinger between the continent’s biggest (literally) set of sportswomen — the Korean and Chinese hoopsters...
Finally a win as India keep Level 1 spot

Thursday 24 September '09

An over-zealous fan gate-crashed the little party the Indians had started after their 90-74 win against Malaysia, handing the...
Another loss sends India back to playoff

Wednesday 23 September '09

Japan gave India a quarter, and thereafter conceded no inch. For an entire fourth of their final league match of the 23rd FIBA Asian Championship...
Can Chen go the Yao Ming way?

Tuesday 22 September '09

She walks around with a harmless look that all tall people seem to wear, as if to compensate for their seemingly unstoppable...
India suffer third loss in a row

Sunday 20 September '09

Seeds of an intriguing future rivalry were sown when the diminutive Indian hoopsters met giants from China for the first time...
Supermom hoopster handles double role with ease

Saturday 19 September '09

In a season celebrating Kim Clijsters’s Supermom charge at the US Open, Kazakhstan’s lesser known hoopster Anna Kucheryavykh....
Korea hand India 102-46 drubbing

Friday 18 September '09

KoreA’s hoopsters were in top gear as their bullet-passes invaded Indian territory during their 102-46 decimation of hosts India in the opener....
Afraid no more, Geethu targets semis at Asian meet

Thursday 17 September '09

There’s a certain intent of intimidation attached to a scorpion tattoo. It’s rather common amongst Asia’s women hoopsters...
Saina hopes cricket connect will help badminton

Wednesday 9 September '09

As brand ambassador at a glitzy event in the city, while receiving the first copy of the twin-volumes trumpeting the victorious...
ORIENT EXPRESS

Sunday 6 September '09

Jwala Gutta has squared off against many players from China on the badminton court. She tells us about her Chinese connection
Barrier broken, Jwala-Diju set new targets

Tuesday 1 September '09

Indian badminton is more than just a one-woman show. While Saina Nehwal obviously leads the charge in singles, Jwala Gutta...
Badminton England apologise for pullout, say will come for 2010 CWG

Tuesday 25 August '09

First came the hasty exit, and then a prompt apology a day after the Badminton World Championships ended without...
Don’t blame us, players tell BAI

Saturday 22 August '09

While preparing for his campaign at the World Championships in Hyderabad with his mixed doubles partner Jwala Gutta, it did...
Badminton babus forgot deadline so Saina can't play in China

Friday 21 August '09

Saina Nehwal can't participate in China Masters Super Series because Indian badminton officials forgot to e-mail her entry to the organisers on time.
From Hyderabad stands, Chidambaram makes the point: India safe for world meets

Monday 17 August '09

Tickets in hand, Home Minister P Chidambaram today walked into the Gachibowli Stadium here like any other spectator, sat in the stands with his grand...
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