Latest Updates Around The World
India’s HS Prannoy (PTI Photo) The Badminton World Federation has acknowledged the concerns raised by players at the India Open Super 750 in New Delhi, while maintaining that the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex remains a significant upgrade as a venue capable of hosting major global events.In an official statement issued after interacting with players and […]
India’s PV Sindhu returns to Vietnam’s Nguyen Thuy Linh in the women’s singles round of 32 at the India Open 2026 badminton tournament in New Delhi. (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: The Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Wednesday pushed back against criticism over playing conditions at the ongoing India Open 2026, with general secretary Sanjay […]
Mia Blichfeldt of Team Denmark at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: Following last year’s controversy over playing conditions at the India Open, Danish shuttler Mia Blichfeldt on Tuesday again raised concerns and said the change of venue has not improved the situation for players. The tournament has been […]
PV Sindhu (Image Credit: X) India’s two-time Olympic medal winner PV Sindhu collapsed from the Hong Kong Open Super 500 after a heavily fought three-game defeat against non-Seeded Line Christophers van Denmark on Wednesday. Sindhu, who reached the quarterfinals of the BWF world championships last month, lost 21-15, 16-21, 19-21 in the round of 32, […]
Sankar Subramanian (file photo) New Delhi: dented dreams, tournaments that end too quickly and another overwhelming campaign: similar themes have lately played for Indian shuttlers.What was a steady source of medals not so long ago has become a disappointment for a country with an Olympic silver medal winner, world champions and some of the biggest […]
Satwiksiraj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (Ians) Satwiksiraj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty settled for bronze at the BWF world championships in Paris, after a heartbreaking defeat against China’s Chen Boyang and Liu Yi in a tense semi -final on Saturday. Eleventh seeds Chen and Liu stopped the impressive run of the Indian duo with a 21-19, […]
Satwiksiraj Rankireddy, left, and Chirag Shetty, from India, Liu Yi and Chen Bo Yang, from China, play in their semi -final of the gentlemen of the Badminton World Championships in Paris. AP/PTI (AP08_31_2025_000010b) The Indian Badminton duo Satwiksiraj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty provided a bronze medal at the BWF world championships in Paris after losing […]
Satwiksiraj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty kept the Indian challenge alive in the BWF world championships by reaching the semi -final of the men and ensuring India of a medal. In a Friday night high-voltage quarte final in Paris, the Indian duo surprised the double Olympic medal winners of Malaysia Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik […]
Satwiksiraj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (Pic Credit: Badmintonphoto/X) New Delhi: India’s Doubles purple Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty had to settle for a bronze medal at the BWF world championships after he fails on Saturday in a debilitating semi-final against China’s Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi.The Indian duo, with the hope for a first […]
Pusarla V. Syndhu from Team India (photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images) The fine run of PV Sindhu ended on Friday in Paris. After her victory over the second Chinese Shuttler Wang Zhi Yi on Thursday, there was hope that the shuttler of the world nr. 15 would be due to the quarterfinals, which would have […]
