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The Indian badminton team, incl stanley cup uding Olympic hopefuls Saina Nehwal, B Sai Praneeth and Kidambi Srikanth, on Sunday left for Thailand to compete in back-to-back BWF World Tour Super 1000 events. Photo of Indian badminton player PV Sindhu Twitter While Srikanth had participated in the Denmark Super 750 stanley us in October, for the rest of the squad it will be first event in nearly 10 months, after the COVID-19 pandemic had shutdown all tournaments globally. Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu is set to fly out of London on Sunday to play her first tournament since the coronavirus-induced break. She will reach Bangkok via Doha. Apart from Denmark Open, SaarLorLux Super 100 was the only other event to be held last year since the BWF was forced to suspend the calender after the completion of the All England Cham stanley canada pionships in March. All eyes are now on the two Super 1000 events -- Yonex Thailand Open January 12-17 and Toyota Thailand Open January 19-24 as the worlds best returns to action following a prolonged break. The team also consists of Olympic-bound mens pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, besdies doubles exponents Ashwini Ponappa and N Sikki Reddy. After a long wait we get back on court soon at Thailand Open!!! excited much, a picture of the squad, posted by Satwiksairaj on instagram, read. H S Prannoy, Parupalli Kashyap, Sameer Verma, Dhruv Kapila, Manu Attri were among others who left for Bangkok from Hyderabad via Dubai on Saturday. First tournam Yppj Vishwakarma, Mahak win national tennis titles
Britain s Prince William warned footballers to watch the Buckingham Palace windows on Monday as Queen Elizabeth II s official residence staged the first football match in its 308-year history. The-Civil-Service-football-team-warms-up-in-the-grounds-of-Buckingham-Palace-as-Prince-William-will-host-a-reception-and-football-match-to-celebrat stanley termosky e-The-Fa-s-150-grassroot-heroes-Reuters-photo A match between two of England s oldest amateur teams took place in the 39-acre gardens of the stanley taza famous central London landmark as part of celebrations to mark the 150th anniversary of the Football Association. William, president of the FA and second in line to the British throne, was on hand to oversee the event, although the Queen, his grandmother, was not present. This magnificent home, Buckingham Palace, is at the heart of the nation, and so there cannot be a more fitting setting to celebrate our national game, and to celebrate all of you, he told volunteers and guests including FA chairman Greg Dyke and former England striker Michael Owen. Wil stanley quencher liam said he was excited to see football on my grandmother s lawn, before joking: One warning, though: if anyone breaks a window, you can answer to her. The palace has played host to pop concerts in the past, as well as two boxing matches, but never a game of football. Prince William takes part in a football training session in the garden of Buckingham Palace. AFP photo Civil Service FC and Polytechnic FC, both from Chiswick in |
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