Despite facing issues in life, rising badminton star Saumya Goyal has smashed the challenges away like she does to a shuttle in a badminton court. From having to fight for her dream to battling health issues, the International star talks about her journey to India TV.
Saina Nehwal bagged a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games, becoming the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in badminton. Nehwal has revealed that she is battling arthritis and has also claimed that she is mulling about retirement.
Suhas Yathiraj and Sukant Kadam have reached the semifinals of the men's singles SL4 category in the Paralympics 2024. With their entry into the last four, India has been assured of at least one medal in this category.
India's badminton contingent at the Paris Olympics returned without a medal for the first time since 2012. Lakshya Sen was the closest as he lost the bronze medal clash after going down to the eventual gold medallist Viktor Axelsen in the semifinal.
Viktor Axelsen won the gold medal at the Paris Olympics in the men's singles category by defeating the reigning world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn in straight games 21-11, 21-11 in the summit clash.
Indian shuttler Ashwini Ponnappa quashed reports claiming the amount of money received by the players for the Paris Olympics. The said report stated that Ashwini Ponnappa and her doubles partner Tanisha Crasto received INR 1.5 crore each from SAI's Mission Olympic Cell allocation.
India badminton great Prakash Padukone came down heavily on the players for not taking responsibility after the Paris Olympics campaign for the shuttlers came to an end on Monday, August 5 without a medal. Lakshya Sen, India's last hope, lost his bronze medal match against Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia.
Viktor Axelsen became only the second men's singles player to defend his Gold medal in the Olympics as he beat Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn in straight sets in Paris on Monday, August 5. Vitidsarn had started well but Axelsen was just too good for his opponent as he joined Lin Dan in rare list.
Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia beat Lakshya Sen in a comeback for the ages as after being one game down, the 26-year-old shuttler won the final two games to win the bronze medal as India's agony at the Paris Olympics. It was India's sixth fourth-placed finish in Paris with India's tally staying at three.
India's young shuttler Lakshya Sen's heroic run came to a halt in the semifinal against Denmark's Viktor Axelsen on Sunday. However, he still has a chance to win the bronze medal at the Paris Olympics and will face Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia today. Here's the head-to-head record between them...
Lakshya Sen was leading the opening game by 16-11 but the two-time Olympic medalist Viktor Axelsen made a stunning comeback to take the first game by 22-20 and then dominated the rest of the men's singles semi-final match.
India at Paris Olympics, Day 9 Live: India men's hockey team defeated Great Britain in a penalty shootout to reach the semi-finals round but young badminton player Lakshya Sen and ace boxer Lovlina Borgohain suffered big defeats in their respective matches.
Lakshya Sen has struggled against Viktor Axelsen in the past. The 22-year-old Indian shuttler has registered a solitary win against Viktor in their eight meetings and the latter has won seven of them. Lakshya is ranked 22nd in the world whereas Viktor is second.
Lakshya Sen became the first Indian male badminton player and third overall after Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu to reach the semi-finals of any badminton event at the Summer Olympics. He defeated Chinese Taipei's Tien Chen Chou in the men's singles quarter-final by 19-21, 21-15, 21-12.
"I will continue, albeit after a small break. My body, and more importantly, my mind need it. However, I plan to carefully evaluate the journey ahead," PV Sindhu said after her heartbreaking defeat in the women's singles round of 16 at the Paris Olympics 2024.
Lakshya Sen stormed into the quarterfinals of the men's singles event at the Paris Olympics after defeating compatriot HS Prannoy 21-12 and 21-6. Lakshya's quarterfinal berth has helped him equal India's best performance in men's singles at the Olympics.
It was India's third badminton defeat one after the other on Thursday, August 1 as PV Sindhu exited Paris Olympics prematurely in Round of 16. This will be the first Olympic Games campaign for Sindhu without a medal after winning a silver medal in Rio in 2016 and a bronze medal in Tokyo.
Lakshya Sen breezed past his compatriot HS Prannoy in the Round of 16 clash in men's singles of Badminton at the Paris Olympics. Lakshya continued his impressive run in the ongoing Olympics that saw him winning fourth match in straight sets in a row as he sustained India's medal hopes in the sport.
The world no.3 pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered a shock defeat against Malaysia's unseeded pair of Soh Wooi Yik and Chia Aaron to miss out on the semi-finals of the Paris Olympics 2024 on Thursday.
PV Sindhu won the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics by beating He Bing Jiao of China in straight games 21-13, 21-15. However, the head-to-head record is in favour of the Chinese shuttler.
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