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All England Championships finalist Lakshya Sen will be missing in action but double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and World championships silver winner Kidambi Srikanth will look to make a mark when the Swiss Open Super 300 begins here on Tuesday. Sen, the 20-year-old from Almora, decided to withdraw after feeling exhausted following back-to-back final appearances […]
Ace Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Saina Nehwal began their All England Championships campaign with easy straight-game wins over their respective opponents in the women’s singles in Birmingham on Wednesday. Sixth seed Sindhu beat Zhi Yi Wang of China 21-18 21-13 in her first round match that lasted 42 minutes while Saina defeated Beatriz Corrales […]
World Championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen stunned Olympic gold winner Viktor Axelsen in a hard-fought match to enter the final of German Open Super 300 tournament in Muelheim An Der Ruhr, Germany on Saturday. The 20-year-old Sen, who had claimed his maiden Super 500 title at the India Open in January, continued his rich vein of form as he sent the world […]
Chief national coach Pullela Gopichand has decided against contesting for the Badminton Association of India’s general secretary’s post, making junior team coach Sanjay Mishra the unanimous choice for the position. Gopichand on Friday filed his nominations for one of the vice-president’s post, while Mishra threw his hat in the ring for the general secretary’s position. […]
Double Olympic medallist P. V. Sindhu and World Championships silver winner Kidambi Srikanth registered contrasting wins to advance to the second round of the USD 180,000 German Open Super 300 badminton tournament here on Tuesday. Seventh seed Sindhu trounced Thailand’s Busanan Ongbamrungphan 21-8, 21-7 in a lop-sided contest after Srikanth, seeded 8th, saw off France’s […]
Ashmita Chaliha and Tara Shah notched up convincing wins but the two inexperienced doubles pairs couldn’t make a mark as the Indian team jeopardised its chances of reaching the knockout stage of the tournament.
Indian badminton legend Prakash Padukone will receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award this year from the Badminton World Federation(BWF) while Alaknanda Ashok will receive the Women and Gender Equity Award.
India’s star badminton player PV Sindhu continues her stellar journey in the Tokyo Olympics.
PV Sindhu in her second group match defeated Cheung Gan Yi of Hong Kong by 2-0 in the group stage match of the Badminton women’s singles event of Tokyo Olympics.
Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered a straight game by 0-2 loss to Indonesia’s Marcus Gideon Fernaldi and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo in their second match at Tokyo 2020.