New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Indian badminton stars Saina Nehwal and P.V. Sindhu will aim to clinch the title when the seventh edition of the Yonex Sunrise India Open World Superseries will start at the…
Beijing, March 18 (IANS) The Chinese city of Nanjing was awarded the right to host next year’s BWF World Championships, while another Chinese city Nanning was selected to stage the BWF Sudirman Cup 2019, the…
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Second seeds Vighnesh Devlekar of Air India and partner Saurabh Sharma beat star shuttlers Chetan Anand and V. Diju in the final to win the Rs two lakh Bishnupriya Kundu Memorial…
Basel, March 18 (IANS) India’s H.S. Prannoy and the mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy lost in the quarter-finals of the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament here. Defending…
Basel, March 16 (IANS) Defending champion H.S. Prannoy kept his title defence on track by defeating Scotland’s Kieran Merrrilees in straight games to enter the third round of the men’s singles competition at the Swiss…
Kolkata, March 16 (IANS) Top seeds Antony Bennet and M. Arjun Kumar Reddy swept aside Chandrabhushan Tripathi and Shubham Yadav in straight games to storm into the quarter-final of the Rs two lakh-Bishnupriya Kundu Memorial…
Kolkata, March 14 (IANS) Antony Bennet and M. Arjun Kumar Reddy will be given top seeding in the men’s doubles section of the Bishnupriya Kundu Memorial All-India Senior Doubles Ranking Badminton Tournament which starts here…
Birmingham, March 13 (IANS) Top seed Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei won the women’s singles title of the All England Open badminton championships here, while the men’s doubles title went to the Indonesian duo…
Birmingham, March 11 (IANS) Top seed Lee Chong Wei reached the men’s singles final with a victory over Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei in the semifinals of the All England badminton championships here on…
Birmingham, March 10 (IANS) Olympic champion Chen Long of China suffered a surprise defeat to Thailand’s Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk in the second round to crash out of the All England Open Badminton Championships here. The fifth-seeded…
Birmingham, March 9 (IANS) India’s P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal moved into the women’s singles quarter-finals, but men’s singles shuttler H.S. Prannoy lost in the second round of the All England Open Badminton Championships here…
Birmingham (England), March 9 (IANS) P.V. Sindhu tamed Indonesian Dinar Dyah Ayustine in a 21-12, 21-4 victory to move into the quarter-finals of the All England Open Badminton Championships here on Thursday. The 2016 Olympic…
Birmingham (England), March 7 (IANS) Saina Nehwal, P.V. Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth are all fresh and eager to compete at the All England Open Badminton Championships that begin here on Wednesday. Eighth seed Saina, who…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The Badminton Association of India (BAI), at its annual general meeting here on Sunday, unanimously resolved to expel honorary General Secretary Vijay Sinha from the national body. Sinha has been…
Jakarta, March 3 (IANS) Indonesia’s badminton association has targeted one gold medal in the mixed doubles category in the All England Badminton Championships this year, and expected a women’s singles player to be in the…
New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) The Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Thursday dismissed allegations that several officials had taken their kids along on a goodwill trip to Japan, asserting that the charges are just…
Berlin, March 1 (IANS) China’s ace badminton players Lin Dan and Chen Long sailed into the men’s singles second round of the German Open here. Newly-crowned Rio Olympic champion Chen on Tuesday defeated Japanese player…
Vijayawada, Feb 24 (IANS) Olympic 2016 silver medallist P.V. Sindhu has preferred Andhra Pradesh over Telangana to accept a government job offer. The star shuttler, who was born in Hyderabad, has accepted the job offer…
Copenhegan, Feb 18 (IANS) Danish badminton legend Erland Kops passed away on Saturday. The 11-time All England champion was 80. “The world of badminton has lost one of its’ greatest players of all time. Erland…
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 8 (IANS) Superstar shuttler Lee Chong Wei is said to be considering quitting the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) because of a frosty relationship with technical director Morten Frost of Denmark, local…