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It was a mixed day for India as Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy advanced in women's doubles while M.R Arjun and Dhruv Kapilla made it to the second round in men's doubles. The mixed doubles pair of Ishaan Bhatnagar and Tanisha Crasto too advanced, beating the German pair of Patrick Scheiel and Franziska Volkmann 21-12, 21-13 in 29 minutes.

The 6th edition of the PNB MetLife Junior Badminton Championship (JBC) 2022 will be held in 12 cities across India under the banner of 12 State associations for age groups ranging from 7-17 years, the organisers of the event said in a statement on Monday. On the launch of JBC, P.V. Sindhu, brand ambassador of PNB MetLife stated, "PNB MetLife's Junior Badminton Championship is a great platform for the young budding Badminton talent in India.

According to information received here, Singhraj claimed the P4 - Mixed 50m Pistol individual bronze and teamed up with Rahul Jakhar and Deepender Singh to take the Team silver. Rifle shooter Sidhartha Babu claimed the bronze in R3 - Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 finals. Overall, India have one gold, two silver and three bronze medals to take third place in the medals table at the ongoing event that runs until August 24, 2022.

"I have been practicing meditation for a long time and always felt a relief as I connected very well within through meditation," she said while virtually participating in the concluding session of the International Rising With Kindness Youth Summit. The three-day youth summit organised by Heartfulness came to an end on Sunday at Kanha Shanti Vanam, the headquarters of Heartfulness in the outskirts of Hyderabad.

Giving an update about his fitness on social media, the two time Olympic medallist confirmed that she suffered the injury during the quarterfinal of the recently concluded 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. "While I am on the high of winning a gold medal at the CWG for India, unfortunately I have to pull out of the World Championships.

PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and Chirag Shetty were on Wednesday welcomed by supporters and family members with bouquets at the Hyderabad airport early after they returned from Birmingham. India finished its Commonwealth Games 2022 campaign at fourth position with 61 medals (22 gold, 16 silver and 23 bronze).

Chief Minister KCR greeted Sindhu and conveyed his wishes. Jagan Mohan Reddy also congratulated Sindhu on clinching gold. The Telugu badminton star defeated Michelle Li (Canada) in straight sets in the women's finals. Jagan Mohan Reddy also congratulated Kidambi Srikanth on bagging bronze in the men's section.

Sindhu played aggressively, controlled the rallies well and did not give her opponent many chances as she won 21-15, 21-13 in the final at the show court in Hall No. 5 at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC). "I was waiting for this gold for a long time, so I am super happy," said Sindhu in her on-court comments after raising her fist to acknowledge the sparse crowd.

Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, beat Goh Jin Wei 19-21, 21-14, 21-18 at the National Exhibition Centre for her second win over the Malaysian at CWG 2022. She had beaten the Youth Olympic Games champion 22-20, 21-17 in India's mixed team final earlier in the week. Former world champion Sindhu started the match strongly but Goh Jin Wei, seeded sixth, went into the break trailing by just two points.

Though Sindhu won her women's singles match, Kidambi Srikanth in men's singles and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chirag Shetty in men's doubles and Treesa Jolly/Gayatri Gopichand lost their respective matches as India went down 1-3 to Malaysia.