Badminton
Solo, (Indonesia), July 19 (UNI) India secured a spot in the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Junior Mixed Team Championships with a dominant 110-83 victory over the United Arab Emirates in their Group D clash on Saturday in Indonesia. This win follows India’s impressive opening-day triumph over Sri Lanka on Friday. With Hong Kong China…
New Delhi, July 14 (UNI) Shuttlers Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap, who tied the knot in the year 2018 have officially parted ways. The news of their separation was confirmed after Saina posted a heartfelt note on her Instagram page, it read: “Life takes us in different directions sometimes. After much thought and consideration, Kashyap…
Ontario, July 5 (UNI) Former World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth produced a dominant performance at the Markham Pan Am Centre, defeating top seed and World No. 6 Chou Tien-Chen to storm into the semifinals of the Canada Open 2025. Srikanth, on the comeback trail after a challenging injury phase, sealed a straight-game victory 21-18, 21-9…
Singapore, May 27 (UNI) Former world champion P V Sindhu snapped her run of first-round exits with a commanding victory to enter the pre-quarterfinals of the Singapore Badminton Open 2025 women’s singles event here on Tuesday. Sindhu, currently ranked 17th in the world, ousted Canada’s world No 52 Wen Yu Zhang 21-14, 21-9 in just…
Beijing, Apr 4 (UNI) The World Badminton Federation (BWF) will test a new 3×15 scoring system across 10 international tournaments starting May 2025, the governing body announced Thursday. Under the trial rules, matches will be played as best-of-three games, with each game won by the first player to reach 15 points. If tied at 14-14,…
Basel (Switzerland), Mar 17 (UNI) Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will spearhead India’s challenge at the Swiss Open 2025 badminton tournament, commencing at St Jakobshalle here on Tuesday. World No. 16 PV Sindhu is set to face fellow Indian Malvika Bansod, ranked 28th in the women’s singles, in the opening round. Anupama Upadhyaya, Aakarshi Kashyap,…
Birmingham, Mar 12 (UNI) India’s ace shuttler PV Sindhu suffered a first-round exit at the All England Open 2025 after going down to South Korea’s Kim Ga Eun in a hard-fought three-game encounter here on Tuesday. Sindhu, who had a 1-0 head-to-head record against Kim before the match, started on a strong note but failed…
New Delhi, Jan 14 (UNI) Former champion PV Sindhu brushed off the rustiness of a long competition break to register a straight games win over Sung Shuo Yun of Chinese Taipei while late entrant Kiran George, men’s doubles combination of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and mixed doubles pairing of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto…
Lucknow, Nov 29 (UNI) India’s badminton icons, PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen, are both eyeing their first BWF World Tour titles in over a year as they advanced to the semifinals of the Syed Modi International 2024 in Lucknow on Friday, continuing their strong performances at the Super 300 tournament. Sindhu, ranked 18th in the…
Changzhou, Sep 20 (UNI) India’s Malvika Bansod was eliminated from the China Open 2024 badminton tournament after a straight-sets defeat to Japan’s two-time world champion Akane Yamaguchi in the women’s singles quarterfinals on Friday. Bansod, ranked 43rd in the world, was beaten 21-10, 21-16 in just 35 minutes by Yamaguchi, who is ranked eighth globally….
