Madrid: Rio 2016 Olympic women’s badminton singles champion Carolina Marin from Spain has announced on social media that she won’t be defending her title at the...
New Delhi: Pullela Gopichand says a good mix of foreign and Indian coaches is important for the development of the system but strongly believes that “second...
New Delhi: Reigning Olympic champion shuttler Carolina Marin on Friday suffered a freak knee injury during training, leaving her doubtful for the Tokyo Games which begins...
New Delhi: Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth’s hopes of making it to this year’s Tokyo Olympic Games ended on Friday as badminton’s global governing...
Kuala Lumpur: A proposal to change the badminton scoring system to best-of-five games of 11 points from the current best-of-three games of 21 points just fell...
New Delhi: In a setback for Indians hoping to qualify for this year’s Tokyo Olympics, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced on Wednesday the cancellation of...
New Delhi: The Malaysia Open Super 750 badminton tournament has been postponed and will no longer be an Olympic qualification event, the Badminton World Federation (BWF)...
New Delhi: Kidambi Srikanth and Saina Nehwal’s chances of making it to this year’s Tokyo Olympics are all but over after the Indian contingent withdrew from...
New Delhi: Badminton legend Prakash Padukone was hospitalised in Bengaluru after testing positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. Padukone along with his wife (Ujjala) and second daughter...
New Delhi: Indian badminton players are likely to travel to Malaysia next month via Doha, Qatar, for the Malaysia Open and subsequently travel to Singapore for...
New Delhi: Malaysia putting a temporary ban on flights from India may just prove to be the death knell for Kidambi Srikanth and Saina Nehwal’s hopes...
New Delhi: Ace Indian badminton player Sai Praneeth said that he is looking to get fitter so as to improve the level of his game. Praneeth...
New Delhi: The India Open Super 500 tournament, one of the last three qualifying events for the Tokyo Olympics, was on Monday postponed due to raging...
New Delhi: Olympic champion Carolina Marin and World No. 1 Kento Momota will headline a star-studded field of international shuttlers when the India Open Super 500...
Monaco: India’s Sumit Nagal will be up against a tough player when he takes on Italy’s Stefano Travaglia in the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters Qualifiers (Round 1)...
New Delhi: Domestic badminton tournaments that were scheduled to be held in April and May have been postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Badminton Association...
New Delhi: Two Super 100 badminton tournaments — the Russian Open 2021 and Indonesia Masters — have been cancelled due to COVID-19 related restrictions, the Badminton...
Orleans (France): India’s Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnu Vardhan Goud Panjala lost to England fourth seeds Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in a hard-fought men’s doubles...
Paris: Saina Nehwal was beaten 17-21, 17-21 by Denmark’s Line Christophersen in the Orleans Masters 2021 semi-finals on Saturday. Fourth seed Nehwal went down in 28...
Pune: Indian ace Saina Nehwal eked out a thrilling three-game win over USA’s Iris Wang to advance to the women’s singles semifinals of the Orleans Masters...
Orleans (France): India’s Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy on Friday reached the semi-finals of the Orleans Masters Super 100 badminton tournament. The eighth seeded pair...
Orleans: India’s Kidambi Srikanth in the men’s category and Saina Nehwal and Ira Sharma in the women’s section reached the quarter-finals of the Orleans Masters Super...
Orleans (France): Ajay Jayaram, Kiran George and Mithun Manjunath went through to the second round of the Orleans Masters Super 100 badminton tournament. Jayaram beat compatriot Alap...
London: Lee Zii Jia’s brilliant performance in the final of the All England Open Badminton Championships had his coach Wong Choong Hann marvelling at his abilities. Lee...
Birmingham: PV Sindhu was beaten in the All England Championships semi-finals by Thailand’s Pornpawee Chochuwong on Saturday. She lost 17-21, 9-21 in just 45 minutes. Sindhu...
Birmingham: Reigning world badminton champion P.V. Sindhu rallied to enter the women’s singles semi-finals of All England Open Championships here on Friday with a tough win over...
Birmingham: Reigning world badminton champion P.V. Sindhu rallied to enter the women’s singles semi-finals of All England Open Championships here on Friday with a tough win over...
Birmingham: India’s Lakshya Sen crashed out of the All England Open Championships quarter-finals on Friday, losing to Mark Caljouw of the Netherlands 17-21, 21-16, 17-21. The...
Birmingham: Indian women’s doubles pair Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy lost in the quarter-finals of the All England Open Championships on Friday after a straight-games...
Birmingham: PV Sindhu moved into the quarter-finals of All England Championships with a straight games win over Denmark’s Line Christophersen on Thursday. Sindhu won 21-8, 21-8 in...
London: Ace India shuttler PV Sindhu on Wednesday cruised to the second round of the All England Open after a win over Malaysia’s Soniia Cheah. Sindhu...
New Delhi: All Indian badminton players have been cleared to compete at the All England Open Championships, starting Wednesday, after results of their second Covid RT-PCR...
New Delhi: Men’s singles players HS Prannoy and Sameer Verma and mixed doubles player Pranaav Jerry Chopra are among four Indians who tested positive for Covid-19...
London: Four Indians, including three unnamed players and one member of staff, are among the several people who have tested positive for Covid-19 at the All England...
London: Badminton world champion PV Sindhu will be looking to take advantage of a depleted field as she leads the Indian challenge at the All England...
Basel: P.V. Sindhu lost 21-12, 21-5 to Spain’s Carolina Marin in 35 minutes in the final of the Swiss Open Super300 in Basel on Sunday. It was...
Basel: Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu dished out a superlative performance to outclass Mia Blichfeldt of Denmark in straight games and enter the women’s singles...
