China will host its first international badminton tournament since 2019 with the season-ending World Tour Finals in December, the sport’s governing body has said. The Badminton...
New Delhi: Covid-19 hit seven Indian players, including men’s top seed K. Srikanth and doubles specialist Ashwini Ponnappa, and forced 15 withdrawals across five four events...
New Delhi: Krishna Nagar, a para-badminton player from Jaipur in Rajasthan, was allotted Paralympic Games quota place in men’s singles short stature 6 (MS SH 6)...
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: Two Super 100 badminton tournaments — the Russian Open 2021 and Indonesia Masters — have been cancelled due to COVID-19 related restrictions, the Badminton...
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...
New Delhi: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Friday announced that it has extended the Olympic qualification period till June 15. This came after the postponement of...
Bangkok: India’s HS Prannoy battled pain in his ribs and a potential dislocation on his left shoulder to stun Indonesia’s world number seven Jonathan Christie in...
Bangkok: Ace shuttlers Saina Nehwal, Parupalli Kashyap, and HS Prannoy, who were forced to withdraw from the Thailand Open Super 1000 after they tested Covid positive...
Bangkok: Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal on Tuesday lashed out at the Badminton World Federation for the regulations that were in place ahead of the upcoming Thailand...
Denmark: Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen on Tuesday made a winning return to the badminton circuit as he defeated France’s Christo Popov in straight games to enter the...
New Delhi: World champion P V Sindhu will not get a direct entry in the rescheduled World Tour Final as the Badminton World Federation (BWF) has...
Kuala Lumpur: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has announced the Asian leg of the adjusted World Tour 2020 will take place in Bangkok in January next...
New Delhi: The India Open Super 500 and the Syed Modi International Super 300 tournaments were on Thursday cancelled by the Badminton World Federation in its...
New Delhi: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Saturday said it was waiting for “more clarity” from China before it takes a call on the season-ending...
New Delhi: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Tuesday cancelled two more international tournaments — China Masters and Dutch Open — from its revamped 2020 calender...
New Delhi: The Hyderabad Open badminton tournament, scheduled to be held from August 11 to 16, was on Thursday cancelled by the world body BWF in view...
New Delhi: An extended qualification period for the Tokyo Olympics will be introduced next year and ranking points earned at tournaments during the original qualification phase...
New Delhi: Indian shuttlers, including Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal, has questioned the rationale behind scheduling 22 event in just five months in a revised BWF calender,...
New Delhi: The Olympic-qualifying India Open badminton tournament, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will now be held here from December 8 to 13 after...
New Delhi: The badminton world championship slated for August next year in Spain will now take place from November 29 to December 5, the sport’s apex...
New Delhi: The Thomas and Uber Cup Finals was on Wednesday postponed for the second time due to the COVID-19 pandemic with the Badminton World Federation...
New Delhi: World Champion P V Sindhu was on Wednesday unveiled as one of the ambassadors for Badminton World Federation (BWF)’s ‘i am badminton’ awareness campaign....
New Delhi: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Monday suspended a host of its flagship international, junior and para tournaments scheduled from May to July in...
New Delhi: The Badminton World Federation on Tuesday decided to freeze the world rankings, saying standings as on March 17 will be the basis for entry...
New Delhi: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is in talks with hosts Spain to reschedule the 2021 World Championships after the Tokyo Olympics were pushed to...
New Delhi: Badminton World Federation said it is “disappointing” that some players, including Indian star Saina Nehwal, questioned its “sincerity and motives” when it continued with...
New Delhi: The Olympics postponement brought some relief but Indian shuttlers, including B Sai Praneeth, are still wondering why the Badminton World Federation (BWF) is yet...
New Delhi: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has postponed the Thomas and Uber Cup, the premier global men’s and and women’s team championship, to be held in...
New Delhi: P V Sindhu was given the choice of pulling out of All England Championships after the Indian government’s travel restrictions came into force but...
New Delhi: Indian badminton star Saina Nehwal accused the sport’s administrators of placing money above players’ safety by continuing last week’s All England Championships despite the...
New Delhi: With the COVID-19 pandemic halting all sport activities, India’s former chief badminton coach Vimal Kumar on Tuesday urged the government to allow the Olympic-bound...
New Delhi: All national camps, except for those where athletes are preparing for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, were on Tuesday postponed until further order in view...
New Delhi: Delhi government’s decision to ban all sports activities due to the novel coronavirus pandemic has raised fresh doubts over the fate of India Open...
New Delhi: The Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty has been nominated for the ‘Most Improved Player of the Year’ award by...
Chennai: World champion shuttler P V Sindhu on Thursday said she will pick and choose tournaments to stay fit ahead of next year’s Tokyo Olympics. The...
New Delhi: Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Friday pulled out of the upcoming tournaments in China and Korea, owing to a knee injury that flared...
Guangzhou (China): Playing badminton on the beach? Yes, it is now becoming real and official. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) launched a new outdoor game, AirBadminton,...
