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Aditya Joshi becomes India’s first World No 1 junior badminton player

2014-01-13T22:05:00.003-08:00

Aditya Joshi from Madhya Pradesh has become the first male junior badminton player from India to be ranked top in the world.Aditya was at the 11th position till November 2013, but he managed to jump ahead of all the players by achieving 18,776 points.

More About Adithya

Age:17,8/7/1996
From:Dhar,MP
Aditya's father, Atul Joshi, who is a badminton coach with SAI's Special Area Games,
mother Hemlata Joshi coach :Amit Kulkarni [coach of MP badminton team].
Prakash padukone Academey product employed in Air India.

He clinched the gold in Remensco Junior International tournament held in Russia in 2011. During the same year, he won a gold medal in Asian Sub-Junior championship held in Japan.

The shuttler reached up to the pre-quarter level in junior international championship held at Malasiya last year and played quarter-final of the junior world championship held at Bangkok.

His victory in the national junior championship held at Chandigarh last month made way for his top ranking.

Aditya was the national champion in 2013 and had won two gold medals in junior international tournament held at Pune and a silver in the Senior National championship while his age corresponds to junior category.

National Sub Junior Boys’ Singles Champion in 2010 and National Runner up in Sub Junior Boys’ Doubles in 2010. Bronze Medallist in Under 15 Boys’ Singles in the Badminton Asia Youth Under 15 Championships in Chiba, Japan in 2010.Winner of Under 17 Boys’ Singles and Doubles in the All India Junior Ranking Tournament in Hyderabad in August 2011. Member of the Indian team for the Badminton Asia Youth Under 17 Championships in Chiba, Japan in September 2011

Saina Nehwal clinches Thailand Open title

2012-06-12T00:35:00.001-07:00

Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal got a shot in the arm ahead of next month's Olympics as she lifted the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold title after rallying to beat Thailand's Ratchanok Inthanon in the final of the event in Bangkok on Sunday 17-6-2012.
The 22-year-old world number five Indian beat Inthanon 19-21, 21-15, 21-10 at the CU Sport Complex in Bangkok for her second title of the year after the Swiss Open win in March.

Peter gade-The ultimate Sportsman

2012-05-24T07:10:00.000-07:00

Peter gades words after he won the match after lee chong wei got injured and give walkover : “This is not how I wanted to win a match. I feel for Chong Wei and I hope he recovers in time for the Olympics.”

Detailed news

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei suffered an ankle injury which puts his participation in the London Olympics in doubt.

The Malaysian (left), was leading long-time rival Peter Gade of Denmark 2-1 in the opening game when he suffered the injury. There didn’t look to be any danger when he tried to retrieve a shot at the back of the court, but he landed awkwardly.

He had to concede a walkover and wasn’t around to watch his teammates lose 3-2 in a Group C tie of the Citroen BWF Thomas and Uber Cups Finals as he was rushed to a nearby hospital.

Despite the loss, both Malaysia and Denmark have already qualified for the quarter-finals, but the Danes’ victory ensured them an easier tie in the last eighth.

Badminton Association of Malaysia’s (BAM) general manager Kenny Goh said: “It is still too early to say how bad the injury is. These things do happen in badminton and no one can predict how it will pan out.

“We are disappointed and we hope the injury will not be as bad as it looked.”

A visibly distraught Gade didn’t enjoy his victory, saying: “This is not how I wanted to win a match. I feel for Chong Wei and I hope he recovers in time for the Olympics.”

I Love u peter...God bless u..

Syed Modi

2011-11-03T05:06:00.000-07:00

Do You Know

Prakash Padukone won national singles title from 1971-1979.after praksh 1980 to 1987 modi won the singles title.But he was not active in doubles.But praksh padukone won 4 national Dobles also.

Modis coach dipu Ghosh is also a national champion in singles (1969) and doubles(1964,1967,1969,19701971)

Personal information

Born 1962
Sardarnagar, Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh
Died 28 July 1988
Lucknow
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Country India
Years active 1976-1988
Coach Dipu Ghosh
Men's singles
Highest Ranking No 1. in India (1988)
Title(s) 1982 Commonwealth Games, Men's singles
Bronze medal, 1982 Asian Games
National Badminton champion (1980-87)
Medal record[hide]
Competitor for India
Men's Badminton
Commonwealth Games
Gold 1982 Australia Men's singles
Austrian International
Gold 1983 Men's singles
Gold 1984 Men's singles
Asian Games
Bronze 1982 Delhi Men's singles

