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  Reliving five most iconic moments scripted by Indian shuttlers since independence as India turns 77

  Other Sports | August 13, 2023 6:12 IST

  Here are the five most iconic moments in India's badminton history.

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  Not Pullela Gopichand, Sanjay Mishra to become new BAI general secretary

  Other Sports | March 11, 2022 21:24 IST

  Gopichand on Friday filed his nominations for one of the vice-president's post, while Mishra threw his hat in the ring for the general secretary's position. The elections are scheduled to be held on March 25.

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  Srikanth will need to curb his errors to be more consistent in busy 2022, says Gopichand

  Other Sports | December 21, 2021 12:07 IST

  The 28-year-old from Guntur, a former world number one, on Sunday became the first Indian man to claim a silver medal at the prestigious tournament.

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  Gopi sir congratulated me, Saina Nehwal 'no': PV Sindhu

  Other Sports | August 02, 2021 16:12 IST

  Sindhu, the reigning world champion, on Sunday became only the second Indian and first woman from the country to claim two Olympics medals, after she won a bronze in Tokyo, five years after claiming a silver at Rio Games.

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  Inspired by Pullela Gopichand, Manasi Joshi wants to make a difference for para-athletes

  Other Sports | October 28, 2020 14:17 IST

  The 31-year-old Asian Games bronze medallist feels there has been immense growth over the last few years in para-badminton.

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  COVID-19 vaccine: AFI requests government to give priority to Olympic-bound athletes

  Other Sports | September 16, 2020 16:07 IST

  During AFI web seminar, the president of AFI Adille Sumariwalla said they have requested the government to provide 2021 Tokyo Olympic-bound athletes with COVID-19 vaccines as soon as they as are out.

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  Hima Das, Neeraj Chopra and Pullela Gopichand to raise awareness campaign on fitness

  Other Sports | September 08, 2020 13:14 IST

  In addition, 15 of India's top sportspersons will share easy and useful exercises every day that can be done after the daily walk/run.

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  Badminton is most flourishing sport in India, future also bright: Pullela Gopichand

  Other Sports | July 19, 2020 21:52 IST

  Gopichand said when he started coaching in 2004 with 25 trainees, including Sindhu, Saina and K Srikkanth in Hyderabad, nobody thought India would produce such world class players.

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  Pullela Gopichand recommends HS Prannoy for Arjuna Award

  Other Sports | June 21, 2020 16:48 IST

  Pullela Gopichand is recommended HS Prannoy for Arjuna Award in his capacity as Khel Ratna recipient.

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  Have more tournaments at one venue, do something radical to restart badminton: Gopichand to BWF

  Other Sports | May 11, 2020 15:48 IST

  The coronavirus outbreak, which has so far infected over 41 lakh people and caused close to 3 lakh deaths worldwide, forced the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to suspend all events, including the Olympic qualifiers, till end of July.

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  We are very goal-oriented, focus should be on process: Pullela Gopichand

  Other Sports | April 19, 2020 21:32 IST

  Almost all sporting events in the world have come to a standstill due to the coronavirus pandemic with the Olympics also being postponed by a year. 

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  Priority is health, sports can come later: Pullela Gopichand

  Other Sports | April 07, 2020 13:41 IST

  Gopichand insisted his players to see this period as a blessing and spend as much time as they can with their families.

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  It is better if Olympics is postponed, says Pullela Gopichand

  Other Sports | March 19, 2020 16:11 IST

  The SAI-Gopichand academy in Hyderabad has been shut down till March 31 to contain the virus following the directive of the Telangana state government.

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  Post Olympics, I'll spend more time in mentoring coaches: Pullela Gopichand

  Other Sports | February 24, 2020 20:50 IST

  India's badminton national coach Pullela Gopichand said that he will focus on mentoring the coaches after the 2020 Olympics.

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  Pullela Gopichand receives honourable mention of IOC Coaches Lifetime Achievement Awards

  Other Sports | February 08, 2020 22:10 IST

  Chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand has received an honourable mention in the male category of the prestigious 2019 International Olympic Committee's Coaches Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of role he played in the development of the game in the country.

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  Solely Saina Nehwal's decision to shift to Bengaluru: Prakash Padukone Academy

  Other Sports | January 14, 2020 10:32 IST

  The Prakash Padukone Academy has cleared that it played no role in Saina Nehwal shifting from Hyderabad to Bengaluru.

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  Don't know why Padukone encouraged Saina to leave my academy: Gopichand

  Other Sports | January 12, 2020 15:13 IST

  In an upcoming book 'Dreams of a Billion: India and the Olympic Games', the former All-England champion and national head coach Gopichand spoke about the difficult times, also corroborated by Saina's husband and former CWG gold medallist Parupalli Kashyap.

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  Good preparation can help us better Rio performance, says Pullela Gopichand

  Other Sports | January 03, 2020 15:03 IST

  India's national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand expressed that his team is hoping for better performances with some good preparations before the quadrennial event.

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  PV Sindhu still our best bet, crammed schedule problem: Gopichand

  Other Sports | November 12, 2019 22:24 IST

  Gopichand also heaped praise on doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy who bagged the BWF Super 500 badminton tournament after they clinched the Thailand Open in August.

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  Leander Paes, Pullela Gopichand invited to historic Day-Night Test at Eden

  Cricket | November 01, 2019 19:50 IST

  BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Thursday said he is also trying to bring Sachin Tendulkar as part of the Indian team which took on Bangladesh for the first time in 2000.