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Pullela Gopichand bestowed an honorary doctorate by IIT Kanpur

India’s chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand has been bestowed an honorary doctorate by IIT Kanpur on the occasion of their 52nd convocation on June 28, 2019. He received the honour from former ISRO chairman and Chairman of the board of Governors of IIT Kanpur, Prof K Radhakrishnan. The past recipients of the honour are ..

Topics: Badminton • Gopichand Badminton Academy • P. V. Sindhu • Parupalli Kashyap • Pullela • Pullela Gopichand • Saina • Saina Nehwal • Sport in India • Sports • Srikanth Kidambi • Telugu people

P V Sindhu named as female sportsperson of year at ESPN India Multi-Sport Awards 2018

Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu and star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra has been named as female and male sportsperson of the year in the ESPN India Multi-Sport Awards for their achievements in 2018. While Saina Nehwal won the award for the ‘Comeback of the Year’ after bagging the bronze at the 2018 Asian Games. Jaspal ..

Topics: Commonwealth Games • Indian people • Indian Sports Honours • Jaspal Rana • Neeraj Chopra • P. V. Sindhu • Saina • Saina Nehwal

Saina Nehwal wins women’s singles event at 83rd Senior National Badminton Championships 2019

In badminton, Saina Nehwal won her fourth title at the Yonex-Sunrise 83rd Senior National Badminton Championships 2019 in Guwahati. In the final, she defeated P.V.Sindhu by 21-18, 21-15 in Guwahati. Its her fourth title. Sourabh Verma completed a hat-trick of titles, claiming the men’s singles crown after defeating young Lakshya Sen in straight games of ..

Topics: Badminton • Badminton in India • Chirag Shetty • Premier Badminton League • Saina • Saina Nehwal • Sport in India

Nozomi Okuhara wins 2017 women’s singles World Badminton championships (WBC)

Japanese shuttler Nozomi Okuhara has won the 2017 women’s singles World Badminton championships (WBC) by defeating P V Sindhu in the final by 12-21, 21-17, 21-10 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. With this, Sindhu had to settle for silver in the championship. Earlier, Saina Nehwal ended her campaign with a bronze. The Badminton ..

Topics: Badminton • Badminton in India • Carolina Marín • Nozomi Okuhara • Olympic medalists • P. V. Sindhu • Saina • Saina Nehwal • Summer Olympic Games

Shapath Bhardwaj is India’s youngest athlete to be named in Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme

India shooter Shapath Bhardwaj (15) from Merrut has become the India’s youngest athlete to be named in the Union Government’s Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme. He is among 45 elite athletes, including Olympic medallists PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik and Saina Nehwal, to be selected for the scheme. The TOP scheme elite athletes identification committee, which ..

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Topics: Abhinav • Abhinav Bindra • Olympic Games • Olympic medalists • P. V. Sindhu • Saina • Saina Nehwal • Sakshi Malik • Sport in India • Summer Olympic Games