Syed Modi (1962–1988) was an Indian badminton player, and an eight-time National Badminton champion (1980-87). He won the Austrian International in 1983 and 1984 and 1982 Commonwealth Games, Men's singles title. His play displayed a mix of stylist Suresh Goel, of whom he was a protege, and the effectiveness of Prakash Padukone, whom he succeed as a National Champion.
Modi was murdered on 28 July 1988 in Lucknow as he came out of the K. D. Singh Babu Stadium after a practice session. After his death, a badminton tournament was constituted in his memory, "Syed Modi Memorial", All India Syed Modi badminton championship hosted each year at Lucknow, which turned into "Syed Modi International Challenge" in 2004, and starting December 2009 it would turn into "Syed Modi Grand Prix", organized by Badminton Association of India. The Railways of which he was an employee, opened the Syed Modi Railway stadium and auditorium at his native place, Gorakhpur.

He worked with NE Railways as a Welfare Officer, in Gorakhpur and later shifted to Lucknow. Syed Modi became junior national champion in 1976 and trained under P.K. Bhandari till 1982, and thereafter under Dipu Ghosh, National Coach of Indian team.
In time, he became eight-time national badminton champion; won the Austrian International in 1983 and '84; won singles bronze in '82 Asian Games and received the Arjuna Award in 1981. At 1982 Commonwealth Games, he beat England's Nick Yates, 7-15, 15-5, 15-7 to take home the Men's singles crown.He later married Amita, a fellow badminton player.
Modi was shot dead on 28 July 1988 evening at the age of 27, as he was coming out of KD Singh Babu stadium, Lucknow after a routine practice. A brilliant career was cut shot and a severe blow was dealt to badminton in India as Modi was touted to be a superstar like Prakash Padukone.

SYED MODI Murder

2011-11-03T04:50:00.000-07:00

SYED MODI-Murder News : facts from various news papars

Hindustan times..

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Syed Modi, eight times national badminton champion was shot dead in Lucknow on July 28, 1988 by unidentified assailants as he came out of the K D Singh Babu stadium after a practice session.
On September 3, the CBI arrested Jan Morcha leader and former UP Transport Minister, Dr. Sanjay Singh on the charge of conspiring to murder Syed Modi. Dr. Sanjay Singh was arrested under Section 302 IPC.
The CBI took over the case from the police two days after the murder and started working on a love-triangle theory involving Syed Modi's wife; Ameeta Modi, a former Maharashtra badminton player and Dr. Sanjay Singh.
Ten days later, the CBI claimed to have laid its hand onsome clenching evidence and arrested five persons. They were Akhilesh Singh, Amar Bahadur Singh, Bhagwati Singhy, Jitendra Singh, and Balai Singh.
While Akhilesh is alleged to have hired the killers, AmarBahadur Singh, Bhagwati Singhy and Jitendra Singh were charged with driving the getaway vehicle.

Balai Singh was picked up from Rae Bareily on the charge of being the fourth occupant of the car.
The CBI raided the residences of Dr. Singh and Mrs. Ameeta Modi. A day after the raid on Ameeta's house, the CBI started circulating extracts from a personal diary allegedly seized from her.

The alleged extracts detailed the meetings between Mrs Modi and Dr. Singh and pointed to a 'close relationship' between them.
Dr. Singh was named the main conspirator in the case.
Two days later, Ameeta was arrested on the charge of conspiring to murder her husband along with Dr. Singh.

Mrs. Modi was however released on bail on August 26.

Later on September 21, the Lucknow district and sessionscourt ordered that Dr Sanjay Singh be released on bail on a personal bond of Rs 10,000.
What conspired next is history. Sanjay Singh marriedAmita Modi few months later.

Sanjay Singh is a former BJP Rajya Sabha member and Amita, a Lok Sabha member from Amethi

Court dismisses CBI appeal in Syed

Modi murder case

Hindu-Thursday, Dec 09, 2004

NEW DELHI, DEC. 8. The Supreme Court today upheld an Allahabad High Court order discharging Akilesh Singh, member of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, accused in the murder of the then national badminton player, Syed Modi, in 1988.

A Bench of Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice A.R. Lakshmanan dismissed an appeal preferred by the Central Bureau of Investigation against the judgment of the Lucknow Bench of the High Court in 1997. With the discharge of Akilesh Singh, who belonged to the Akhil Bhartiya Congress Dal party, three of the seven accused in the case were absolved of all charges.

The prosecution case was that Modi was shot dead by certain persons on July 27, 1988, outside the K. D. Singh Babu Stadium at Lucknow. The CBI cited the alleged relationship between Sanjay Singh and Amita as the main reason behind the conspiracy but the trial court in September 1990 held that there was no evidence to link Sanjay Singh and Amita to the crime and discharged them from the case.

The High Court and the apex court had upheld their discharge from the case.

Charges were framed against Akilesh Singh, Amar Bahadur, Bhagwati Singh, Jitendra Singh and Balai Singh. Later, Akilesh moved the High Court against the trial court order on the ground that once the two key accused were discharged from the case, there was no material to proceed with the case against him. The trial court and High Court discharged him and the CBI filed the appeal in the Supreme Court in 1997..

Life term for one in Syed Modi murder case

The Hindu

Sunday, Aug 23, 2009

Bhagwati Singh, prime accused in Syed Modi murder case, being taken to jail after he was sentenced to life imprisonment by a sessions court in Lucknow on Saturday.

LUCKNOW: The prime accused in the Syed Modi murder case, Bhagwati Singh, was on Saturday sentenced to life imprisonment by Additional Sessions Judge of Lucknow Shashank Shekhar, 21 years after the badminton player was shot dead at the rear gate of the K.D. Singh “Babu” stadium here.

The 27-year-old eight-time national badminton champion was killed on July 28, 1988 when he was riding home on his scooter from practice. The killers, who were waiting for him, sped towards Rae Bareli in a Maruti van after executing the crime.

Bhagwati Singh was held guilty on two counts under Section 302 (murder) and Section 27 (possession of illegal arms) of the Indian Penal Code and sentenced to life imprisonment.

The prime accused had been convicted by the Additional Sessions Judge on Friday and the quantum of punishment was pronounced on Saturday. The second accused, Jitendra Singh, was cleared of the charges for want of evidence.

The murder sent shock waves in sporting circles. The case soon assumed political overtones after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) charge sheeted Jan Morcha leader Sanjay Singh and Modi’s wife Amita on grounds of conspiracy.

Mr. Sanjay Singh, who was a senior Minister in the Uttar Pradesh government headed by the then Chief Minister, Bir Bahadur Singh, left the Congress and joined the former Prime Minister V.P. Singh. The CBI probe was recommended by Mr. Bir Bahadur Singh in August 1988, even as the local police investigating the case claimed to have zeroed in on the killers. The investigating agency stepped in only in September 1988.

Apart from Mr. Sanjay Singh and Ms. Modi, the CBI charge sheet also named Akhilesh Kumar Singh, sitting MLA from Rae Bareli Sadar, Amar Bahadur Singh, Bhagwati Singh, Jitendra Singh and Balai Singh.

The CBI alleged that the contract to kill Modi was given to Akhilesh Singh by Mr. Sanjay Singh. The CBI cited an alleged affair between Mr. Sanjay Singh and Ms. Modi as the cause for giving the alleged killing contract.

While the CBI was accused of moving on a political trail, Mr. Sanjay Singh and Ms. Modi were discharged in 1990 by a trial court, a year after the CBI filed the charge sheet. Mr. Sanjay Singh and Ms. Modi later married.

Charges against Mr. Akhilesh Singh were also dropped. While Amar Bahadur Singh was murdered, Balai Singh died during the course of the trial. Jitendra Singh has been cleared of the charges.

2011-10-31T00:59:00.001-07:00

Chong Wei back to winning ways

Sunday, October 30, 2011 - Badmintonphoto

Lee Chong Wei cemented his position as the No. 1 shuttler in the world when he won the US$200,000 Yonex French Open on Sunday – his seventh title of the year and 39^th of his career.

Using precision smashes and great defence, Chong Wei (right), denied Japan’s Kenichi Tago the opportunity to win his first OSIM BWF World Superseries title with a devastating 21-16, 21-11 victory in 39 minutes.

It was his eighth victory over Tago from as many matches and the second time Chong Wei has defeated the Japanese ace in a Superseries final, the first coming in last year’s All England tournament in Birmingham.

It was also belated birthday present for the Malaysian, who turned 29 on Oct 21. His victory in Paris means he has now won an incredible 20 Superseries titles from 48 such tournaments since 2007.

Chong Wei won three Superseries titles in 2007, twice more in 2008, four times in 2009, six in 2010 and so far in 2011, he has won in Malaysia, England, India, Indonesia and France, with two more OSIM BWF World Superseries events next month in Hong Kong and China.

His other two titles in 2011 came at the BWF Super Series Finals 2010 which was played in January and the Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold in May. He also won his National Grand Prix title for the 10^th consecutive time last month.

On Sunday, Tago tried to match Chong Wei’s aggression but found it difficult to crack his opponent’s defence. He managed to stay in the game until 12-12, only for Chong Wei to up the pace and win nine of the next 13 points.

Tago was the aggressor once again in the second game and took a 5-3 lead when once again, the world No. 1 found several extra gears in his arsenal to zoom ahead, winning 14 of the next 15 points, including nine straight unanswered winners to take a 17-6 lead.

Chong Wei then eased off the gas, allowing Tago to win another five points before he wrapped up the match.

Chen Long just away from creating History in world Badminton

2011-10-27T02:19:00.000-07:00

China’s Chen Long is just five wins away from creating history.

The world No. 3 emulated 10 great shuttlers who have won three consecutive OSIM BWF World Superseries tournaments when he captured the Denmark Open for the first time on Sunday.

He will have the opportunity to go one step better when he competes in the Yonex French Open, which started with the qualifying rounds on Wednesday.The 22-year-old former world junior champion will began his quest for a fourth consecutive Superseries crown against Thailand’s Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk and is slated to meet world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei (left), in the semi-finals.Having beaten the Malaysian in the Japan and Denmark Open finals, Chen Long will surely start as the favourite to make it three wins out of three on Saturday.If Chen Long does continue his winning streak against Chong Wei, it would mean he will be the first player this year to stop the Malaysian from reaching a final this year.
Since January, Chong Wei has played in 10 international Open tournaments and reached the final in each of them, winning six times –BWF Super Series Finals 2010 and Malaysia Open Superseries (January), All England Superseries (March), India Open Superseries and Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold (May) and Indonesia Open Superseries Premier (June).He was runners-up at the Korea Open Superseries (January), World Championships (August), Japan Open (September) and last week’s Denmark Open.Having not won a tournament since June will make Chong Wei a hungry man, but it remains to be seen if he has found a way to beat Chen Long, who has bounced back admirably sChina’s Chen Long is just five wins away from creating history.ince his shocking opening round loss to unheralded Guatemalan player Kevin Cordon at the World Championships

Solibad-Badminton without Borders

2011-10-26T23:35:00.000-07:00

Peter Gade joins SOLIBAD – Badminton without Borders

Gade 34 year old Dane had already done a lot for the Worldwide Foundation, which aims to help underprivileged children all around the world, through projects which are badminton related for some and not for others. Last year, Gade had given his winning shirt but also his Gold Medal from the 2010 European Championships to collect money for the project “1000 rackets for Haiti”, a program jointly coordinated by Peace and Sport to help children from Haiti to forget the trauma of the 2009 earthquake.

In March 2011, Gade then joined a special event held in Geneva – “A night with stars” featuring other Solibad Ambassadors, Pi Hongyan, Lee Yong Dae, Nathan Robertson, Park Joo Bong amongst others, where he gave an exhibition show with all benefits going to Solibad

“It is a great thing that people are united behind a good cause and that Solibad is able to bring together the whole badminton community, from top stars to leisure players. I do believe that all together, we can make a difference. I will try my best to play my part for Solibad and look forward to working with other Ambassadors to promote the projects to come” said the Dane, who has been an Ambassador for Red Barnet – Save the Children Denmark

“Peter has been helping Solibad from the very start and we are very honored that he accepted the offer to become our “Special Ambassador” to Solibad. He is a role model for the youngsters by the way he has handled his career and has a big heart. It will be a big boost for us to have him on our side. He’s got a vision and great ideas to share with us” said Solibad Founder Raphael Sachetat

“It’s a great pleasure for us to have him join our family as he’s one of the high profile of the sport on top of a great human being” said Pi Hongyan, Solibad’s Global Ambassador.

Gade to feature in Copenhagen’s Flashmob

Gade’s joining couldn’t come as a better timing as the Charity foundation is launching its first “Solibad Day” where – for its first edition on June 5th 2011 – aims to gather “flashmobs” all around the world. A flashmob is a spontaneous gathering of people in public places performing a similar choreography to make a point and deliver a message. Solibad hopes to raise awareness for its projects and the sport in general though this unique event, which will likely be breaking the world record as already 60 cities from 40 different countries and all 5 continents will be joining the event in the most iconic places, from Los Angeles, Singapore, Paris, London, Jakarta, Rio Sydney to unexpected spots like Israel, Nicaragua or in front of the Mont Blanc – Europe’s tallest summit for the world’s highest flashmob.

And of course, Denmark will be joining the event as well on June 5th, near the symbolic Tivoli Gardens, where Peter Gade will be joining Jan O Jorgensen the Solibad Ambassador for Denmark as well as many other players from the National team, who have all vowed to give a hand to the foundation. “I will be there on June 5th at home in Copenhagen and I hope that many people will join us, in Denmark but also all over the world” added Gade.

Jaseel P Ismail

2011-10-26T03:57:00.000-07:00

Jaseel P. Ismail

Date of Birth of Jaseel is 9/16/1972

Birth place of Jaseel is Calicut

Height of Jessel is 180

During his long career, Jaseel won five doubles titles at Indian National Badminton Championships, partnering George Thomas, Vijaydeep Singh, and Vincent Lobo. He also won two National mixed-doubles titles with Manjusha Kanwar as partner. Jaseel, partnering V. Diju, won the doubles title at Indian Asian Satellite 2004 held at Hyderabad. In the final the pair beat Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas 15-9, 15-1. In the same year, Jaseel and Diju pair also reached the semifinals at Cheers Asian Satellite, Singapore. They upset second seeds Kovit Phisetsarasai and Nitipong Saengsila of Thailand in the men's doubles quarterfinals with a score of 15-7, 15-8. In the semifinal they went down fighting to third-seeded Lin Woon Fui andMohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari of Malaysia.

Read more about Jaseel-Article from Hindu.

When Jaseel P. Ismail first played for India, E.K. Nayanar was the Chief Minister of Kerala; A.R. Rahman was just a composer of ad jingles; Rahul Dravid hadn't made his Test debut; and Aishwarya Rai was planning to become an architect.

Jaseel is still representing the Indian badminton team in international tournaments, 16 years after he played for the junior national team in the Netherlands. It's supreme self-confidence and the pride in playing for the country that keep him going. He remains one of India's finest ever doubles players. He played in each of the doubles finals in the last 12 years and was the champion - in the company of Vijaydeep Singh first and then Vincent Lobo - on four occasions.

But it's the silver medal he won at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur in 1998 that he cherishes the most. "And I would always remember being part of the Indian teams that qualified for the Thomas Cup in 2000 and this year, says Jaseel, who is working as manager at Indian Oil Corporation, Kochi.

"That I have been a regular member of the Indian teams at the Thomas Cup and the World Championships is something I would always be proud about."

Not that he doesn't have any regrets. "I know that I haven't fulfilled my potential as a singles player," he confesses. "Though injuries and the considerable success I have had in doubles are the main reasons for that, I admit that I was a bit laid back too."

Jaseel is a bit worried that all the good players Kerala has produced since him shares the same trait. "These young kids should give singles a decent try before turning full-time doubles players. You know I used to play the singles till I was 23, and I had won the National junior boys' singles title in 1989."

He was the first Keralite to do that. Jaseel strongly feels that badminton hasn't got its due in India.

"It's time the media and the sponsors paid us a little attention. Though I have nothing against cricket, it's a bit unfair that all other sports are ignored in this country. But you have to admit that the cricket administrators have marketed their sport well."

He would also like to see badminton spreading to cities outside Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode.

P.K. AJITH KUMAR

Valiyaveetil Diju

2011-10-26T03:49:00.000-07:00

Date of Birth of Valiyaveetil Diju is January 4, 1981
Birth place of Valiyaveetil Diju is Ramanattukara, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Height of Valiyaveetil Diju is 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Marital status Valiyaveetil Diju Married

Diju started his career by representing Calicut University at All India University
Championships. In 2002, he and Sanave Thomas won the Indian National Badminton Championships (doubles) atLucknow by defeating Jaseel P. Ismail and Jaison Xavier in four games. He won the Bitburger Open Championship in Germany along with Jwala Gutta. It was India's first mixed-doubles Grand Prix win. Diju is a four-time National mixed-doubles champion. In 2006, he won bronze medal inCommonwealth Games at Melbourne. He has also won the National doubles title in 2002 with Sanave Thomas as the partner. Diju-Jwala pair was runner up at Indian Open held at Hyderabad in 2009. They lost to Indonesian Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa in the final.

Thomas Kurian

2011-10-26T03:39:00.001-07:00

Date of Birth of Thomas Kurian is 10-09-1979
Birth place of Thomas Kurain is Kerala, India
Height of Thomas Kurain is 159.5 CMS
Marital status Thomas Kurain :Married to Ann Thomas
*He represented India in the Thomas Cup preliminaries held in Jaipur in 2006 where India qualified for the final rounds.
*Thomas has reached the finals of the Scottish Open International and has won the Indian Satellite Championships in 2005.

George Thomas

2011-10-26T03:33:00.000-07:00

George Thomas is a Left Handed badminton player

Date of Birth of George Thomas is 04-15-1966

* Arjuna Award 2000

* G V Raja Award: 1985

* Jimmy George Award: 1999

* First player to win a double at the Toulouse Open: 1991

* Member of the Indian team that won the silver at the Commonwealth Games : 1998

* Captain of the Indian team in 1991 & 1994

* National champion: 1991

* Represented Kerala for 26 years from 1980-2006

* National Senior Coach

Read All About Gorege Thomas-Article from Hindu

There is a boundless energy about George Thomas. The champion ‘shuttler,’ the only one from the State to be honoured with the Arjuna Award (2000) for the sport, speaks fast, almost staccato-like, and when it comes to badminton he simply cannot stop talking. If there is something else that matches this passion it is M. T. Vasudevan Nair, ‘his stories, novels, scripts, films.’

This ‘craze’ for badminton and MT’s works was something he had right from his childhood. Starting off hitting the ‘bird’ in his home yard at Chengannur, George got hooked to the sport. With both his father and brother good players in their own right, George got the support he needed. “I was a good athlete, did quite well in the speed events. I could even run the 100 metres under 12 seconds. But somehow badminton became my favourite and I joined the G. V. Raja Sports School,” remembers George, who is now National Senior Coach for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games.

Almost at the same time he developed a strong liking for MT’s writings. “The sports school gave me a lot. More than honing my skills in the chosen sport, it helped me form a regular routine. I have been following this rather spartan schedule even today. It was during this time I began reading MT and he still remains my favourite writer.”

Thiruvananthapuram days

Those Thiruvananthapuram days laid the foundation of a sterling badminton career. The training then began in right earnest at the sports school under the hawk eyes of Balagopalan Thampi and Sivaramakrishnan. It continued for a short time even after George was out of school. “Those days there was a good group of players, including Vimal Kumar, in Thiruvananthapuram. Playing against each other really helped. But all this changed once I joined the engineering college at Thrissur.”

George considers this decision as “the biggest blunder” he made in his life. “But looking back badminton would certainly not have been first option those days. Coming from a middle-class family, taking up a sport for a career was risky business. I was forced to go for engineering to make my future.”

What spurred him to take up engineering was not being able to raise funds to make the trip with the senior Indian team. “After we won the bronze at the Junior Asian Championship I was picked for the senior team to play the Asian Championship at Seoul. Those days players had to shell out a good sum for the trip. Dogged by financial constraints I could not give it a go. It was a huge disappointment and also made me think again of badminton as a career.”

The four years at Engineering College, Thrissur, were virtually a trial by fire. George was in no mood to give up badminton despite heavy odds. “The biggest problem was that there were very few players then. We had a cement court at Pauly Memorial Club and getting leave to play tournaments was near impossible.”

A real fighter and a good one at that, George worked with steely determination towards his goal. He used to reach the club, wipe the court clean, and tie sand bags on his legs and practise. “I used to play against two or three players simultaneously. If there were no players around I used to hit the shuttlecock against the wall and try returning or do some shadow practice. What kept me going was the words of Prakash Padukone. He once said that once players start cribbing it is the start of their downfall: So very true. ”

Reward for hard work

All that hard work certainly reaped rich rewards. For 11 years he was the undisputed State No. 1 and among the top five shuttlers in the country. With an engineering degree in hand and more confident to take on the world, George took the decision to take up badminton as a career. He joined the national camp at Patiala and in his first major outing lost a close quarterfinal battle against State-mate Vimal Kumar at the Jalandhar Nationals. Not to be put down he went on to win at the trials to be included in the Indian team for the World Championships. There was no looking back for this dogged player. George went on to become a force in Indian badminton, winning a rich haul that included a Commonwealth silver medal, a senior National singles title, Double at the Toulouse Open and a clutch of other National and International singles and doubles crowns. From 1989 to 2000 George was a vital cog in the national squads. George, who works as Senior Manager (Public Relations), BPCL, has still not left the scene. He continues the training regimen he used to follow at the sports school, plays the Masters tournaments regularly and is a much-sought- after coach.

Coaching

As a coach at the Regional Sports Centre (RSC), Kochi, the nursery of badminton in the State, George has been instrumental in moulding the careers of many budding badminton talents. The centre has so far produced five junior national players, 30 State champions and over 40 State ranked players. As secretary he turned RSC into a premium sports centre with round-the-year coaching camps in various disciplines. He was also instrumental in opening up the membership at RSC to students for a nominal fee.

