[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A star-struck Lakshya Sen couldn’t believe his eyes when the legendary Sunil Gavaskar dropped in at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy (PPBA) in Bengaluru to meet him and the youngsters.The 73-year-old Gavaskar, a member of the 1983 World Cup-winning cricket team, paid a visit to the academy …
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[ad_1] JAKARTA: Lakshya Sen‘s impressive run in the Indonesia Masters Super 500 badminton tournament ended with a quarter-final loss to Asian Games champion Jonatan Christie on Friday.World No. 12 Sen squandered an opening-game advantage to go down 21-15, 10-21, 13-21 to home favourite Christie, ranked third, in a 62-minute men’s …
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[ad_1] JAKARTA: India’s HS Prannoy faltered in the opening round, but compatriots Lakshya Sen and Saina Nehwal made an impressive start at the Indonesia Masters Super 500 tournament, advancing to the second round of singles events with contrasting wins here on Wednesday.World No. 12 Sen, who had a subdued start …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Badminton runs in the blood of the Indonesians.Besides China, no other country has dominated the racquet sport like Indonesia and yet they have only managed to win just one Thomas Cup title in the last two decades.The 14-time champions were denied the honour in the last edition …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Defending champion Lakshya Sen‘s title defence lay in tatters after he suffered a narrow defeat against World No. 20 Rasmus Gemke of Denmark in a thrilling three-game match at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Super 750 tournament on Thursday.World No. 12 Sen squandered an opening game advantage to …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A clinical Lakshya Sen defeated compatriot HS Prannoy in straight games to advance to the pre-quarters in the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Super 750 badminton tournament on Tuesday. Defending champion Lakshya registered an easy 21-14, 21-15 win over Prannoy at the KD Jadhav Indoor hall in IG stadium …
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[ad_1] India No.1 Prannoy to face CWG gold medallist Lakshya Sen in India Open men’s singles first round; Kidambi Srikanth too placed in same quarterNEW DELHI: Call it fate, coincidence or AI (Artificial Intelligence) shenanigans, India’s top-2 men’s singles shuttlers will be facing each other in the early rounds of …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The country’s top shuttlers, including reigning champion Lakshya Sen and double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu, will look to keep their date with destiny as they will be title contenders in at least three of the five events when the India Open Super 750 begins here on Tuesday.Indian …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Olympian shuttler Anup Sridhar has been brought on board to help Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen in his pursuit to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics, in a busy season which begins with the Malaysia Open Super 1000 on Tuesday.The 39-year-old Sridhar, who competed at the 2008 …
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[ad_1] NEW DELHI: India’s number one shuttler Lakshya Sen, his family and former national coach Vimal Kumar were charged with cheating and age fraud in an FIR filed in Bengaluru. The FIR, filed on Thursday by M Goviappa Nagaraja, alleged that the 21-year-old reigning Commonwealth Games champion, along with his …
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