Badminton Archives - HamroKhelkud

Prince Thrashed By World No. 2, Santoo Eliminated In Prelims

28Jul

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Badminton, Olympics, Racquet, Table Tennis

Prince Thrashed By World No. 2, Santoo Eliminated In Prelims

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu (HamroKhelkud) - Nepal's 19-year-old badminton sensation Prince Dahal has tasted a heavy defeat in his first group encounter at the Paris Olympics 2024. Prince lost against world number two and reigning Olympics champion Viktor Axelsen in straight sets. Viktor proved too good for Prince as he raced past Prince 21-8 and 21-6. Earlier today, Nepal's table tennis star Santoo Shrestha was eliminated after losing in straight sets to Senegalese player Ibrahima Diaw. Despite a strong performance in the first set, Santoo lost 12-10. He struggled in the subsequent sets, losing 11-3, 11-4, and 11-5. Meanwhile, Prince, a former junior world number one , still has two matches remaining. He will compete against Ireland's Nhat Nguyen, ranked 43rd, and I...

12May

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Badminton, Olympics, Racquet

Prince To Compete At The Paris Olympics

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu (HamroKhelkud) - Prince Dahal, formerly ranked No. 1 in the junior world badminton rankings, has secured his spot in the 2024 Paris Olympics, becoming the first Nepali badminton player to do so. The 19-year-old will compete in the Olympics through the Universality Quota, as confirmed by the World Badminton Federation (BWF) in a statement released on Saturday. In the badminton category, athletes were vying for 166 regular quota spots (83 men and 83 women), along with 3 universality quota spots and one Olympic refugee quota spot. Universality spots are designated to provide athletes from nations with limited representation the opportunity to participate in the Olympics. Among the three badminton players chosen worldwide for the universality qu...

Prince and Rashila victorious in Lalitpur Mayor Cup

26Nov

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Prince and Rashila victorious in Lalitpur Mayor Cup

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - National Champion shuttlers duo Prince Dahal of Nepal Police Club and Rashila Maharjan of Tribhuvan Army Club clinches the title of First Lalitpur Mayor Cup National Badminton Tournament. Prince defeated Praful Maharjan in straight sets of 21-9 and 21-14 to be named victorious in Men's Single category. Likewise, Rashila who went down to Anumaya Rai in the first set by 19-21, outplayed in the second and third sets to register a win of 21-15 and 21-18. Champions Prince and Rashila pursed NRs. 40,000 each along with Medal, Trophy, and Certificate. Meanwhile, runners-up Praful and Anumaya were rewarded with NRs. 20,000 each. Similarly, Kaski's Bidhan Adhikari and Army's Pawan Lenthep defeated Lalitpur's Dipesh Shakya and Suman Shakya in a strai...

Young Shuttlers to participate in International Tournaments

18Aug

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Young Shuttlers to participate in International Tournaments

By a Staff Reporter The 8-member Nepali Badminton team, including 6 shuttlers will fly towards India on Friday to compete in two International Badminton Tournaments in India. Nepal will first compete in the India International Series scheduled to be held in Hyderabad from 23rd to 27th August. First Nepali to rank world's number one junior badminton player Prince Dahal along with Kshitij Khanal, Himal Chand, Rashila Maharjan, Rose Pandey, and Vishna Bishta are among the shuttlers to participate in the tournaments. While Rajesh Pratap Shakya is the coach of the team, the responsibility of the manager is given to Jeevan Singh Kunwar. Later, Nepal will participate in the India Junior Grand Prix in Pune from August 29 to September 4. As per Nepal Badminton Association Secretary Na...

