Badminton

Kuala Lumpur, June 27 (IANS) P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth progressed to the second round but B. Sai Praneeth and the young men’s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy exited the Malaysia Open…

Kuala Lumpur, June 26 (IANS) India’s Saina Nehwal advanced to the second round, as Sameer Verma and the mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy exited the Malaysia Open badminton championships…

Hyderabad, June 24 (IANS) Siril Verma and Ashmita Chaliha overcame stiff competition from their respective opponents to finish on top of the podium at the Yonex Sunrise All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament at the…

Rose Hill (Mauritius), June 10 (IANS) Indian shuttlers Simran Singhi and Ritika Thaker beat Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq and Fathimath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq of Maldives in straight games to win the women’s doubles title at…

Bhubaneswar, June 8 (IANS) The Odisha government on Friday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pullela Gopichand Badminton Foundation to set up a world-class academy in the state. Gopichand and Sports secretary Sourav Garg…

Jakarta, May 31 (IANS) Junior World No.10 Lakshya Sen and World No.4 Vaishnavi Jakka Reddy will lead the Indian bandwagon at the upcoming edition of the Badminton Asia Junior Championship starting here from July 14….

Hyderabad, May 30 (IANS) In the presence of national team coach Pullela Gopichand, around 150 kids from across Telangana took part in a two-day badminton tournament for under 13 boys and girls in singles and…

Bangkok, May 26 (IANS) Japan beat Thailand 3-0 in the final of Uber Cup 2018 on Saturday, wining their first tournament title since 1981. For the first order, Japanese player Akane Yamaguchi defeated Thailand’s top…

Bangkok, May 24 (IANS) The Chinese men’s badminton team advanced to semi-finals of the Uber Cup after beating Chinese Taipei 3-0 here on Thursday. For the first single, Olympic champion Chen Long went through a…

Bangkok, May 23 (IANS) India suffered a humiliating 0-5 defeat to Japan in their third and final Group A tie at the Uber Cup badminton tournament here on Wednesday. In the first game of the…

Bangkok, May 23 (IANS) Chinese women advanced to the knockout stage of the Uber Cup badminton tournament, as the top team in Group D, beating Indonesia 3-2 in their last group match here on Wednesday….

Bangkok, May 22 (IANS) India crashed out of the the men’s competition at the Thomas and Uber Cup badminton tournament following a humiliating 0-5 defeat against China here on Tuesday. After whitewashing Australia 5-0 on…

Bangkok, May 22 (IANS) Indian shuttler H.S. Prannoy suffered a massive defeat against Chinese World No. 5 Chen Long in the first match of the Thomas and Uber Cup here on Tuesday. In the first…

Bangkok, May 21 (IANS) Indian shuttlers enjoyed a successful outing at the Thomas and Uber Cup as both the men’s and women’s teams hammered their Australian counterparts here on Monday. While the men’s team whitewashed…

Bangkok, May 21 (IANS) After going down to Canada in their opening match, the India women’s badminton team came all guns blazing on Monday to thrash Australia 4-1 in the second group match of the…

Bangkok, May 21 (IANS) After going down to Canada in their opening match, the India women’s badminton team came all guns blazing on Monday to thrash Australia 4-1 in the second group match of the…

Beijing, May 17 (IANS) The future of badminton and the prospect of change will be in focus at the Badminton World Federation’s meeting in Bangkok this weekend. Delegates from the international federation’s 189 member associations…

Bangkok, May 17 (IANS) Badminton Association of India (BAI) chief Himanta Biswa Sarma was unanimously elected vice-president of the Badminton Asia Confederation (BAC) during the annual general meeting of the continental body here on Thursday….