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‘Hero-style, hates to lose’: Meet 17-year-old shuttler who clinched a rare win over China

ANMOL KHARB loves a good one-liner, and doesn’t particularly care about traditional festivals if they come in the way of her badminton practice. On Diwali, she demanded to know from coach Kusum Singh why she couldn’t pack in a morning training session when all the revelry and fireworks happen in the evening. And on Rakshabandhan, she coolly declared, “I’ll protect myself. I don’t need rakhi.”At Shah Alam in Malaysia on Wednesday, though, the 17-year-old playing India’s fifth match and third singles gave her teammates and coaches plenty of reasons to break into noisy celebrations. Tied at 2-2, Anmol kept an icy cool temperament and hit consistent winners to defeat Chinese Wu Luo Yu 22-20, 14-21, 21-18 and nick a rare 3-2 team victory against China at the Badminton Asia Team Championships...
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Watch: Satwik-Chirag celebrate Korea Open victory in ‘Gangnam style’ | Badminton News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: India's star badminton duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty added a touch of entertainment to their celebration after securing a remarkable victory at the Korea Open.The talented pair delighted the audiences by performing the iconic 'Gangnam style' dance. Badminton Association of India (BAI) media took to their Twitter handle to share the video of the duo Satwik-Chirag dancing after their third title Super 500 title win.Satwik-Chirag pulled off a stunning come from behind victory to upset top seeds Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Adrianto of Indonesia 17-21, 21-13, 21-14 to clinch the Korea Open Super 500 crown in Yeosu.The world no. 3 Indian duo, who had bagged the Indonesia Open Super 1000 crown last month, have now been unbeaten on the BWF World Tour for 10 matches...
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Voluntary age rectification scheme ensures fairplay is beginning to be restored

Age-group national tournaments last winter were when matters came to a head. Parents of children playing in the right age bracket were aghast that the menace of age fraud was not only rampant but despite there being measures available to identify the cheats, nothing tangible was being done to stop the continuing fraud. It’s when they wrote a detailed letter to the Badminton Association of India, pleading for urgent measures to be taken. The association took its time, but results are evident now. Over 100 players – their parents and coaches – have availed of the amnesty scheme window through which players have voluntarily rectified their ages to the correct birth date, without facing punishment. Sanctions will be applicable to those who get caught continuing with age fraud, also facing p...
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Lesson from Sudirman Cup: Seniors disappoint, juniors not ready for transition

PV Sindhu didn’t take the court but her replacement Anupama Upadhyaya didn’t show any nerves in her win over Tiffany Ho. The second choice doubles pairings – Dhruv Kapila -MR Arjun & Ashwini Ponappa-Tanisha Crasto also won their matches. These were the only consolation picks from India’s 4-1 win over Australia in the final pool game of the Sudirman Cup. There was never a doubt in India’s reasonable depth but questions will be asked of India’s disappointing showing in this edition of the mixed team world championship. After their 1-4 loss to Chinese Taipei in the first league game, India lost 5-0 to Malaysia. The scoreline didn’t have the cloak of respectability despite the presence of singles stars, Sindhu, HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth; or the top doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankiredd...