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New Delhi: Badminton equipment brand Yonex on Saturday announced that it will start manufacturing high-quality graphite racquets in India. This will bring down the cost of these racquets by 20-30 per cent. Indian players, who are performing well in big events for the last several years, had to previously buy these racquets abroad or import them at a high cost. The graphite racquets were unveiled in the presence of Ben Yoneyama, chairman of Yonex Japan, R Hanawa, president of Yonex India, Vikramaditya Dhar, managing director of Sunrise Sports India Pvt Ltd and chief national coach Pullela Gopichand. The Japanese company,…

-Atreyo Mukhopadhyay The sports ministry must be credited for devising a middle path, when there appeared to be none, in the wrestling controversy. Players adamant they would not budge from the Jantar Mantar protest site until all their demands are met and the federation chief firm that he would not resign because of sexual harassment allegations, it must have taken some persuasion and man management skill to restore order for the time being and placate both sides. But it is far from over. There are many possibilities, including future conflicts, and quite a few questions. There are two committees looking…

– Press Statement New Delhi, January 18, 2023: Taking cognizance of the protest staged by wrestlers, including Olympic and CWG medalists, in Delhi on Wednesday and a press conference in which wrestlers have levelled serious charges of sexual harassment of women wrestlers by the President and coaches of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) and of mismanagement in the functioning of the federation, the Sports Ministry has sought an explanation from WFI and directed it to furnish a reply within the next 72 hours on the allegations made. In its communication to WFI, the Ministry has stated that “since the…





– Atreyo Mukhopadhyay He waves at the crowd, urges them to get behind him and they react vociferously. Schoolgirls hound him for selfies and a group of them even breached the security cordon to get closer to him after the first-round match at the India Open. He is Lakshya Sen, the poster boy of Indian badminton, something that every sport needs. Obviously, performance has got more to do with this than looks. The second he has in good measure, but the first is something that has propelled him to 10th in the world rankings. Lakshya was on song on Tuesday…