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Manu Bhaker, Gopichand pitch for Indian coaches

Manu has already said that Jaspal Rana, who was with her at the Paris Olympics where she won bronze in both the 10m air pistol and the 10m mixed air pistol team events

Paris Olympics bronze medallist Manu Bhaker. (EPA-EFE)

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Published on Mar 06, 2025 10:10 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Pullela Gopichand: From accidental shuttler to India's badminton mentor

Pullela Gopichand, India's chief badminton coach and a former All England champion, has played a pivotal role in shaping the country's badminton landscape.

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Published on Feb 25, 2025 05:15 PM IST

ANI |

Gopi sir's call for caution pragmatic, not pessimistic: Kashyap

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Published on Feb 22, 2025 09:33 PM IST

PTI |

Nithin Kamath shares his take on Pullela Gopichand’s ‘sports is for rich’ remark

Nithin Kamath shared a different view on Pullela Gopichand’s remark about sports requiring wealth, highlighting growing career opportunities in coaching.

Nithin Kamath shared a different view on X about Pullela Gopichand’s statement, arguing that sports now offer more career options beyond professional play.
(Instagram)

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Published on Feb 21, 2025 05:18 PM IST

ByMahipal Singh Chouhan

Bhubaneswar gets ₹75-cr badminton academy

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Published on Dec 12, 2024 09:17 PM IST

PTI |

Satwik and Chirag the pair to beat at Olympics: Gopichand

The world’s best pair, Shetty and Rankireddy are in Paris for the French Open.

Pullela Gopichand hails Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty

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Published on Mar 04, 2024 11:21 PM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Badminton: India's search for Gopichand's successor

All of a sudden, the national circuit is buzzing with coaches who have played at the highest level and are now guiding the creme de la creme of Indian badminton

Indian Badminton coach Pullela Gopichand(Mohd Zakir/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jan 19, 2024 07:04 PM IST

BySandip Sikdar

Stick to the process instead of thinking unnecessarily about Olympics: Gopichand

There are still about eight tournaments left before the big event but players should not get sidetracked

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Published on Jan 16, 2024 10:09 PM IST

BySandip Sikdar

The flying shuttle: How Pullela Gopichand transformed badminton in India

It’s been 19 years since he began coaching a new generation of players, and coaches. India now occupies top slots, tunes in, and plays to win.

‘Democracy doesn’t breed champions; champions breed champions,’ Gopichand has said. Today, if Indian badminton has reached the levels it has, its miraculous journey began with him. (HT illustration: Malay Karmakar)

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Updated on Sep 01, 2023 05:25 PM IST

ByAbhijeet Kulkarni

Starting to medal: How players have turned legends in Indian badminton

Pullela Gopichand, who has groomed a generation of shuttlers, towers over his proteges in training, but there is a caring side to him too, players say.

HS Prannoy after winning bronze at the World Championships last week. “During crucial points, when Gopi Sir asks me to do something, I don’t think twice, I just do it. That is the trust I have,” Prannoy says of India’s head coach. (PTI)

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Updated on Sep 01, 2023 05:22 PM IST

BySandip Sikdar

'Two guys with high quality hitting’, Gopichand hails Satwik-Chirag

The chief national badminton coach said the doubles pair winning the Indonesian Open title only highlighted their world class abilities

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty celebrate after defeating Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Wooi Yik Soh(BAI Media Twitter)

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Updated on Jun 20, 2023 06:44 PM IST

BySandip Sikdar, New Delhi

Indian athletes share Apple Watch experience with Tim Cook

Tim Cook took to Twitter to share a few pictures of himself interacting with Indian badminton stars.

Apple CEO Tim Cook interacting with Pullela Gopichand, Saina Nehwal and others. (Twitter/@tim_cook)

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Published on Apr 19, 2023 06:33 PM IST

ByArfa Javaid

Young Treesa, Gayatri target the next level at Tokyo World Championships

The teenagers have found more success than expected and their development has been helped by the two medals they won at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games

Both Treesa Jolly, right, and Gayatri Gopichand had initially focused on singles before shifting focus to doubles(AP)

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Updated on Aug 21, 2022 09:41 PM IST

BySandip Sikdar

This is as big as it gets in Indian sport: Pullela Gopichand

The chief national badminton coach says three strong singles players and a world-class doubles pair helped India end their wait for Thomas Cup glory

Pullela Gopichand at his badminton academy in Hyderabad.(Raj K Raj/HT File Photo)

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Published on May 16, 2022 12:20 AM IST

BySandip Sikdar

Gopichand won't travel with Indian team to Olympics, gives space to Santosa

Chief National coach Pullela Gopichand, who guided India to two Olympic medals, has opted out of India's Olympic-bound badminton contingent to create space for Indonesian Agus Dwi Santosa, who trains singles shuttler B Sai Praneeth.

