Indian shuttlers out from Yonex Open Japan Super SeriesSeptember 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's P. Kashyap lost in straight sets to Denmark's Peter Gade 10-21, 10-21 in the men's singles pre-quarterfinals of the Yonex Open Japan Super Series badminton in Tokyo Thursday.
Indian cricketers play badminton match in ChandigarhSeptember 3rd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and pacer Rudra Pratap Singh on Wednesday sweat it out as they played their opponents in a different ballgame altogether. Taking a break form their gruelling cricket schedule, Dhoni and Singh played a friendly badminton match with trainees of a badminton academy here on Wednesday.
World Badmintion: Danes stun South Koreans in mixed doubles semisAugust 15th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Denmarks mixed doubles pair of Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl's joy knew no bounds after they stunned top seeded South Korean Yong Dae Lee and Hyo Jung Kee to enter the finals of the World Badminton Championships here Saturday. The seventh seeded Danish pair entered their maiden final with a crushing 18-21, 21-9, 21-18 victory over the Koreans at the Gachibowli indoor stadium here.
Two Austrian players pull out of world badminton championships in HyderabadAugust 14th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Two Austrian players pulled out of the ongoing World Badminton Championships being held in Hyderabad over security concerns and swine flu. The players, Juergen Koch and Peter Zauner, left Hyderabad without informing the organisers.homas Lund, Chief Operating Officer, World Badminton Federation (WBF), confirmed that the two players indeed left the tournament.
Saina goes down to Li in World Badminton quartersAugust 14th, 2009 HYDERABAD - India's Saina Nehwal lost 16-21, 19-21 to China's Li Wang in the women's singles quarterfinals of the World Badminton Championships here Friday.
Gade determined to avenge his Olympics loss to DanAugust 13th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Peter Gade says he will do whatever it takes to avenge his defeat by 'Super' Lin Dan at the Beijing Olympics when the two meet here in Friday's quarter-final. In the process, the Danish World No.
Saina fights her way into quarterfinals of World BamintonAugust 13th, 2009 HYDERABAD - India's Saina Nehwal fought her way through to the quarterfinals of the World Badminton Championships, beating Bulgarian Petya Nedelcheva in three game in the pre-quarters of the women's singles here Thursday. Saina rallied from a game down to beat Nedelcheva 18-21, 21-18, 21-10 with the home crowd providing her throaty support at the Balayogi Indoor Stadium, Gachibowli.
Saina effortlessly reaches Round three of World Badminton ChampionshipsAugust 12th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Saina Nehawal, India's badminton hope in the women's singles at the World Badminton Championships, advanced to the third round with a straight sets victory over Russian Anastasia Prokopenko. The World No.
Two Austrian players quietly slip away from World BadmintonAugust 12th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Two Austrian players have pulled out of the World Badminton Championships and quietly left the city without informing the organisers. The players, Juargen Koch and Peter Zauner, are surmised to have feared security threat and swine flu.
Men's No. 1 seed Lee Chong Wei, women's top seed Zhou Mi reach round of 16 at badminton worldsAugust 12th, 2009 Lee Chong Wei, Zhou Mi advance at badminton worldsHYDERABAD, India — Men's top seed Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia moved into the round of 16 at the badminton world championships with a 21-11, 21-14 win over Nigeria's Ola Fagbemi on Wednesday. Lee, the world's No.1-ranked player and silver medalist at last year's Olympics, set up a third-round clash with Vietnam's Tien Minh Nguyen, who ousted France's Brice Leverdez 21-14, 21-16.
Former world and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat advances at badminton world championshipsAugust 11th, 2009 Taufik advances to 2nd round at badminton worldsHYDERABAD, India — Former world and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat advanced to the second round at the badminton world championships with a 21-14, 21-14 win over Christian Boesiger of Switzerland on Tuesday. The veteran Indonesian, who won gold at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2005 world championships, needed only 27 minutes to sweep past Boesiger.
England badminton officials and players to explain security-driven withdrawal from worldsAugust 10th, 2009 Badminton England to explain worlds withdrawalLONDON —England badminton officials and players will explain further their reasons for pulling out of the world championships in India. Badminton England chief executive Adrian Christy, performance director Ian Moss and Commonwealth Games champion Nathan Robertson will be among those speaking at a media conference Monday on the decision to fly home from Hyderabad — reportedly because of a terrorist threat from a Pakistan-based Islamic militant group.
Draw for badminton World Championship to be announced TuesdayJuly 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The draw for the World Badminton Championship to be hosted in Hyderabad next month will be unveiled here July 21. Around 500 participants from 45 countries, including hosts India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Denmark, Japan, China, Sweden, Vietnam, England and Thailand, will compete in the Aug 10-16 event.
Saina, Sridhar bow out in Singapore Open quartersJune 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Saina Nehwal and Anup Sridhar bowed out of the Aviva Singapore Open Super Series badminton after losing their respective quarterfinal matches Friday. Sridhar, who upset second seed and World No.2 Peter Gade Thursday, went down 11-21,
8-21 to Thailand's Boonsak Ponsana.
Sridhar, Saina advance to Singapore Open quarterfinalsJune 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Anup Sridhar and Saina Nehwal advanced to the quarterfinals of the Aviva Singapore Open Super Series badminton tournament with fighting victories Thursday. Sridhar, who had to qualify for the main draw, upset second seed Peter Gade of Denmark 21-19, 16-21, 21-13 in the almost hour-long contest.
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