Singapore, July 19 (IANS) The Indian campaign in the Singapore Open ended as all shuttlers crashed out in the pre-quarter finals here on Thursday. Sourabh Verma lost to Vietnam’s Tien Minh Nguyen 21-18, 15-21, 11-21…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) India’s star shuttlers P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal retained their positions in women’s singles in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on Thursday. While Saina skipped last week’s…
Jakarta, July 18 (IANS) Junior shuttlers drew mixed response for India on the opening day of the Asia Junior Badminton Championships here on Wednesday. In the men’s singles affair, Kiran George, 16th seeded, survived narrowly…
Singapore, July 18 (IANS) Defending champion B. Sai Praneeth crashed out of the Singapore Open while Sourabh Verma advanced to the next round here on Wednesday. Sixth seed Praneeth went down 21-16, 16-21, 18-21 to…
New Delhi, July 17 (IANS) India’s competitors in the BWF World Badminton Championships 2018 in Nanjing, China, have been handed a difficult path in the draw. Men’s singles fifth seed Kidambi Srikanth has been clubbed…
Singapore, July 17 (IANS) India’s mixed doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa advanced while singles shuttlers R.M.V Gurusaidutt and Rituparna qualified for the Singapore Open here on Tuesday. The Indian pair defeated Indonesian’s Andika…
Jakarta, July 16 (IANS) Barring Lakshya Sen, none of the Indian could stand up to the clinical South Koreans as India went down 1-4 in their last Group C match in the Asian Junior Badminton…
Bangkok, July 15 (IANS) India’s star shuttler P.V. Sindhu lost to reigning world champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in straight games in the women’s singles final of the Thailand Open here on Sunday. The second…
Bangkok, July 14 (IANS) India’s star shuttler P.V. Sindhu overcame Indonesian Gregoria Mariska Tunjung in three games here on Saturday to set-up the Thailand Open women’s singles final against reigning world champion Nozomi Okuhara of…
Jakarta, July 14 (IANS) India thrashed Kazakhstan 5-0 in their opening match of the Asian Junior Championships badmiton tournament here on Saturday. The Kazak players were no match to the rampaging Indians as they found…
Bangkok, July 13 (IANS) India’s star shuttler P.V. Sindhu entered the semi-finals of the Thailand Open badminton tournament, defeating Soniia Cheah of Malaysia in the quarter-finals here on Friday. Second seeded and Olympic 2016 silver…
Bangkok, July 12 (IANS) P.V. Sindhu was the lone Indian to survive the pre-quarterfinals of the Thailand Open badminton tournament, as H.S. Prannoy, Parupalli Kashyap, the men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth…
Bangkok, July 11 (IANS) India’s men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B. Sumeeth Reddy on Wednesday created a big upset in the opening round as they joined P.V. Sindhu, H.S. Prannoy and Parupalli Kashyap…
Bangkok, July 10 (IANS) India’s mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa advanced to the second round of the Thailand Open badminton tournament here on Tuesday. Satwik and Ashwini edged past Akbar Bintang…
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Junior world No.9 Lakshya Sen and No.11 Akarshi Kashyap will lead the Indian campaign at the upcoming edition of the Badminton Asia Junior Championships to be played from July 14-22,…
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth has withdrawn from the Thailand Open, starting from Tuesday, due to an injury. “Not a good news as I had to withdraw from Thailand Open. Will…
Jakarta, July 8 (IANS) Japan’s Kento Momota defeated Danish world No 1 Viktor Axelsen 21-14, 21-9 on Sunday to win the Indonesia Open badminton tournament, a BWF Tour 1000 event. Winning the title marks a…
Jakarta, July 6 (IANS) India’s challenge at the $1,250,000 Indonesia Open came to a disappointing end after both P.V.Sindhu and H.S.Prannoy lost their respective quarter-final matches in straight games here on Friday. Rio Olympics silver…
Jakarta, July 5 (IANS) Rio Olympics silver medallist P.V.Sindhu rang in her 23rd birthday with a straight-game win over Japan’s Aya Ohori, while H.S. Prannoy notched up a brilliant come-from-behind win over Wang Tzu Wei…
New Delhi, July 5 (IANS) Rio Olympics silver medallist P.V. Sindhu continued to be the top-ranked Indian shuttler, after retaining the No.3 spot even as her compatriots Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth rose a few…