http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com Dev's sojourns through the badminton universe Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:23:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/the-intersection-of-memories-and-a-stolen-bag/ http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/the-intersection-of-memories-and-a-stolen-bag/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:57:22 +0000 badmintonmania http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/?p=703 Continue reading →]]> http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/the-intersection-of-memories-and-a-stolen-bag/feed/ 0 Dev Taufik looking out for Barca, Copenhagen, Oct 2010 http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/zulfikkli-outclasses-sameer-jr-abc/ http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/zulfikkli-outclasses-sameer-jr-abc/#comments Sat, 09 Jul 2011 14:42:19 +0000 badmintonmania http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/?p=698 Lucknow: Sameer Verma had to settle for the silver medal as he lost to the superior second-seeded Malaysian Zulfadli Zulkiffli in the boys' singles final of the Badminton Asia youth under-19 championships at the U.P. Badminton Academy courts, Gomti Nagar, here on Saturday. Continue reading →]]> http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/zulfikkli-outclasses-sameer-jr-abc/feed/ 0 Dev http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/sameer-powers-into-asian-jr-final/ http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/sameer-powers-into-asian-jr-final/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 15:54:42 +0000 badmintonmania http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/?p=696 Continue reading →]]> http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/sameer-powers-into-asian-jr-final/feed/ 0 Dev http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/sindhu-sameer-crash-chinese-party/ http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/sindhu-sameer-crash-chinese-party/#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:33:16 +0000 badmintonmania http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/?p=694 Lucknow: PV Sindhu and Sameer Verma did India proud by entering the semifinals of Badminton Asia Youth Under-19 Championships. Remarkably, both beat Chinese opponents to make the last four. Continue reading →]]> http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/07/07/sindhu-sameer-crash-chinese-party/feed/ 0 Dev http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/athletes-knowingly-take-dope-saina/ http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/athletes-knowingly-take-dope-saina/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 16:26:17 +0000 badmintonmania http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/?p=691 Mumbai: Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal on Wednesday gave a stunning twist to the raging dope scandal by saying that many athletes and weightlifters had told her in the past that they knowingly consume banned drugs. Continue reading →]]> http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/athletes-knowingly-take-dope-saina/feed/ 0 Dev http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/bonanza-for-malaysian-badminton/ http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/bonanza-for-malaysian-badminton/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:52:04 +0000 badmintonmania http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/?p=687 Kuala Lumpur: Sponsors have given Malaysian badminton a $13.6 million cash injection in a bid to win a first Olympic gold medal in London next year and build for the future, local media reported on Wednesday. Continue reading →]]> http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/bonanza-for-malaysian-badminton/feed/ 0 Dev http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/saina-fails-in-quest-to-defend-singapore-open/ http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/saina-fails-in-quest-to-defend-singapore-open/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 15:31:18 +0000 badmintonmania http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/?p=685 Singapore: Fourth seed Saina Nehwal suffered one of her biggest blows this season, failing in her defence of the Singapore Open Superseries – indeed, failing even to reach the quarterfinals. The Indian was beaten in the second round by Chinese Taipei’s Chen Shao Chieh, 8-21 21-10 21-19. Continue reading →]]> http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/06/16/saina-fails-in-quest-to-defend-singapore-open/feed/ 0 Dev http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/arundhati-books-place-in-main-draw/ http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/arundhati-books-place-in-main-draw/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:13:01 +0000 badmintonmania http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/?p=676 Singapore: Arundhati Pantwane was the only Indian to survive the qualifying rounds of the Singapore Open Superseries on Monday. Arundhati earned a creditable win over Taipei’s Chen Hsiao Huan in the first round, and then got past Michelle Li of Canada to book a place against another Chinese Taipei player, Tzu Ying Tai, in the first round of the main draw. The Indian joins her senior compatriot Saina Nehwal in main draw action on Wednesday. Continue reading →]]> http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/06/14/arundhati-books-place-in-main-draw/feed/ 0 Dev http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/all-eyes-on-saina-at-singapore-open/ http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/all-eyes-on-saina-at-singapore-open/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:14:05 +0000 badmintonmania http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/?p=679 Continue reading →]]> http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/all-eyes-on-saina-at-singapore-open/feed/ 1 Dev http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/saina-crashes-to-xuerui-braveheart-verma-stretches-park/ http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/saina-crashes-to-xuerui-braveheart-verma-stretches-park/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 14:17:17 +0000 badmintonmania http://badmintonmania.wordpress.com/?p=683 Bangkok: Top seed Saina Nehwal crashed out in the quarterfinals of the Thailand Open GP Gold against last year’s Asian champion Li Xuerui on Friday, but her compatriot Sourabh Verma nearly pulled the plug on third seeded Korean Park Sung Hwan. 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