Badminton Stories
How tiny Tamil Nadu centres produce badminton champions
Badminton coaching has been dominated by two big academies run by the biggest players of yesteryears – Pullela Gopichand and Prakash Padukone. But tomorrow’s shuttlers are coming out of a clutch of small academies in Tamil Nadu
- Brinda Vasudevan
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
How India's obsession with badminton started 150 years ago
Reports from TOI archives and books written on the recreational activities of the British throw light on India’s obsession with the sport
The day India rose to the top of the badminton world
India created badminton history on May 16, clinching its first ever Thomas Cup title after defeating 14-time winners Indonesia. But the first time that India made a mark in the sport was 40 years ago, also against Indonesia. We went over TOI archives to see how that victory was sealed and chanced upon a rather bizarre political fallout of the match
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM