Category: BADMINTON

  Saina Nehwal Family And Background Born on March 17, 1990, in Hisar, Haryana. Both her parents had been avid badminton players. While her father was a top player at the university level, Saina’s mother played at the state level. Saina’s father, who holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural science, got transferred to Hyderabad in Andhra…

Born on August 09, 1986 in Hyderabad, India this right-handed player is coached by Pullela Gopichand.  Sports major Yonex sponsors Parupalli Kashyap. He is also supported by Olympic Gold Quest. Parupalli Kashyap had started playing Badminton only recreationally when at the age of 11, his parents enrolled him in a summer camp run by SM…

Longest Rally in Men’s Badminton, Singles.   Watch a pulsating face-off between Tien Minh Nguyen of Vietnam and Jan O Jorgensen from Denmark, at the World Championships 2013 quarterfinal with the former leading 21-8, 17-21, 20-18.  A win from here would have ensured either of them a semi-final berth and atleast a bronze medal at…

Born on February 07, 1993, in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.  Kidambi Srikanth plays right handed. He is coached by the legendary Indian badminton player, Pullela Gopichand who has now taken upon himself to turn out champions from his academy, as its coach. Kidambi first started playing badminton as he accosted his elder brother to the stadium…

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, Born July 05, 1995, in Hyderabad, India. Her parents are both National level sportspersons with her father part of the bronze medal-winning volleyball team at the 1986 Seoul Asian Games. Sindhu’s first tryst with training in the sport she chose was at Mehboob Ali at the badminton courts of Indian Railway Institute…