14Jul

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KBA honors badminton fraternity

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu Badminton Academy - KBA has honored the badminton fraternity on the occasion of Guru Purnima in Kathmandu on Wednesday. The academy honored Pranab Kumar Talukdar, Uttam Simkhada, Prakash Uday, Dharmalal Shrestha, Rajni Joshi, Uday Kumar Shrestha, Mahendra Lal Shrestha and Shanti Manandhar for their vital role in the production of shuttler. On the occasion of Guru Purnima, the academy remembered late Gyan Bahadur Khadka, Dilendra Bir Pandey and Purushottam KC for their supreme contribution in the development of badminton. In the same function, Triratna Manandhar who played a crucial role in the development of Nepali badminton was given a special honor. Likewise, Sports Journalist Kushal Timalsina was honored with a reward of Rs. 15,000 for hi...

13 players including Palesha, Prince and Aruna awarded

11Jul

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13 players including Palesha, Prince and Aruna awarded

By a Staff Reporter The National Sports Council (NSC) awarded cash prizes to 13 players including Palesha Gowdardhan Shrestha of Para Taekwondo, Prince Dahal of Badminton and Aruna Shahi of Volleyball. On the occasion of President's Women's Sports Participation Enhancement Program, NSC awarded the players from three categories with cash on Monday. The supreme governing body handed over Rs 150,000 each to two players, Rs 100,000 each to four players and Rs 50,000 each to seven players. Prince and Palesha were awarded with Rs 150,000 and a certificate. Palesha, who missed out a medal at the Tokyo Paralympics last year, won gold at the Asian Youth Para Taekwondo. Likewise, emerging shuttler Prince held top rank in World Juniors Ranking last year. Boxing's Narika Rai, Sw...

Shuttler Maharjan ranks seventh in world junior women’s singles category

25Jan

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Badminton

Shuttler Maharjan ranks seventh in world junior women’s singles category

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - National women’s champion shuttler Rashila Maharjan has been ranked seventh in the junior women’s singles world ranking published by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). Maharjan climbed to the seventh spot from 19th position to become the first Nepali woman to achieve such feat. Issuing a press statement on Tuesday, Nepal Badminton Association confirmed the ranking. The association said that Maharjan’s achievement has made the entire nation proud. “Nepal Badminton Association wishes her to achieve much more in the coming days,” reads the statement. The association expressed happiness that Nepali badminton players have been able to scale new heights one after another. Another emerging player of Nepal, Prince Dahal, has managed to rise...

Nepal Telecom lifts Kathmandu Team Championship

24Dec

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Nepal Telecom lifts Kathmandu Team Championship

By a Staff Reporter Kathmandu - Nepal Telecom beat Silk Group to lift the trophy of Kumari Bank Kathmandu Team Championship Corporate Badminton (Invitational) on Friday. In the men’s singles category, Ratnajit Tamang of Nepal Telecom defeated Bikash Shrestha of Silk Group 21-18 and 21-13 to give his team a 1-0 lead. In the next match in women’s section, Anumaya Rai of Silk Group saw off Seema Rajbanshi of Nepal Telecom 21-14 and 21-15 to tie the game 1-1. In the men’s double event, Surendra Singh Karki and Hari Krishna Sharma of Nepal Telecom defeated Subash Adhikari and Ramesh Sherpa of Silk Group 21-12 and 21-5 to take an overall 2-1 lead. Nepal Telecom lost the fourth round match of women’s doubles after Seema Rajbanshi retired hurt after suffering a knee inju...

23Jul

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Ratnajit defeated in the US Open

Kathmandu (Hamro Khelkud) - Nepal number one badminton player Ratnajit's journey in the Men's Single of Yonex US Open has ended in the very first round of the tournament. In the match held last night, 211st ranked Ratnajit lost 21-18, 21-12 to Canada's Jason Anthony who is ranked 175th in the world. Last year in his first participation, Ratnajit had qualified up to the Round of 16. Ratnajit has remained the national champion for 6 years. After recently winning the men's single in both Annapurna International Corporate Badminton and Pushpalal Memorial Badminton, he had departed to take part in the US Open. Ratnajit has won 20 singles title in his career. Last year, the gold medal he had won in the mixed doubles pairing up with sister Nangsal Devi Tamang in the Pakistan Internation...