Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa lash out at Indian Badminto League
New Delhi: Doubles specialists, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa were left disappointed with the Indian Badminton League's decision to slash their base price at the last moment in the Player's auctio
India Badminton League: Double trouble brews
Hyderabad: At the inaugural edition of the Indian Badminton League, scheduled to commence mid-August, most women’s doubles players will be conspicuous by their absence.
That is due to the fact that t
Indian Badminton League: Stage set for player auction
New Delhi: Home-grown stars including Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap along with Malaysian World No.1 Lee Chong Wei have been given the top base price of $50,000 at the players’ auction of the Ind
I need to take the initiative with Pradnya Gadre: Ashwini Ponappa
Mumbai: She played second fiddle to senior partner Jwala Gutta during their successful combination, but shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa now has a role reversal to enact in her fledgling women's doubles par
Stars bat for badminton
“Is this what it takes to get your attention?” It’s the war cry of the Indian Badminton League (IBL).
For a tournament wholly inspired by the Indian Premier League (IPL), the IBL certainly seems to b
Gopichand faces Jwala's fury
Maharashtra shuttler Prajakta Sawant might have won the first round in her battle against chief national coach Pullela Gopichand, when she alleged he was out to ruin her career and had harassed her me
Jwala-Diju on brink of exit at London Games
India's mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and V. Diju are virtually out of the London Olympics as they suffered yet another straight-game defeat in their second group game in the badminton competition
Badminton: Jwala-Diju lose Olympics opening group match
India's badminton campaign in the Olympics was off to a disappointing start as the mixed doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and V. Diju went down in straight games to Indonesia's Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir in their opening group match in London.
Double threat
India’s first ever women’s doubles badminton gold at the Commonwealth Games (at New Delhi in 2010), India’s first World Championship medal in 20 years (At Birmingham in 2011) and now, the first ever I
Jwala pips Saina in popularity charts
Jwala Gutta, who has remarkably improved upon her fitness, has pipped fellow shuttler Saina Nehwal to emerge as the latest Indian badminton sensation on the popularity charts, revealed a survey by sea