Saina leads Indian shuttlers’ quest for Olympic glory
Once a rising star and now a revered icon, Saina Nehwal will without doubt shoulder a huge burden of expectations at the Olympics but there could be a couple of surprise success stories apart from her when an unprecedented five-strong Indian badminton contingent takes the court in London.
Kannur sisters triumph
Kannur duo Mariya Jolly and Treesa Jolly defeated Varsha Venketesh and Smrithi Anil of Palakkad 21-16, 21-18 to lift the Under-13 doubles category title in the tenth All-Kerala Junior Badminton rankin
Saina Nehwal blasts out double warning for Olympics
Saina Nehwal has struck stunning form at just the right time ahead of the 2012 London Games where she hopes to deliver India a first Olympic badminton medal.
The world number five followed up victory
I still need to work on my game: Saina
Enduring nerve-wrecking matches and coming out triumphant from tough situations has raised her confidence a lot ahead of London Olympics but ace shuttler Saina Nehwal says she still needs to fine-t
Need to be in top shape to face Chinese in Olympics: Saina Nehwal
Her morale is sky-high after back-to-back titles but ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal on Tuesday said apart from being confident she would also have to be in 'top shape' physically to outwit the formi
Shuttle queen
She’s fit, she’s on a roll and raring to have a go at the Olympics. Fresh from her conquest of Indonesia, the queen of Indian badminton, Saina Nehwal, has her sights set firmly on winning a gold medal
Resolute Saina clinches 3rd straight Indonesia Open trophy
Olympic-bound Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal displayed nerves of steel to clinch her third successive Indonesia Open Super Series title after beating China's Xuerui Li in a see-saw summit clash in
Saina raises Olympic medal hopes, lifts Indonesia Open trophy
Raising hopes for a medal in next month's London Olympics, Indian badminton ace Saina Nehwal on Sunday won the Indonesia Open Super Series title after beating world number three Xuerui Li of China in
Kashyap falters at semifinals of Indonesia Open
Olympic-bound Indian shuttler P. Kashyap failed to cross the semifinal hurdle of Indonesia Super Series Premier after suffering a straight-game defeat against world number nine Simon Santoso in the me
Saina enters fourth consecutive Indonesia Open final
Two-time champion Saina Nehwal demolished Ji Hyun Sung of Korea in straight games to storm into the final of the Indonesia Open Super Series badminton tournament for the fourth consecutive year in Jak