Junior Ranking Badminton: Ateendra advances, other Goans falter

PANAJIGoa's Ateendra Gaonkar made a winning start at the Yonex-Sunrise G H Raisoni Memorial All India Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament 2026, defeating Delhi's Vardaan Verma 16-14, 16-14 in the boys' singles Under-19 event at the Manohar Parrikar Indoor Stadium, Navelim, on Friday.However, Soham Naik went down fighting in three games against Madhya Pradesh's Medhansh Sharma, while Sudhanva Udupa l