Page 46 - Sameer Verma News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Saina and rest of Indian squad leave for Thailand By IANS|   Published: 3rd January 2021 6:35 pm IST New Delhi, Jan 3 : The Indian badminton team and support staff left for Thailand on Sunday to compete in two back-to-back BWF World Tour Super 1000 tournaments and the BWF World Tour Finals. The team includes Olympic hopefuls Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth and B Sai Praneeth while world champion P.V. Sindhu will be travelling from England where she has been training since October. The first Thailand Open will be held from January 12 to 17 while the second is scheduled for January 19 to 24. Th...

Ludhiana: The police on Monday claimed to have busted a gang of snatchers, with the arrest of four. Eight stolen cellphones and a motorcycle they used to execute snatchings have been recovered from them. The accused have been identified as Wasim Akram, 22, of SBS Nagar, Pakhowal Road, who is a tailor; Raj Kumar, 25, a labourer of Sham Nagar; Hardeep Singh, 25, also a labourer of Sunet village; and Sooraj Kumar, 19, a painter of Sunet village. Additional deputy commissioner of police-III Sameer Verma said, “Hardeep and Raj have theft cases against them. They were arrested in 2019 and came o...

Badminton in 2020: Smashing start derailed by Covid-19 Fabian Peter By and large, 2020 has been a tough year for sports. Badminton players, especially, were left on the sidelines for most of the season due to the Covid-19 pandemic. And to make things worse, the coronavirus continues to be a major concern, threatening to postpone and cancel more events next year. But it was not all gloom and doom from the kickoff. The year got off to a reasonably good start for several Malaysian shuttlers, who could have gone on to impress further if not for the tournament calendar coming to an...