Badminton

Prannoy, Satwik-Chirag assure medals for India in the Asian Games

Indian shuttler HS Prannoy played strong and battled his way to the semifinals, becoming the first Indian in 41 years to earn a badminton medal in men's singles at the Asian Games, while two-time Olympic medalist PV...

Indian shuttlers make an early exit from the China Open 2023

Indian badminton stars HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen were eliminated from the men's singles event of the China Open 2023 badminton competition in Changzhou on Tuesday. HS Prannoy, ranked sixth in the world, fell 21-12,...

Kunlavut has two missions to accomplish after title at the World Championships

Thailand’s badminton ace Kunlavut Vitidsarn achieved one of his three ambitions by winning the men's singles title at the World Championships. And he is now aiming to replicate his outstanding form to win the...

HS Prannoy storms into the quarter-finals of the BWF World Championships

Indian Shuttler HS Prannoy defeated Singapore's 2021 champion Loh Kean Yew in three games in the Round of 16 of the World Badminton Championships in Budapest on Thursday. For the third year in a row, India's...

Indian Pair Satwiksairaj and Chirag storm into Pre-Quarters of the World Championships

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty of India advanced to the pre-quarterfinals of the ongoing Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships on Wednesday. 'Sat-Chi,' as India's top-ranked men's doubles...

Kidambi Srikanth stunned by Nishimoto in the opening round of Badminton World Championships

Former World No.1 Kidambi Srikanth was eliminated from the 2023 Badminton World Championships in the very first round on Monday. Srikanth exited the tournament after a straight games’ loss to Japan's Kenta...

HS Prannoy fought a tough battle to finish as runner-up at the Australia Open

Indian star shuttler HS Prannoy finished second to China's Weng Hong Yang in the Australian Open men's singles final on Sunday, capping off an outstanding week. Prannoy was defeated 9-21, 23-21, 20-22 by world no.24...

Young Priyanshu Rajawat beats Wang to reach the quarter-finals of the Australia Open

Priyanshu Rajawat's deception with net stops and pushes confused Wang Tzu Wei enough for the Indian to win 21-8, 13-21, 21-19 and go to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open Super 500 competition in Sydney. Even...

PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen advance to the Second Round of the US Open 2023

Indian star shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen eased into the second round of the US Open badminton 2023 tournament with comfortable straight games win in their respective opening matches at Council Bluff, USA....

Lakshya Sen beat Shi Feng to win the Canada Open 2023 title

Indian star shuttler Lakshya Sen won his first title of the year as he stormed back into form in some style winning the Canada Open title on Sunday in Calgary. The Commonwealth Games Gold medalist Sen, who has endured...