Category: Badminton
India needs mindset change to readily embrace sports sciences to fuel its transition
For some months now, we have been constantly told – and lest we forget, reminded at every opportunity – that Indian sport is gearing itself up to catapult itself from…
Ministry must ensure athletes’ safe return to training before advocating competition
Athletes’ overall health, not just securing them from the outbreak of COVID-19, must always be kept in mind when planning the resumption of competitive sport. It becomes obvious that when…
BWF Calendar Seems Senseless: Prannoy
It seems senseless for the World Badminton Federation’s (BWF) to rush to schedule as many as 22 grade 1 and 2 tournaments in just over four months from August 11,…
Keeping mind open in times of Lockdown
Nothing would have prepared athletes at the elite, development and amateur levels for sport to come to a grinding halt. It is inevitable that none of them would have made…
Maisnam Meiraba, Malvika Bansod claim top honours in Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram, June 3: Manipur’s top-seeded Maisnam Meiraba continued to dominate the junior badminton circuit, winning the boys (under-19) singles crown in the Yonex-Sunrise All-India junior ranking badminton tournament at the…
Neeraj Chopra strikes Asian Games gold with monk-like composure
Through the evening at the Asian Games, the monk in Neeraj Chopra was in evidence. The Indian star was so intent on internalising everything that he was palpably shut off to everything…
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