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Thursday, August 20, 2015

Saina Nehwal regains World no. 1 rank, signs a Rs 25 crore deal

 Latest rankings of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) released on Thursday Aug 20,2015
 
Saina Nehwal rose a place to overtake her conqueror at the 2015 Badminton World Championship in Jakarta,Indonesia,Carolina Marin of Spain, to once again be ranked No.1.
Carolina Marin dropped to No.2 while Chinese Taipei's Tai Tzu Ying overtook reigning Olympic champion Li Xuerui of China to be No.3

P.V. Sindhu dropped a spot to be ranked No.14

Kidambi Srikanth dropping a spot to No.4 in the men's singles rankings as H.S. Prannoy retained the No.12 spot. However, 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medallist Parupalli Kashyap jumped two places to be ranked No.8.

Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa reach their career-best ranking of No.10 in women's doubles

Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy dropped five places to be at No.22 in men's doubles rankings.

There are no Indians in the top-25 of the mixed doubles rankings


 Saina Hehwal Signs 2-year Deal With IOS
 
India shuttler Saina Nehwal has signed a 2-year deal with leading sports management group, IOS Sports & Entertainment.

IOS will now manage Saina's endorsements, appearances, brand profiling, patents, licensing and digital rights, images and visibility on social networking sites.

The 2012 London Olympic bronze medallist had recently won a silver at the Badminton World Championship in Jakarta,Indonesia and once again regained World No.1 spot.
 Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal regains World no. 1 rank, signs a Rs 25 crore deal

IOS will target around 25 crore over the two years

IOS also manages other elite sportspersons such as cricketer Suresh Raina, Olympic medallist boxers Vijender Singh and MC Mary Kom, and two-time Olympic medal winning wrestler Sushil Kumar.

Commenting on the deal, Neerav Tomar, MD & CEO IOS Sports & Entertainment said, "I would like to congratulate Saina for making the nation proud by winning historic silver medal in the World Championship and regaining the world number 1 spot. We are pleased to welcome another top women sportsperson of the world into the IOS family.

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