Badminton
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Saina Nehwal won the India Open Grand Prix Gold and became the first Indian woman to reach the finals of All England Open Badminton Championships, but lost to Carolina Marin in final. However, she got her revenge by beating Marin in Syed Modi International tournament final. Then, the Haryana shuttler won her maiden women's singles title at Indian Open BWF Super Series beating Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand. This gave the ace shuttler assurance of the number one position and she became the first Indian woman to be World No.1 in the game. She clinched silver in the World Badminton Championships at Jakarta once again losing to Carolina Marin in the final and also ended up as a runner-up in the China Open by losing to li Xuerui. Saina finished the season on a promising note with the No.2 ranking. The Haryana shuttler will look to continue on this form in 2016 Rio Olympics by bettering the bronze medal she won in london 2012 Olympics.
lee Chong Wei in headlines for the wrong reasons
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In a shocking news, Malaysian Shuttler lee Chong Wei was handed a backdated eight-month ban for anti-doping regulation violation by Badminton World Federation (BWF) in Apri. The chances of getting a gold medal at the next year's Rio Olympics are still alive alive for him. The Malaysian had been under provisional suspension since November 2014 when tested positive for anti-inflammatory drug dexamethasone during last year's World Championships. lee, the 32-year old and also winner of 55 titles around the world, had his case heard by a three-member panel in Amsterdam on April 11 and could have faced a two-year ban which would ended his career but the panelists decided to go on softer decision. They decided to go lenient on him. lee was then eligible to compete again from next month May, and represented Malaysia at the SEA Games in Singapore in June. He was stripped of his world championships silver medal but allowed to keep his singles and team bronzes from last year's Asian Games, which he played before the failed drugs test came to light.