Cash awards announced for PV Sindhu, Sai Praneeth

August 27, 2019 2:30 PM

Cash awards announced for PV Sindhu, Sai Praneeth

The Badminton Association of India has announced a cash reward of 20 lakh rupees for P.V. Sindhu and five lakh for B. Sai Praneeth for their achievements in the BWF World Championship. Sindhu became the first Indian to win a Badminton World Championships gold by beating familiar rival Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in a lop-sided final at Basel, Switzerland on Sunday. Sai Praneeth won a bronze and became only the second Indian men's singles player after the legendary Prakash Padukone to win a ...

Thailand Open: Sai Praneeth to face Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan in quarters

August 2, 2019 2:19 PM

Thailand Open: Sai Praneeth to face Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan in quarters

In Badminton, B. Sai Praneeth will face Kanta Tsuneyama of Japan in the men's singles quarterfinals of the Thailand Open in Bangkok today.  Praneeth stormed into the last-eight defeating compatriot Shubhankar Dey 21-18, 21-19. He is lone India left in the singles event of the tournament. Kidambi Srikanth, Parupalli Kashyap, H.S.Prannoy and Saina Nehwal crashed out of the tournament after losing their second-round matches yesterday. In Mixed Doubles, Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj Ran...