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Prakash Padukone
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For badminton coaches, 'giving back' to the game comes with suffering
July 14, 2025 1:18 pm
Policy proposals offer a reasonably good pay package to full-time coaches but there's a catch — these might be short-term contracts and make involve giving up a PSU job
Badminton reflections: Why Lakshya Sen's 4th place at Olympics is still seen as progress for India's men's singles by a super-driven coaching fraternity
December 29, 2024 4:08 pm
Coaches, who themselves struggled for funding and facilities in their playing years, are up-skilling rapidly hoping to prove a point: that an Indian coach can produce an Olympic medallist in men's singles.
After lacklustre Olympic performances, mental health experts explain why sports psychology needs urgent attention in India
September 03, 2024 10:17 am
Sports isn't just about technical skills. The confidence to win needs to be cultivated.
Lakshya Sen on Paris Olympics: 'Prakash sir took away my phone... said won't get back till matches are done'
August 16, 2024 10:11 pm
PM Narendra Modi's prompt respond to Laskhya Sen "If Prakash sir is so strict, will send him next time too."
Paris leaves India with a few smiles — and many red flags
August 12, 2024 8:24 am
India's Paris Olympics campaign ended with six medals. There were also six agonising fourth-place finishes, more than ever, to mark the bitter-sweet campaign that ebbed as the Games progressed.
Ranveer Singh backs Lakshya Sen after father-in-law Prakash Padukone says 'not happy' with Sen's surrender at Paris Olympics: 'He's only 22'
August 07, 2024 12:49 pm
Prakash Padukone, dismayed by Lakshya Sen's loss in the bronze-medal match, urged players to “introspect” and ask themselves whether they are doing enough to win Olympic medals. Ranveer Singh has backed Lakshya.
'Can't push player under bus... why aren't coaches responsible?' Ashwini Ponnappa responds to Prakash Padukone's comments
August 06, 2024 5:48 pm
Legendary coach Prakash Padukone did not hold back after Lakshya Sen's bronze medal match defeat, asking players to ‘introspect’ and question themselves whether they had ‘doing enough’ to win an Olympic medal.
Prakash Padukone unimpressed: ‘Maybe, the players are not working hard enough’ to win Olympic medals
August 06, 2024 2:42 pm
Badminton legend and Lakshya Sen's coach says players 'cannot be asking for more and more' and asks federations and the government to be a 'little firm' with those who don't deliver.
With completely new support staff, and Prakash Padukone by her side, PV Sindhu regaining her attacking game ahead of Olympics
March 19, 2024 11:07 pm
Sindhu didn't win very much in the lead-up to Rio 2016 either, but opponents feared a 19-19 situation with her. With her wolf-pack backing her, the bite is new. The attacking hark is old.
PV Sindhu's heartfelt note for mentor Prakash Padukone goes viral: ‘Guiding light in my life’
March 18, 2024 1:53 pm
Prakash Padukone was the first Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championships in 1980.
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