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...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...Sunday
6 September '09Jwala Gutta has squared off against many players from China on the badminton court. She tells us about her Chinese connectionTuesday
1 September '09Indian badminton is more than just a one-woman show. While Saina Nehwal obviously leads the charge in singles, Jwala Gutta...Tuesday
25 August '09First came the hasty exit, and then a prompt apology a day after the Badminton World Championships ended without...Saturday
22 August '09While preparing for his campaign at the World Championships in Hyderabad with his mixed doubles partner Jwala Gutta, it did...Friday
21 August '09Saina Nehwal can't participate in China Masters Super Series because Indian badminton officials forgot to e-mail her entry to the organisers on time.Monday
17 August '09Tickets in hand, Home Minister P Chidambaram today walked into the Gachibowli Stadium here like any other spectator, sat in the stands with his grand...Monday
17 August '09Lin Dan is accustomed to the idea of anti-climax in sport. It’s perhaps a fringe benefit of greatness. His Beijing Olympics final...Monday
17 August '09If nothing else, the Danish pair of Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl proved that a crown at the World Championships...Sunday
16 August '09It’s an enviable position to be in, one not too many other couples — in sport or otherwise — can dream of: a chance to be on top of the world, a third time at that.Saturday
15 August '09In real life, as in the reel one, it is not uncommon for familiar screenplays to turn into twisted climaxes. Saina Nehwal and Lin Wang — only a couple...Saturday
15 August '09The mixed doubles event at the World Championships had some happy tales on Friday. Christmas came four months early for two Danish pairs...Friday
14 August '09Hyderabad hasn’t been its own laidback self these last few days as the badminton World Championships have inhaled fear, exhaled caution....Friday
14 August '09European shuttlers share a common angst against the big bully sport of football that sweeps and sways people in their countries....Friday
14 August '09Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal and mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and V Diju became the first Indians to enter World Badminton C'ships quarterfinals.Thursday
13 August '09Days after recovering from chickenpox, world No 6 strolls past Russian Prokopenko; Kashyap takes world No 2 to three games....Thursday
13 August '09They’ll pepper each other with big smashes — boasting as they do of two of the most muscle-powered games on the singles circuit.Wednesday
12 August '09Arvind Bhat put up a gallant fight but went down to ninth seed Yu Hsing Hsieh of Chinese Taipei in a thrilling encounter in the World Championships.Wednesday
12 August '09From getting hordes of Danish fans to assemble at Milton Keynes every year — where he won the All England a decade back — to letting...Tuesday
11 August '09Arvind Bhat put up a gallant fight but went down to ninth seed Yu Hsing Hsieh of Chinese Taipei in a thrilling encounter in the World Championships.Tuesday
11 August '09Chetan Anand — settled in Hyderabad for many years now, and playing what promises to be a memorable World Championship at the Gachibowli Stadium at home here...Tuesday
11 August '09In a rare instance of multi-syllabic interaction with anyone associated with the Chinese badminton behemoth, chief coach Li Yongbo wished rival Saina Nehwal...Tuesday
11 August '09Badminton’s teeming with couples — with Chinese Lin Dan-Xie Xingfang and Malaysian Lee Chong Wei-Mew Choo Wong top-lining the sport’s highly publicised courting sagas.Monday
10 August '09England on Saturday evening pulled out of the World Badminton Championship beginning in Hyderabad tomorrow....
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