Paris Paralympics 2024: Sumit Antil bags India's third gold with record Javelin throw
Sep 03, 2024, at 06:23 am
India's Sumit Antil broke the Paralympics javelin record twice in the F64 final at Paralympics 2024 with a best throw of 70.59m to bag the gold medal.
Lakshya Sen's march for Paris Olympic gold ends, loses semi-final clash against Viktor Axelsen
Aug 05, 2024, at 12:05 am
Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen lost his semi-final clash against Viktor Axelsen ending his golden run in the ongoing Paris Olympics here on Sunday.
Aug 04, 2024, at 05:56 pm
Paris/IBNS: It promises to be a blockbuster Sunday for India at the Paris Olympics 2024 with Lakshya Sen taking on Denmark's Viktor Axelsen for a place in the final of men's singles badminton.
Paris Olympics: Satwik-Chirag outplay French pair Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar in debut group match
Jul 28, 2024, at 03:46 am
Paris: It was smooth sailing for ace Indian shuttler duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, as they defeated French pair Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar in their debut group stage match of the Paris Olympics 2024.
Jul 28, 2024, at 02:55 am
Paris: Indian badminton star Lakshya Sen defeated Kevin Cordon of Guatemala in straight sets during a men's singles group match at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
Satwik-Chirag beat Chinese Taipei pair to lift French Open badminton men's doubles title
Mar 11, 2024, at 06:10 am
Paris/UNI: India's badminton pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty thrashed Chinese Taipei pair of Lee Jhe Huei and Yang Po Hsuan 21-11, 21-17 to lift the French Open men's doubles title for a second time here on Sunday.
Oct 07, 2023, at 03:24 am
Hangzhou: Shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty thrashed Malaysia's Aaron Chia and Soh WY in the men's doubles semi-final at the Asian Games 2023 in Hangzhou, China.
Oct 07, 2023, at 02:24 am
Hangzhou: India’s star shuttler HS Prannoy's remarkable journey at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou came to an end on Friday as he was defeated in straight games by China’s Li Shi Feng in the badminton men’s singles semifinal.
Indian men's badminton team enters maiden Asiad finals
Oct 01, 2023, at 05:30 am
Hangzhou/UNI: The Indian men's team entered their maiden final in the Asian Games badminton with a 3-2 win over South Korea in the semifinals here on Saturday.
BWF World Championships: HS Prannay loses to Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn to clinch bronze
Aug 27, 2023, at 08:00 am
Copenhagen: HS Prannoy suffered a narrow defeat in a close match in the men's singles semi-final against Thailand’s Kunlavut Vitidsarn at the BWF World Championships on Saturday in Denamark's capital Copenhagen. Prannoy will take home the championship bronze medal.
Manipur: Ukhrul gets new badminton indoor stadium
Aug 27, 2023, at 12:16 am
Ukhrul Deputy Commissioner Kengoo Zuringla recently inaugurated a new Badminton indoor stadium cum multipurpose hall in Somdal village of Manipur.
Nagaland: Peren district emerges as winner of state-level badminton championship
Jul 18, 2023, at 08:44 pm
Peren district has emerged as the winner of the Li-Ning 45th Inter-District & State Open Badminton Championship 2023.
May 14, 2023, at 09:05 pm
Guwahati/IBNS: The All India U-19 Junior Ranking badminton championship is set to begin at the DTRP Indoor Stadium, Assam from Wednesday, with around 1,500 boys and girls, including 100 from the home state expected to participate.
Japan Open: Srikanth prevails; Lakshya, Saina bow out
Aug 31, 2022, at 11:58 pm
Osaka/UNI: Former world number 1 Kidambi Srikanth on Wednesday advanced to the men’s singles round of 16 while Lakshya Sen and Saina Nehwal suffered early exit at the Japan Open Super 750 badminton tournament.
Paris Olympic qualification to begin with Sudirman Cup: Badminton apex body
Aug 29, 2022, at 09:03 pm
Kuala Lumpur/UNI: Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Monday announced the 2023 and 2024 badminton calendar with Paris Olympic qualification starting with Sudirman Cup until Continental Championships the following year.
PV Sindhu to skip badminton World Championships 2022 due to stress fracture
Aug 14, 2022, at 06:19 am
Ace Indian badminton player PV Sindhu, who earlier this month won the women's singles gold in Commonwealth Games, has pulled out of BWF World Championships 2022 to be held in Tokyo.
