Shivani Naik
Assistant Editor
Sat, Jan 16, 2021
Here's why the doctors decided that Saina Nehwal was no threat to the tournament and how this is good news for athletes who have tested positive in the past.
Fri, Jan 15, 2021
The Indians duo last played a tournament exactly a year back, having skipped the All England and then getting stuck in lockdown in separate cities.
Thu, Jan 14, 2021
TV 2 Sport of Denmark has been chronicling quarantine and isolation woes of Danish shuttlers. Russian doubles veteran Ivan Sozhonov was recorded by partner Vladimir Ivanov, literally shuddering while the testing official poked the swab stick fishing for a sample.
Wed, Jan 13, 2021
It's been a nervous spring and one long winter of the pandemic pause, but the rustiness aside, Sindhu seemed none the worse for the wear. It's early season still, and the August Olympics will be her main target.
Thu, Jan 14, 2021
According to the BWF, the Thailand Public Health Ministry’s six-member “working group” of doctors initially determined that Nehwal and Prannoy, and a German player, had “tested positive on the PCR test”. But they also said that the players’ “antibody IgG was positive”.
Wed, Jan 13, 2021
Nothing slyly microscopic, nor towering like her Indonesian opponent, could stop India's top mixed doubles pairing of Ashwini and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy from scalping World No.8 Hafiz Fazal and Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja at the Thailand Super 1000.
Tue, Jan 12, 2021
"This is where I belong, and these are the people who make me who I am – back on the court and playing with my partners, this is what life is all about!" Satwiksairaj Rankireddy captioned a happy frame with two teammates — Ashwini Ponappa and Chirag Shetty — who had helped him tide over a Covid-19 recovery.
Mon, Jan 11, 2021
In a panel Integrity Unit investigation by the Badminton World Federation that concluded after events dating as far back as 2015, the kingpin of this series of fixed matches, Hendra Tandjaya, a 32-year-old doubles floater on the lower circuit explained during his confessions what "nyabon" meant: "playing a match to fix a particular result."
Sun, Jan 10, 2021
What made this summer of quiet, persistent protest fascinating was that the Rev Raphael Warnock, a Black pastor, was contesting against the co-owner of Atlanta Dream, the sitting Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler.
Thu, Jan 07, 2021
Saina Nehwal after posting an incandescent selfie, however, revealed her displeasure at some rules.
Mon, Jan 04, 2021
Decidedly uncomfortable about her body at the outset, Krishna, now 5’10”, would begin to see her own uniqueness amidst a bunch of mediocre-built athletes.
Tue, Dec 22, 2020
B-Boy Kid Karam talks about his journey from watching B-Boys at funfair do head whirls upto reaching higher echelons of newest Olympic sport
Tue, Dec 22, 2020
With restrictions on flights from the UK, and Sindhu needing to be in Bangkok on January 3, it is looking increasingly difficult for India's top player to make the trip to South-East Asia.
Wed, Dec 23, 2020
While the two are back to training at an unused badminton court in Hyderabad after rallying back from their Covid-19 infections, Kashyap recalls the fortnight that saw them stay largely asymptomatic, save for the loss of taste and smell.
Wed, Dec 23, 2020
As Breaking — a sport where breakdancers, or B-Boy dance-athletes, duel against each other and are judged on skills — heads to the 2024 Paris Olympics, rising global star B-Boy Kid Karam, with roots in Punjab, has put himself in contention.
Tue, Dec 15, 2020
Breakdancing at the Olympics: While the old school hasn't stopped rolling its eyes, the regulars on the breaking circuit vouch for this new Olympic discipline's faster, higher and stronger fundamentals.
Fri, Dec 04, 2020
The Australian jersey comes on the back of criticism of the Australian men's team for not taking a knee during a limited-over series in England in September in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Tue, Dec 01, 2020
It has been a decent freshman year for India's only racer on the F2 circuit, after scoring his first points at Hungary, finishing 5th in Russia in the feature race and a fighting 4th in the sprint race at Silverstone.
Sat, Nov 28, 2020
Comfortable, stylish and convenient - activewear is the Indian woman’s own superhero suit
Sun, Nov 29, 2020
India's top archers recount how a mid-June wedding and a calming stay at home offset all other travails of a pandemic year.
Sun, Nov 22, 2020
Salvi has fashioned a nine-yard drape that is most comfortably suited to running, and has spoken of how women in rural Maharashtra carry out just about any task in the unfussy nouvari effortlessly.
Wed, Nov 18, 2020
With a sharp passing eye, long jumpers drained to perfection, and a swell passing game, Obama aced what Americans adore the most in sport: an ‘assist’.
Tue, Nov 17, 2020
A crowd of 10,000 watched the Argentines at the Bankwest Stadium in Sydney hand out a neat demolition of the All Blacks - who now for the first time have suffered back to back losses since the start of the decade.
Thu, Nov 12, 2020
On Thursday, Appasaheb Gaikwad of Supe village in Paithan of Aurangabad, Marathwada, will live out what he calls "the most important 3 minutes of my life", when he guns for the Guinness Book record of 210 squats in 180 seconds.
Mon, Nov 09, 2020
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