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TopicPullela Gopichand

Topic: Pullela Gopichand

Padukone to Sindhu & Thomas Cup — the many times Indian badminton shone on world stage

As India beat heavyweights Indonesia 3-0 to clinch their maiden Thomas Cup title, a look back at major milestones in the history of Indian badminton.

When you lose a game, you don’t storm out or abuse: Pullela Gopichand

In ‘Shuttler’s Flick’, Pullela Gopichand writes that losing badminton games for him is almost academic, you break down areas of improvement and work on them.

Where are India’s badminton coaches? We need more names than Padukone and Gopichand

In ‘Smash—The Rise of Indian Badminton’, Benedict Paramanand writes that aging players are setting up academies, but few take coaching seriously.

How Indian badminton became global powerhouse, new book reveals

‘SMASH! The Rise of Indian Badminton: Stories of Grit and Triumph’ by Benedict Paramanand, published by Notion Press, the book will be released on 9 July on ‘Soft Cover’.

Chinese coaches inspired Gopichand to use heavy weight training to beat foreign players

In ‘The Gopichand Factor’, Abhijeet Kulkarni takes a deep dive into the coaching techniques & strategies that have aided the transformation of Indian badminton.

World champion Sindhu returns to India with promise of winning more medals

Olympic-silver medallist P.V. Sindhu out-played Japan's Nozomi Okuhara at the BWF World Championships in Switzerland to clinch India's first gold at the event.

Once dismissed as lazy, Kidambi Srikanth is now praised for Roger Federer-like calm

The world number one rank ticked off his bucket list, Srikanth will have his eyes set on Olympics and World championship golds besides the All-England title.

Off The Cuff with P.V. Sindhu and Pullela Gopichand

The ninth edition of 'Off The Cuff' saw P V Sindhu, Olympic Badminton Silver Medalist and P Gopichand, Chief National Coach, Indian Badminton Team,...

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.