When most sportsmen retire and fade away George is still ready for a good, tight game. “I don’t believe that a player should retire. Of course, youngsters should be given space, but then should they not earn their rightful place? I think I’m still good to play the State championships in the doubles at least.”

Married to Preetha, a former badminton star, they have two sons Arun and Kiran, following in their father’s footsteps, who are State champions in their age groups.

Prakash Padukone

2011-10-25T05:57:00.000-07:00

One interesting thing About Indian badminton
The indian palyer Who won National single title the most?Prakash Padukone,he won national single title from 1971 to 1979.And the best thing is he won National dobles title four times.In 1973 he won the doubles title with Davinder Ahuja,in 1976,&1977,with Leory D 'sa,and lastly in 1979 with kiran Kaushik.This record is still exist.

Prakash hails from the Konkani-speaking community of Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmins (born June 10, 1955).His father, Ramesh Padukone served as the Secretary of the Mysore Badminton Association for many years, and looking great potential and talent in Prakash, introduced him to the game at quite an early age. He was the first indian who won the prestigious all england championship.Padukone's first official tournament was the Karnataka state junior championship in 1962. Though he lost in the very first round, two years later he managed to win the state junior title.he won the National Junior Badminton Championship in the year 1970.In the same year, he occurred to witness the legendry Badminton player, Rudi Hartono of Indonesia playing a power packed game at Jabalpur, India. Rudi’s game, full of aggressiveness and power. Getting inspired by him, Prakash decided to change his style of game from mild to aggressive, and hence there was no looking back for him. He managed to win both the Junior National and Senior National Badminton titles in the year 1971, at the age of 16 years.Prakash continued to win the National Senior title for 9 years in a row, a record that has still not been equaled. In 1978, he won his first major international title, the men's singles gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada. In 1979, he won the Evening of Champions at the Royal Albert Hall, London.
In 1980, he won the Danish Open, the Swedish Open and became the first Indian to win the coveted men's singles title at the All England Championship with a victory over Indonesian rival Liem Swie King. The victory at All England Badminton Championship earned Prakash a World No. 1 ranking, something that he’s been the only Indian to achieve till date.He spent much of his international career training in Denmark, and developed close friendships with European players such as Morten Frost.He had now entered the league of the best badminton players in the world of his time, and in the Swedish Open tournament of 1980, he even got to clash against his Idol, Rudy Hartono in an early round of the tournament. Prakash beat Rudy by 9-15, 15-12 and 15-1, and even though he could easily win by 15-0 in the last set, he didn’t want to embarrass his Idol.
Further, he won the Alba World Cup Badminton 1981 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He was the first ever Indian Badminton player to win a World Cup title. He won the Dutch Open and the Hong Kong Open Championships in 1982. Prakash won a Bronze Medal at the World Badminton Championship 1983 held at Copenhagen, Denmark.

After his retirement in 1991, he was the chairman of the Badminton Association of India for a short while. He was the coach of the Indian national badminton team in 1993 and 1996.

Major Achivements

3rd in world chapionship Singles in 1983 at Copenhagen, DEN
1st in Commonwealth Games Singles in 1978 at Edmonton, CAN
1st in World Grand Prix Singles in 1979 at Denmark Open
1st in World Grand Prix Singles in 1980 at All England Open

He was awarded the Arjuna award in 1972 and the Padma Shri in 1982.His biography is released in 2006 in the name of Touchplay Written By dev Sukumar.

Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy(PPBA)

Academy started in 1994 at Banglore.Out of the many talents from the academy Pullella Gopi Chand & Aparna Popat shines international level.In 2007 Tata grop come as lead sponser of the academy.2009 new branch of the academy started at mumbai.International players from the academy include Gopi Chand,Aparna Popat, Aravind Bhat,Ashwani Ponnappa,Adaiti Mutakar,Ajay Jayaram,Anand Pawar,Anup Sridhar,and many..

Badminton All England 1981 MS Final Game

Randome Picks

74th national badminton championship

2010-01-27T08:37:00.000-08:00

Chetan Anand and Trupti Murgunde lifted the men's and women's title in the 74th Senior National Badminton Championship at Karmavir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Complex here today.
For Trupti, this is her maiden title at the senior national level.
Fourteenth seed Anand played an attacking game before being down in the first set to overcome his 13 seeded opponent Anup Sridhar 16-21, 21-19, 21-10.
Anand played to his expectation and thrilled the packed holiday crowd as he overcame his first set loss to beat his opponent.
In the women's singles final, the second seeded Trupti Murgunde made an upset as she played an attacking game and beat the number one Sayali Gokhale 21-17, 21-7.
Anup Played remarkable well in the first game which also saw many disputed calls and tempers were running high . Chetan was clogged with unforced error in the initial stages and it made matter easier for Anup in the first game . Anup took the game 21-16.
The second game saw Chetan (Pic)surging ahead form the start and looked comfortable having taken good lead. However Anup clawed back up with a fine show of aggression and some excellent rally. Anup amazed the holiday crowd with an twister of a rally when the score was 14 -16 , but further he could not hang on as he looked temperamentally lost with disputed calls and at one point went on to argue with the umpire. The third game was a already written story , looked like Anup had lost hope and kept making unforced errors and gave Chetan his Fourth Title. Chetan will now participate in the upcoming SuperSeries in Korea this week.
There was another upset in the mixed doubles final as the number three seed V Diju and Jwala Gutta beat the top seed A Vishnu and Appana Blan 21-12, 21-7. It was a different tale for the Trupti Murgunde who won the maiden women’s title after failing thrice before. Trupti, who lost to Aparna Popat twice and Saina Nehwal once in her previous final appearances, put up a determined bid against Sayali Gokhale.
Trupti overtook Sayali just before the halfway stage and varied her game intelligently to win the first game 17-21. The second was even easier for Trupti who won 14 consecutive points as Sayali lapsed into repeated unforced errors apparently trying to go for winners. Trupti won the second game 21-7.
Jwala Gutta of Petroleum continued her invincible run to win a grand double by lifting the women’s doubles crown, partnering Ashwini Ponnappa (Karnataka).

She won the mixed doubles crown with V. Diju, with who she forms the seventh ranked pair in the world. Sanave Thomas (Kerala) and Rupesh Kumar (Petroleum) combined to win their sixth consecutive title. With the win Rupesh picked up his eighth title and created the record of becoming the highest men’s doubles winner.

The results (finals):
Men: (Vikas Topiwala Challenge Cup): B. Chetan Anand (PSPB) bt Anup Sridhar (PSPB) 16-21, 21-19, 21-10.
Doubles (Calcutta Badminton Cup): Rupesh Kumar (PSPB) & Sanave Thomas (Ker) bt Akshay Dewalkar & Jishnu Sanyal (AI) 21-15, 21-18.
Women: (Olympian Badminton Challenge Cup): Trupti Murgunde (PSPB) bt Sayali Gokhale (AI) 21-17, 21-7.
Doubles (All India Badminton Association Cup): Jwala Gutta (PSPB) & Ashwini Ponnappa (Kar) bt Aparna Balan & Shruti Kurien (PSPB) 21-15, 22-20.
Mixed doubles (Burdwan Chellenge Cup): Jwala Gutta & V. Diju (PSPB) bt Arun Vishnu (Ker) & Aparna Balan (PSPB) 21-12, 21-7.

diju and jwala gutta now world no.7

2010-01-24T22:31:00.000-08:00

Mixed doubles specialist V Diju became the first badminton player from the state to play in the final of a Super Series event finishing runnerup pairing Jwala Gutta (AP) in the Malaysian leg of the world tour.in final match they played against World Championship bronze medallists Christinna Pedersen and Joaquim Nielsen(21-14, 21-18). The team is currently ranked number 7 in the world.

In August 2009, the Diju-Jwala mixed doubles pair became the first Indians to enter the quarterfinals of World Badminton Championship. The Championships was held at Hyderabad, India. The duo, seeded 8th, got a bye in the first round followed by a walkover in the second. In the third round they defeated 12th seed polish pair of Robert Mateusiak and Nadiezda Kostiuczyk21-11 22-20 in a 31-minute clash. In the quarterfinal they went down to defending champions and second seeds Nova Widianto and Lilyana Natsir of Indonesia. The Indian pair was beaten 16-21, 14-21 in 27 minutes.

On 30 August 2009, Diju partnering Jwala Gutta became the first Indian badminton mixed doubles pair to win a Grand Prix Gold title. They defeatedIndonesia’s Hendra Gunawan and Vita Marissa 24-22, 21-18 in the Chinese Taipei Open final.In the quartefinal, the world No. 7 pair and third seed in the tournament, defeated Korean pair Shin Baek-Cheol and Yoo Hyun-Young and in the semi-final Diju and Gutta prevailed over Malaysians Liu Ying Goh and Peng Soon Chan 21-11, 17-21, 24-22.