Saina Nehwal defeated Denmark's Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt in three games and made the quarterfinals of the All England Championship.
K. Srikanth also entered the last eight defeating Indonesia's Jonatan Christie.
India-A Defeats Afghanistan
India-A won against Afghanistan by 92 runs in the Quadrangular Under-19 one-day series at the Sports Hub.
With this second win, India-A ensured its place in the final while it was second consecutive loss for Afghanistan in the tournament.
Mar 07, 2019
Toughest One-day Event on Planet
Retired Indian Army Colonel Arun Malik successfully completed the Ironman triathlon event, held in West Asia nation Oman. Malik finished Ironman 70.3 Oman in 5 hours 28 minutes.
The international race, also known to be the #Toughest single day event on the planet comprised 1.9 km of swimming followed by 90 km cycling and 21.1 km run making a total distance of 112.5 km.
IronMan, organized by World Triathlon Corporation, is one of the world's toughest one-day sporting events.
The inaugural edition of Ironman race in India is expected to be held in Goa in October 2019. Organisers have already recieved 1,000 registrations.
All England Championship
P. V. Sindhu was knocked out of the All England Championship by Sung Ji Hyun of Korea in the women's singles opening round.
In men's singles, 2017 Singapore Open champion B. Sai Praneeth defeated H. S. Prannoy.
Sung Ji will face Hong Kong's Cheung Ngan Yi in the second round.
Indian Grand Prix
Tamil Nadu's Arokia Rajiv and Kerala's V. K. Vismaya won the men's and women's 200 m in the fourth and final Indian Grand Prix athletics at Panchkula, Chandigarh.
Both Rajiv and Vismaya were adjudged as the best athletes of the Panchkula meet.
Meanwhile, Karnataka's K.S. Jeevan won the men's 400 m while M.R. Poovamma clocked her season's best while taking the women's quartermile. Haryana's Manjit Chahal, the Asian Games 800m champion, won the men's 1500 m while former Asian champion Inderjeet Singh won the shot put title.
Mar 06, 2019
Jadeja Joins Tendulkar and Kapil in Elite List
Ravindra Jadeja became the third India cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar and Kapil Dev to score 2000 runs and 150 wickets as he achieved the feat against Australia in the second ODI encounter in Nagpur.
He became the 26th all-rounder with the double of 2,000 ODI runs and 150 wickets and 3rd Indian after Kapil Dev and Sachin Tendulkar. Kapil, who led India to their maiden ICC World Cup title win in 1983, scored 3783 runs and took 253 wickets in 225 ODIs while Tendulkar scored 18426 runs and took 154 wickets in 436 ODIs.
Mar 05, 2019
Goswami Back to the Top
Jhulan Goswami has returned to the top position for bowlers in the ICC Women's ODI rankings.
Goswami was the star for Indian team as she picked up eight wickets in the three-match ODI series enabling her side to win the series 2-1 against England.
Mar 04, 2019
Rahul Bharadwaj Wins Kenya Open
Rahul Bharadwaj clinched the Kenya Open Future Series badminton tournament, beating compatriot Aman Farogh Sanjay in Nairobi.
He had won the Uganda International title.
Bajrang and Pooja Win Gold
India's star wrestler Bajrang Punia won the gold at the Dan Kolov-Nikola Petrov tournament in Ruse, Bulgaria.
Punia, a World Championship silver medallist, overpowered Jordan Oliver of the U.S. 12-3 in the 65 kg freestyle final to begin the season on a resounding note. The Indian also secured the maximum ranking points from the tournament.
This was Punia's 10th medal in as many international tournaments since failing to finish on the podium in the 2017 World Championships in Paris.
Earlier, Pooja Dhanda claimed the gold in 59 kg beating compatriot Sarita Mor, while Sakshi Malik won silver in the 65 kg freestyle. Sandeep Tomar had to be content with silver in the 61 kg freestyle event.