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  1. Thai cuisine for Saina Nehwal

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    / June 10, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The issue with tournaments just before the Olympics is that either top players skip them or play very carefully to avoid any injury. Pretty much the case at the Thailand Open, where none of the four top Chinese players took the field, making Saina Nehwal the top seeded player at...

  2. Badminton on court, Sanskrit off court – the Sindhu way

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    / May 17, 2012 / Leave a comment
    After a three-hour long gruelling session on court, P V Sindhu is relishing her breakfast of puri-subzi and watermelon juice at the canteen at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy. Destresser is in the form of a loud Telugu film showing on the 32” inch LCD, which Sindhu tells me, is...

  3. Sports Bill is a step in the right direction

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    / November 13, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Pullela Gopichand Everyday that passes by, we are missing champion sportspersons. That is why I think the Sports Bill is a step in the right direction. Hardly 25 per cent of the associations have athletes in them. There are lots of positive aspects like coming under RTI. It is...

  5. Saina’s super year

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    / December 13, 2010 / Leave a comment
    By Pullela GopichandI would rate Saina Nehwal’s victory at the Hongkong Open Super Series yesterday very high. I say this because the field was very strong. The fact that she was able to put her defeat in the quarter-finals in the Asian Games in China behind her and beat Pui...

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