Jakarta, March 3: Indonesia’s badminton association has targeted one gold medal in the mixed doubles category in the All England Badminton Championships this year, and expected a women’s singles player to be in the world’s top 20, a senior official of the association disclosed here on Friday. Indonesia will send 35 shuttlers to the tournament scheduled to be held from March 7 to 12 in Birmingham in England, said Susy Susanti, head of sport development of the association, reports Xinhua news agency.
Category: Olympic Badminton
UK Sport bosses blame Brexit for making funding decisions harder
Seven Olympic and Paralympic sports discovered on Monday that their attempts to overturn a UK Sport decision in December not to fund them for Tokyo 2020 had failed. Olympic sports archery, badminton, fencing, table tennis and weightlifting, and Paralympic sports goalball and wheelchair rugby, will now receive no support from the lottery-backed agency.
Funding cut could halt Winchester Badminton star’s dreams
Westgate School student and talented Badminton star Annie Lado future in the sport could be under threat after a funding cut to the sport she has played since the age of seven. The 14-year-old is in the top five in England for her age group and represents England at junior level.
Sindhu, Srikanth, Ashwini-Sikki advance; Prannoy, Manu-Sumeeth exit Syed Modi meet
Lucknow, Jan 26 – P.V. Sindhu, Kidambri Srikanth, B. Sai Praneeth entered the quarter-finals, while H.S. Prannoy and the men’s doubles pair of Mannu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy suffered upsets in the pre-quarterfinals of the Syed Modi International Badminton Championships here on Thursday. Also advancing were women’s doubles pairs of Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy and Aparna Balan and Prajakta Sawant, as Indian 15th seed Harsheel Dani starred with his shocking 21-18 21-18 win over Pronnoy in 35 minutes .
Saina Nehwal: Hope to be in best form in All England Championship
Hyderabad : Back in action after recovering from a knee injury, star shuttler Saina Nehwal says she needs good match practice to be at her best in the prstigious All England Championship in March. “I am happy with my improvement.
Premier Badminton League 2017: Carolina Marin beats PV Sindhu in the opening game2 min ago
PV Sindhu’s 2017 didn’t get off to an ideal start as she went down to Spanish shuttler Carolina Marin in the first match of the Premier Badminton League opener in Hyderabad on Sunday. Representing the Chennai team, Sindhu lost the opening game, fought back, saved three match points in the second and then eventually lost the match in the third and deciding game of the game.