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Every coach who is not Pullela Gopichand or Prakash Padukone, is grappling with the same question: Is it worth 'giving back'? (File)

For badminton coaches, 'giving back' to the game comes with suffering

July 14, 2025 1:18 pm

Policy proposals offer a reasonably good pay package to full-time coaches but there's a catch — these might be short-term contracts and make involve giving up a PSU job

Express Exclusive: Pullela Gopichand explains why he said don't play sport unless you're rich or poor

February 21, 2025 7:30 pm

Gopichand wants young players from middle-class to pursue education and details how India is not equipped to handle alternate careers for sports people who don’t make it big.

Much of how development of shuttlers from North East is perceived will depend on the progress that Ashmita Chaliha makes on the international Circuit. (BAI)

Geography on its side, but Guwahati’s Badminton academy has uphill climb matching Hyderabad's history

December 18, 2023 11:07 am

Language, food, culture - leaving their comfort zones to train in Hyderabad or Bangalore has proved a barrier historically. The academy in Assam raises hope.

All England Badminton Semi-Finals Highlights: Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand lose; Chen Yu Fei stuns Akane Yamaguchi

March 19, 2023 1:21 am

All England Open Badminton Championship 2023 Highlights: The two young shuttlers found the going tough against Korean world number 20 pairing of Baek Na Ha and Lee So Hee, losing 10-21 10-21 in a 46-minute women's doubles contest at the Utilita arena.

Tokyo 2020: Indians will return with medals in double digits, says P Gopichand

July 21, 2021 1:54 pm

National badminton coach P Gopichand said the Indian contingent will return home with at least 10 medals from the Tokyo Olympics.

Training in UK is PV Sindhu’s decision: Father Ramana

October 21, 2020 2:22 pm

World Champion PV Sindhu's father Ramana said it was 'her decision' to head to Leicester in the United Kingdom for 8 weeks to get a diet - nutrition assessment done at the Gatorade Sports Science Institute.

When P Gopichand brought shuttle back on track

June 28, 2020 11:12 am

Gopichand recalls how his 2001 All England triumph brought badminton into limelight after two decades.

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PV Sindhu primed for Tokyo gold, says coach P Gopichand

September 19, 2019 1:42 pm

Sindhu won India's first-ever title at the world badminton championships when she defeated Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-7 21-7 to win the women's singles in Basel last month.

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Last year was a disaster because we had random coaches travelling, says Pullela Gopichand

September 15, 2019 8:48 am

The Indian Express speaks with Gopichand on the need to have a well-defined structure for the nation to become a shuttle powerhouse

We haven't invested in coaches: P Gopichand worried about Indian badminton's future

August 28, 2019 1:07 pm

Gopichand feels the country needs to wake up to the fact that there aren't enough coaches to handle the talent that is rising. "...we have not invested enough in coaches," he said here with Sindhu by his side at a press conference on Tuesday night.