Indian Badminton coach Pullela Gopichand. (File)(Mohd Zakir/HT PHOTO)

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Published on Jul 06, 2021 10:57 PM IST

PTI |

Second-best foreign coaches will make us second best and not the best: Gopichand

Speaking at the virtual inauguration of the High-Performance Coach Education Programme, the national badminton coach highlighted the role of coaches in Indian sports.

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Published on May 27, 2021 05:01 PM IST

PTI |

London stint: PV Sindhu denies rift with family, Gopi

When Sindhu, 25, announced on Monday that she is in England for a few weeks for recovery and assistance in nutrition, it whipped up a controversy on social media.

P.V. Sindhu (IND) of India plays against Carolina Marin (ESP) of Spain.(Action Images / Reuters)

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Updated on Oct 21, 2020 10:43 AM IST

NEW DELHI | BySandip Sikdar

Players unsure about resumption of international calender, causing lag in training: Gopichand

Gopichand feels lack of training is not a concern as players will get back to work once they start competing at the international events.

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Updated on Sep 16, 2020 03:41 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

N Sikki Reddy, physio Kiran C test Covid positive at national camp

Women’s doubles specialist Sikki and Kiran, who have been attending the national camp at the academy, are both asymptomatic, according to a SAI statement.

Indian badminton player Sikki Reddy.(Getty Images)

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Updated on Aug 13, 2020 09:43 PM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | BySandip Sikdar

PV Sindhu ends long wait, resumes training at Pullela Gopichand academy

India’s elite badminton players began practice sessions on Friday after over four months, due to the Covid-19 crisis.

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Updated on Aug 07, 2020 07:19 PM IST

Hindustan Times | BySandip Sikdar

Shuttling between restart conundrums

But with a surge in Covid-19 cases and strict lockdowns being enforced again, their wait seems endless even as competitors in other countries have commenced training.

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Updated on Jul 22, 2020 06:27 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | BySandip Sikdar

Ministry removes pay cap for Indian coaches

There are 45 foreign experts—coaches, high performance directors and support staff—on contract with Sports Authority of India (SAI) and drawing salaries between $4,000-$15,000 (approx. ~2.98 lakh-~11.2 lakh).

File Image of Kiren Rijiju.(Getty Images)

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Updated on Jul 04, 2020 11:58 PM IST

New Delhi | ByAvishek Roy

Over 14,000 to take part in run to raise money for coaches, support staff hit by COVID lockdown

Championed by celebrated national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand, and Arjuna Awardees Ashwini Nachappa and Malathi Holla, ‘Run to the Moon’ will conclude on July 21 to coincide with the 51st anniversary of man’s first landing on the moon.

Man tying jogging shoes.He is running outdoors on a sunny day.(Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Updated on Jun 25, 2020 06:27 PM IST

Mumbai | ByPress Trust of India

HS Prannoy apologises for outburst against BAI

BAI president Himanta Biswa Sarma has accepted Prannoy’s apology and general secretary Ajay Singhania hoped the incident won’t be repeated.

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Updated on Jun 23, 2020 11:59 PM IST

ByPress Trust of India

P Gopichand recommends HS Prannoy for Arjuna Award

It has emerged now that Prannoy’s name was recommended by Gopichand on June 3 in his capacity as a Khel Ratna Award recipient.

Pullela Gopichand along with HS Prannoy and Ajay Jayaram.(PTI)

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Updated on Jun 21, 2020 04:10 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

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According to the government’s June 18 bulletin, 5,400 of its 10,900 Covid-19 beds were vacant, and roughly 5,000 beds were available (out of 6,300) in Covid care and health centres.(Sanchit Khanna/HT file photo)

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Updated on Jun 20, 2020 09:00 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | ByHT Correspondent

‘There is some apprehension about how things will open up’: Pullela Gopichand

Players eager to start practice and play; two or three good performances can help Saina and Srikanth qualify for Olympics.

Pullela Gopichand during India Open in March, 2019.(MOHD ZAKIR/HT)

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Updated on Jun 20, 2020 07:58 AM IST

Hindustan Times, New Delhi | BySandip Sikdar

Coaches and support staff hit hard during lockdown: Gopichand

“Coaches and sports staff have been hit the most during the lockdown, with virtually no income during the last three months. We hope to raise funds with this initiative to support and sustain the most important link in the sports chain,” Gopichand said.

