‘Too premature’: BAI rejects reports about appointing foreign coaches
The media reports claimed that BAI appointed Irwansyah as the new singles coach for the men and women while Tan Him Ker was roped in as the doubles coach for both categories.
The media reports claimed that BAI appointed Irwansyah as the new singles coach for the men and women while Tan Him Ker was roped in as the doubles coach for both categories.
Badminton Federation of India (BAI) on Tuesday announced the cash reward of Rs 50 lakh for the para-shuttlers, who have won medals at the recently concluded Paris Paralympics Games.
In a hard-fought final, Kadam faced Indonesia’s Fredy Setiawan in the Men's Singles SL4 category, with the match ending 21-14, 21-14 in favour of the home favourite.
The 34-year-old former world No.1, who was the first Indian shuttler to win an Olympic medal, participated in three editions of the Games before being hampered by injuries.
On a very successful day for India in badminton which saw the country win four medals on Monday, Sukant Kadam's hopes of winning a medal in his Paralympics debut ended in a setback as he lost 0-2 to Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan in the Men's Singles SL4 bronze medal match.
Women doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto, Unnati Hooda, progressed to the quarterfinal of the Odisha Masters badminton tournament, here at the JN Indoor Stadium on Thursday.
In a high-intensity fixture of women’s Doubles category, the duo of Ashwini and Tanisha, who are coming here on the back of securing their second Super 100 title at the Guwahati
In an incident marred clash, two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu went down to Rio 2016 champion Carolina Marin of Spain in the semi-finals of the Denmark Open badminton at the Jyske Bank Arena in Odense.
HS Prannoy, India’s top men’s singles player at the Games also progressed into the pre-quarter finals with ease.
Men’s team enters maiden final with 3-2 win over South Korea
