Badminton
Changzhou, July 24 (UNI) In a high-octane all-Indian clash, 17-year-old Unnati Hooda delivered a sensational performance to overcome two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and book her place in the Women’s Singles quarterfinals at the China Open 2025 on Thursday. The match was a showcase of India’s present and future in badminton, with the rising star…
Changzhou, July 24 (UNI) India’s top men’s doubles pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, continued their winning momentum at the China Open 2025, a BWF Super 1000 tournament, to book a place in the quarterfinals today. The World No. 12 duo delivered another composed performance, edging past Indonesia’s Leo Rolly Carnando and Bagas Maulana 21-19,…
Changzhou, July 23 (UNI) Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu scripted a thrilling victory to storm into the Women’s Singles Round-of-16 at the China Open 2025, a prestigious BWF Super 1000 tournament underway at the Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium here today. Facing World No. 6 Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan, Sindhu (WR 15) displayed her trademark resilience…
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…
