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Commonwealth Games: Champion at 19, shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa ready for another splash at CWG
• 3 years agoAt 32, one might imagine that the 2022 CWG could be her last but Ashwini is not thinking too far ahead.
BWF Rankings: Lakshya Sen climbs a spot to 11th, PV Sindhu static at seventh place
• 3 years agoSen has risen remarkably over the last few months in the BWF rankings riding on his impressive performances at the world stage.
BWF World Championships: PV Sindhu eyes successful title defence in Spain
• 3 years agoWhile Sindhu will fancy her chances, retaining the title will still be much easier said than done as she still has to face the likes of ninth seeded Thai Pornpawee Chochuwong, top seed Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei and Korea's teen sensation An Seyoung.
BWF World Tour Finals: PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen qualify for knockouts
• 3 years agoWorld number 14 Srikanth, who had reached the knockout stage in the 2014 edition of the year-ending event, went down 18-21 7-21 to three-time junior world champion Vitidsarn in a 46-minute men's singles match.
BWF World Championships: PV Sindhu gets first round bye in tournament draw, likely to face Tai Tzu Ying in quarters
• 3 years agoSindhu, who won a bronze in the Tokyo Olympics, has been seeded sixth in the 12-19 December showpiece event.
BWF World Tour Finals: Sindhu, Srikanth make winning start; Ponnappa-Sikki Reddy lose in women's doubles
• 3 years agoFormer world No 1 Kidambi Srikanth beat France's Toma Junior Popov 21-14 21-16 in 42 minutes in his opening match of group B.
French Open: Lakshya Sen enters quarter-finals with comfortable win; Sameer Verma retires hurt
• 3 years agoLakshya Sen will clash with either Korea's Heo Kwanghee or Chinese Taipei's Wang Tzu Wei next.
Denmark Open 2021: Lakshya Sen wins; Saina Nehwal, HS Prannoy, P Kashyap eliminated
• 3 years agoLakshya, who had finished runners-up at Dutch Open last Sunday, dished out a superb performance to outclass national champion Sourabh 21-9, 21-7 in 26 minutes.
Uber Cup 2021: Indian women beat Spain 3-2 in opener despite Saina Nehwal's injury
• 3 years agoSaina Nehwal had to concede her match after losing the first game 20-22 against Spain's Clara Azurmendi as she developed discomfort in her groin area.
Sudirman Cup 2021: India crash out of tournament after 0-5 loss to China
• 3 years agoIt was India's second consecutive defeat after losing the Sudirman Cup Group A opener to Thailand.