Padukone's sharp criticism divides badminton players

IMAGE: India’s Lakshya Sen talks to his coaching staff Prakash Padukone and Vimal Kumar. Photograph: Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters The legendary Prakash Padukone's criticism of athletes'......

'My last Olympics': Ponnappa, after women's doubles low

'It takes a toll emotionally and mentally; I can't go through this again. It is not easy.' IMAGE: Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto suffered their third straight defeat in the women's doubles......

Prannoy, Sen to lead India's defence in Thomas Cup

Sindhu pulls out of Uber Cup IMAGE: The Indian team with their gold medals on winning the Thomas Cup. Photograph: Lakshya Sen/Twitter Double Olympic medallist P V Sindhu and the two top women's......

Want to take all the positivity into next year: Ashwini

IMAGE: Heading into the next year, Ashwini Ponnappa said the main goal will be to play Olympics next year. Photographs: Lehtikuva Lehtikuva/Reuters A sensational run over the last two weeks has......

Ashwini-Tanisha are Guwahati Masters champions!

IMAGE: Ashwini, 34, and 20-year-old Tanisha started playing together only in January this year and were part of India's Asian Games squad which competed in Hangzhou, China in September-October.......