Badminton

Jakarta, June 15 (IANS) Indian shuttler H.S. Prannoy stunned defending champion Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia to enter the quarter-finals of the Indonesia Open Superseries Premier badminton tournament here on Thursday. The unseeded Prannoy outplayed…

Jakarta, June 15 (IANS) Indian shuttler H.S. Prannoy stunned defending champion Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia to enter the quarter-finals of the Indonesia Open Superseries Premier badminton tournament here on Thursday. The unseeded Prannoy outplayed…

Jakarta, June 14 (IANS) Indian shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and H.S. Prannoy moved into the second round while B. Sai Praneeth bowed out of the Indonesia Open Superseries Premier badminton tournament here on Wednesday. In a…

Jakarta, June 13 (IANS) Olympic 2016 women’s singles badminton champion Carolina Marin of Spain was stunned by Chinese rising star Chen Xiaoxin 12-21, 21-10, 20-22 in the first round of the Indonesia Open World Superseries…

Jakarta, June 12 (IANS) The Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty qualified for the Indonesia Open World Superseries Premier badminton here on Monday. Satwik and Chirag won the first qualifying match…

New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) In an effort to give the shuttlers enough time to prepare for international tournaments, the Badminton Association of India (BAI) has announced the teams for three upcoming tournaments. The teams…

New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) A day after Indian shuttlers N. Siki Reddy, H.S. Prannoy and Summeth Reddy sought External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s intervention in getting their passports and visas from the Canadian High…

New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Indian shuttlers Sikki Reddy and H.S. Prannoy on Wednesday sought External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s intervention after some of the players did not get their passports and visas from the…

New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) Badminton Association of India (BAI) president Hemanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday announced a cash reward of Rs three lakh for shuttler B. Sai Praneeth for his title-winning exploits at the…

Bangkok, June 3 (IANS) India had a mixed day at the $1,20,000 Thailand Open Grand Prix badminton tournament after third seed B. Sai Praneeth stormed into the men’s singles final while Olympics bronze medallist Saina…

Bangkok, June 2 (IANS) Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and B. Sai Praneeth stormed into the semi-finals of the $1,20,000 Thailand Open Grand Prix badminton tournament with contrasting wins in the women’s and men’s singles quarter-finals,…

Bangkok, June 1 (IANS) Title contenders Saina Nehwal and B. Sai Praneeth advanced to the quarter-finals of the $1,20,000 Thailand Open badminton tournament after notching up straight-game victories in the women’s and men’s singles competition…

New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Badminton Association of India (BAI) President Himanta Biswa Sarma has been nominated as the chairperson of the Asian Para-Badminton Committee. Sarma was inducted into the committee during the Badminton World…

Bangkok, May 31 (IANS) Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal advanced to the second round of the Thailand Open after defeating Slovakia’s Martina Repiska at the Nimibutr Stadium here on Wednesday. It was a cakewalk for Saina,…

Gold Coast (Australia), May 26 (IANS) India failed to breach the Chinese wall and went down to the top seed nation 0-3 in the quarter-finals of the Sudirman Cup mixed team badminton championship here on…