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Updated on Jun 12, 2020 03:08 PM IST

Mumbai | ByPress Trust of India

BWF unlikely to introduce synthetic shuttlecocks next year

In January this year, the world body had approved the use of synthetic feather shuttlecocks at sanctioned international tournaments of all levels from 2021.

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Updated on May 15, 2020 03:56 PM IST

New Delhi | ByPress Trust of India

Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth’s schedules could have been planned better: Gopichand

The 46-year-old also admitted that with tournaments getting cancelled due to coronavirus and with just over two months left for the Tokyo 2020 qualification period to end, the Indian badminton contingent is in a tight spot.

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Updated on Mar 05, 2020 08:16 PM IST

New Delhi | ByIndo Asian News Service

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Manu has already said that Jaspal Rana, who was with her at the Paris Olympics where she won bronze in both the 10m air pistol and the 10m mixed air pistol team events

Pullela Gopichand, India's chief badminton coach and a former All England champion, has played a pivotal role in shaping the country's badminton landscape.

Gopi sir's call for caution pragmatic, not pessimistic: Kashyap

Nithin Kamath shared a different view on Pullela Gopichand’s remark about sports requiring wealth, highlighting growing career opportunities in coaching.

Bhubaneswar gets ₹75-cr badminton academy

The world’s best pair, Shetty and Rankireddy are in Paris for the French Open.

All of a sudden, the national circuit is buzzing with coaches who have played at the highest level and are now guiding the creme de la creme of Indian badminton

There are still about eight tournaments left before the big event but players should not get sidetracked

It’s been 19 years since he began coaching a new generation of players, and coaches. India now occupies top slots, tunes in, and plays to win.

Pullela Gopichand, who has groomed a generation of shuttlers, towers over his proteges in training, but there is a caring side to him too, players say.

The chief national badminton coach said the doubles pair winning the Indonesian Open title only highlighted their world class abilities

Tim Cook took to Twitter to share a few pictures of himself interacting with Indian badminton stars.

The teenagers have found more success than expected and their development has been helped by the two medals they won at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games

The chief national badminton coach says three strong singles players and a world-class doubles pair helped India end their wait for Thomas Cup glory

Chief National coach Pullela Gopichand, who guided India to two Olympic medals, has opted out of India's Olympic-bound badminton contingent to create space for Indonesian Agus Dwi Santosa, who trains singles shuttler B Sai Praneeth.

Speaking at the virtual inauguration of the High-Performance Coach Education Programme, the national badminton coach highlighted the role of coaches in Indian sports.

When Sindhu, 25, announced on Monday that she is in England for a few weeks for recovery and assistance in nutrition, it whipped up a controversy on social media.

Gopichand feels lack of training is not a concern as players will get back to work once they start competing at the international events.

Women’s doubles specialist Sikki and Kiran, who have been attending the national camp at the academy, are both asymptomatic, according to a SAI statement.

India’s elite badminton players began practice sessions on Friday after over four months, due to the Covid-19 crisis.

But with a surge in Covid-19 cases and strict lockdowns being enforced again, their wait seems endless even as competitors in other countries have commenced training.

There are 45 foreign experts—coaches, high performance directors and support staff—on contract with Sports Authority of India (SAI) and drawing salaries between $4,000-$15,000 (approx. ~2.98 lakh-~11.2 lakh).

Championed by celebrated national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand, and Arjuna Awardees Ashwini Nachappa and Malathi Holla, ‘Run to the Moon’ will conclude on July 21 to coincide with the 51st anniversary of man’s first landing on the moon.

BAI president Himanta Biswa Sarma has accepted Prannoy’s apology and general secretary Ajay Singhania hoped the incident won’t be repeated.

It has emerged now that Prannoy’s name was recommended by Gopichand on June 3 in his capacity as a Khel Ratna Award recipient.

Here are today’s top news, analysis and opinion. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.

Players eager to start practice and play; two or three good performances can help Saina and Srikanth qualify for Olympics.

“Coaches and sports staff have been hit the most during the lockdown, with virtually no income during the last three months. We hope to raise funds with this initiative to support and sustain the most important link in the sports chain,” Gopichand said.

In January this year, the world body had approved the use of synthetic feather shuttlecocks at sanctioned international tournaments of all levels from 2021.

The 46-year-old also admitted that with tournaments getting cancelled due to coronavirus and with just over two months left for the Tokyo 2020 qualification period to end, the Indian badminton contingent is in a tight spot.

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