Madrid, Nov 4 (IANS) Rio Olympic gold medal-winning shuttler Carolina Marin will aim to return to her prime form and fitness when she takes part in the China Open Superseries starting from November 15. Marin,…
New Delhi, Nov 2 (IANS) London Olympics bronze medallist shuttler Saina Nehwal, who is recuperating from a knee surgery feels her career may face an abrupt end. The 26-year-old, who is now eyeing the China…
Paris, Oct 27 (IANS) World No. 1 badminton player Lee Chong Wei withdrew from the ongoing French Open due to a hamstring muscle injury. The 34-year-old Malaysian shuttler was initially scheduled to play Chinese Taipei’s…
Paris, Oct 26 (IANS) Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu defeated Yip Pui Yin of Hong Kong to advance in the French Open Super Series here on Wednesday. Sindhu outplayed Yin 21-9 29-27 in a…
Jakarta, Oct 24 (IANS) An Indonesian minister said on Monday that a thorough evaluation of a regeneration mechanism for Indonesian badminton was direly needed following the failures in Denmark Open. Indonesia failed to place any…
Vientiane (Laos), Oct 24 (IANS) Laos will host the Lao International Series from October 31 to November 5. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Lao Badminton Federation and the Badminton Association of…
Odense, Oct 23 (IANS) Spanish shuttler Carolina Marin nearly pulled off a yet another nail-biting victory at the Denmark Open Superseries but ended up going down 15-21, 21-19, 18-21 to Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi here. The…
Taipei City, Oct 16 (IANS) Promising Indian shuttler Sourabh Verma defeated Malaysia’s Daren Liew 12-10, 12-10, 3-3 in the summit clash to clinch the Chinese Taipei Open title here on Sunday. The 23-year-old outplayed his…
Almere (Netherlands), Oct 15 (IANS) Continuing his winning spree, Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram defeated Brazil’s Ygor Coelho De Oliveira to advance into the semi-finals of the Dutch Open here. Defending Champion Jayaram outplayed his opponent…
Seoul, Sep 29 (IANS) Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram reached the quarter-finals of the Korea Open Superseries, while B. Sai Praneeth faltered against local favourite Wan Ho Son here on Thursday. Jayaram moved past Chinese Huang…
Seoul (Korea), Sep 28 (IANS) Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap bowed out of the Korea Open Superseries badminton tournament after going down in their respective matches here on Wednesday. The Guntur-born suffered a…
Seoul, Sep 27 (IANS) Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap qualified for the men’s singles competition of the Korea Open Superseries after he won two qualifying matches here on Tuesday. Kashyap first defeated home challenger Gyung Bo…
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) In an effort to help amateur coaches, school trainers and Physical Education (PE) teachers to improve their skills and get certified from the Badminton World Federation (BWF), Badminton Association of…
Tokyo, Sep 23 (IANS) Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the tournament after going down in the quarter-final match against Marc Zweibler of Germany at the Japan Open here on Friday. In a…
Tokyo, Sep 21 (IANS) Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth, Ajay Jayaram and H.S Prannoy advanced into the second round after defeating their respective opponents in the men’s singles competition of the Japan Open here on Wednesday….
Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) Rio Olympics silver medallist P.V. Sindhu and her coach Pullela Gopichand were on Tuesday felicitated by the Maharashtra Badminton Association (MBA) at a special ceremony here. The ceremony was attended by…
Mumbai, Sep 2 (IANS) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will felicitate Rio Olympics silver medallist P.V. Sindhu on Tuesday, the Maharashtra Badminton Association announced on Friday. Shuttler Sindhu became the first Indian woman to win…
By Tridib Baparnash New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) After bagging a historic silver at the Rio Olympics, shuttler P.V. Sindhu has now set her eyes on the upcoming Superseries this year and the All England…
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IANS) Hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s enthusiasm for sports, national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand on Tuesday said that the present government has supported the cause of sports to a large extent….
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Rio Olympics silver medallist P.V. Sindhu on Monday said every match at the recently-concluded Games was a challenge for her. World No.10 Sindhu, who was conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Khel…