VICTORY. Dulce Acebedo of Central Visayas aces Janelle Mateo of Ilocos Region in the Palarong Pambansa’s girls’ badminton singles elementary category, with a decisive 21-6 victory, at MetroSports Center on Friday morning, July 12, 2024.  Armi Isola Juliana Ilumba, Junior JournoCENTRAL Visayas fashioned out a resounding victory in the elementary girls’ badminton singles at the 2024 Palarong Pambansa on Friday, July 12.Dulce Acebedo showcased her strategic skills as she outmaneuvered Janella Mateo of Ilocos in two straight sets.Acebedo asserted her dominance at the start of the match and gained an early lead en route to taking the first set, 19-11.She…

President Droupadi Murmu participated in a friendly badminton match with renowned shuttler Saina Nehwal at Rashtrapati Bhavan’s Badminton Court on July 10. The event highlighted President Murmu’s passion for sports and celebrated India’s prowess in badminton, especially among women athletes who have made significant global impacts.The match was part of the ‘Her Story – My Story’ lecture series featuring women Padma Awardees. Saina Nehwal, an iconic Indian sportsperson honored with the Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awards, expressed her gratitude, describing the experience of playing with President Murmu as a memorable moment.Earlier, President Murmu unveiled the prestigious Durand Cup, President’s…

New Delhi: Trailblazing Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal feels she would have perhaps excelled more as a sportsperson if she had picked a tennis racquet instead of playing badminton.Nehwal has an impressive resume as a badminton player. Not only she became the first Indian woman shuttler to be ranked No. 1 in the world, she was the first woman athlete from the country to win an Olympic medal.”Sometimes I feel that it would have been good if my parents had put me in tennis,” Saina said during her Her Story–My Story talk at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.”There is more money and I…

Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal, who brought laurels to the nation on multiple international stages including the 2012 Olympics in London where she clinched a historic bronze, spoke in candour during her visit to the Rashtrapathi Bhawan.The 34-year-old was pictured playing a couple of rallies with the Honourable President of the nation Shri Droupadi Murmu, before addressing a congregation at the place of importance.She stated that it occurred to her sometimes that she would have done even better than she already has, had she opted for a different racquet.“Sometimes I feel that it would have been good if my parents…