PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen win gold in women’s and men’s singles in badminton at CWG

Birmingham: Indian badminton ace PV Sindhu won the Gold medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games women’s singles badminton final. She beat Canada’s Michelle Li 21-15, 21-13. In the 2018 Commonwealth games, she won a silver medal while in 2014 she won a bronze. In men’s singles badminton final, shuttler Lakshya Sen clinched India’s 20th gold…

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Tokyo Paralympics: Odia para-shuttler enters semifinal with convincing win

Odia para-shuttler Pramod Bhagat reaches semi-final in Tokyo Paralympics after beating Ukraine’s Oleksandr Chyrkov in straight sets of 21-12, 21-9 in the men’s Badminton SL-3 singles group match on Thursday. Top seed Bhagat’s convincing win against Chyrkov comes a day after he beat compatriot Manoj Sarkar, ranked-3, in the first group match on Wednesday. The…

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Odia Paralympian Pramod Bhagat starts his Tokyo campaign with a victory

Odia paralympian and world number-1 shuttler, Pramod Bhagat started his campaign with a victory against compatriot Manoj Sarkar at Tokyo Paralympics on Wednesday. Bhagat (33) defeated Sarkar, who is ranked-3, in 21-10, 21-23, 21-9 sets in the Men’s Badminton SL3 Singles league match that lasted 56 minutes. Bhagat faces Ukraine’s O. Chyrkov on Thursday afternoon….

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