CWG Birmingham: India mixed team sweeps Pakistan 5-0 in badminton
Jul 30, 2022, at 04:41 am
Birmingham: Defending champion India clean swept Pakistan in the badminton mixed team Group-A tie here on Friday at the Commonwealth Games.
Thomas Cup: India win first-ever gold medal by beating Indonesia
May 15, 2022, at 09:09 pm
New Delhi: Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth and the doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty created history as Indian badminton team defeated Indonesia to win the first-ever Thomas Cup gold medal for badminton on Sunday.
Korea Open Badminton Championships: Sindhu, Srikanth enter QF, Lakshya out
Apr 07, 2022, at 08:08 pm
Suncheon/UNI: Former world champion P V Sindhu and world championships silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the quarterfinals of the Korea Open badminton championships here on Thursday.
Lakshya finishes runner-up in All England Open
Mar 21, 2022, at 07:38 am
Birmingham/UNI: India's young sensation Lakshya Sen finished as a runner-up at the All England Open Badminton Championship after losing 10-21, 15-21 to Olympic champion and world no. 1 Viktor Axelsen of Denmark in the final here on Sunday.
All England Open: Lakshya storms into final
Mar 20, 2022, at 07:14 am
Birmingham/UNI: India's rising star and world championships bronze medallist Lakshya Sen continued his terrific form and marched into the finals of All England Open Badminton championships, beating Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia in a thrilling semifinal clash here on Saturday.
BWF World Tour Finals: Sindhu finishes runners- up, Seyoung claims maiden title
Dec 05, 2021, at 10:55 pm
Bali/UNI: India's ace shuttler PV Sindhu lost the BWF World Tour Finals title in straight sets - 21-16, 21-12 - to South Korea’s An Seyoung in the women’s singles Final, here on Sunday.
Indian Army hosts badminton event for school girls, participants appreciate initiative
Aug 09, 2021, at 12:45 am
Srinagar: The Indian Army recently organized a Badminton tournament in Boniyar region of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir to give an opportunity to school girls to showcase their talents.
Ace badminton player Jwala Gutta and actor Vishnu Vishal get married in Hyderabad
Apr 23, 2021, at 06:13 am
Hyderabad/UNI: Former Indian badminton player Jwala Gutta married Tamil Actor and Producer Vishnu Vishal here on Thursday.
COVID-19: Badminton's Thomas & Uber Cup postponed
Sep 15, 2020, at 10:37 pm
Kuala Lumpur/Xinhua: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Tuesday announced the postponement of the 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup finals after a number of participating teams withdrew over the COVID-19 outbreak.
COVID-19: BWF freezes world rankings till further notice, standings backdated to Mar 17
Mar 31, 2020, at 07:09 pm
Kuala Lumpur/UNI: The Badminton World Federation on Tuesday decided to freeze the World Rankings and World Junior Rankings until further notice due to the calendar being affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
An initiative by Gopichand, Badminton Gurukul looks to address India's coaching needs
Dec 20, 2019, at 07:58 am
Mumbai/IBNS: Badminton Gurukul, an initiative by the quintessential badminton superstar and guru Pullela Gopichand and former international shuttler Supriya Devgun, is trying to address the needs of the game in the country.
Satwik-Chirag cruises to finals of French Open Badminton
Oct 27, 2019, at 06:52 pm
Paris, Oct 27 (UNI) India's star shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty breezed into the finals by beating the Japanese pair in the French Open Badminton Tournament here in the men's doubles.
Indian badminton icon PV Sindhu creates history, wins World Championships
Aug 25, 2019, at 10:10 pm
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IBNS): India's badminton sensation PV Sindhu created a new chapter in history when she defeated her Japanese opponent Nozomi Okuhara to win the women’s singles event of the World Championship in Basel on Sunday.
Kidambi Srikanth, Parupalli Kashyap enter semi-finals of India Open
Mar 29, 2019, at 07:41 pm
New Delhi, Mar 29 (UNI): Kidambi Srikanth after losing the first game made a come back and defeated Praneeth 21-23, 21-11, 21-19 to enter semifinal of the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Badminton Tournament here on Friday.