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: 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...
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: Reigning badminton world champion P.V. Sindhu ended her campaign at the BWF World Tour Finals with a consolation win on Friday, but Kidambi Srikanth, the...
Bangkok: World champion PV Sindhu exited the Thailand Open after a 21-13, 21-9 loss to Ratchanok Intanon in the quarter-finals on Friday. Sameer Verma was on...
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 Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal on Thursday crashed out of the ongoing Thailand Open after suffering a hard-fought second round defeat against local Busanan Ongbamrungphan....
Bangkok: The star Indian badminton pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out of the men’s doubles event in the ongoing Thailand Open after suffering...
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: Current world champion PV Sindhu crashed out in the opening round of the Thailand Open after losing to Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt on Tuesday. Sixth-seeded Sindhu...
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...
New Delhi: World badminton champion PV Sindhu has said that moving to the United Kingdom for her training is one of the best moves she made...
New Delhi: Indian shuttler PV Sindhu on Monday gave a “mini heart attack” to sports fraternity with a social media post where she said: “I RETIRE”....
Copenhagen: Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Thursday came out with yet another commanding performance as he defeated Canada’s Jason Anthony Ho-Shue in straight-games to enter...
Copenhagen: Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth came out with a commanding performance as he registered a straight-games win over England’s Toby Penty in his opening round...
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...
New Delhi: Star Indian badminton couple Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap on Tuesday pulled out of the Denmark Open Super 750 tournament, which will restart the...
Kuala Lumpur: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Tuesday announced that the Thomas and Uber Cup has been postponed following a series of withdrawals due to...
New Delhi: The COVID-19 pandemic continued to take a toll on international badminton with the game’s world governing body (BWF) cancelling four more tournaments, including the...
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 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) has postponed the Thomas and Uber Cup, the premier global men’s and and women’s team championship, to be held in...
New Delhi: India shuttlers, including London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal, expressed shock after reports emerged that a sparring partner of the Taiwanese national team, who...
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: India’s chief badminton coach Pullela Gopichand believes the Tokyo Olympics should be postponed given the unprecedented crisis that the world is facing due to...
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: The novel coronavirus outbreak might have wrecked havoc on Olympic qualifying events but badminton’s world body on Friday said it has currently no “plans...
New Delhi: Ace shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Thursday said he would strive to regain his form and fitness ahead of the Tokyo Olympics after enduring a...
Kolkata: Chief national coach Pullela Gopichand admitted to crammed BWF itinerary causing a problem but at the same time believes that onus is on a player...
Kuala Lumpur: HS Prannoy stunned world number 10 Kanta Tsuneyama while ace Indian women shuttlers PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal also sailed into the second round...
Kuala Lumpur: India’s P V Sindhu will hope to start the new year on a positive note when she begins her campaign at the Malaysia Masters...
Guangzhou: Defending champion PV Sindhu‘s campaign in the year-ending BWF World Tour Finals was all but over after the Indian lost to China’s Chen Yufei 22-20,...
New Delhi: “Who after Saina (Nehwal), (PV) Sindhu?” instead of answering, Jwala Gutta was more keen to ask assembled journalists who can be Indian badminton’s heir...
Guangzhou: Enduring a rough patch since claiming the world championship gold, ace Indian shuttler P V Sindhu would be eager to turnaround her fortunes when she...
