Isharani Baruah’s dream streak finally came to an end as she fell to top-ranked Unnati Hooda in the women’s singles final of the Odisha Masters in Cuttack on Sunday.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!Hooda, who dropped just one match in the entire tournament during her semi-final against Tasnim Mir, took a […]
Tanvi Sharma (PTI Photo/Nand Kumar) Young sensation Tanvi Sharma advanced to the semi-finals of the Syed Modi International Super 300 badminton tournament on Friday. The day saw mixed results for the top seeds, with India’s Unnati Hooda securing victory, while Singapore’s Jai Heng Jason Teh was eliminated in the quarter-finals.Sixteen-year-old Tanvi Sharma defeated Hong Kong’s […]
Top seed Tanvi Sharma during her first girls match in Guwahati on Tuesday “This is the time to prove themselves,” India doubles coach Ivan Sozonov told TOI from Guwahati on Tuesday after another satisfying day on the field for the hosts of the BWF World Junior Championships. And the young Indian shuttlers proved their mettle […]
Unnati Hooda helped India to a historic victory of 44-45, 45-30, 45-33 (Screengrab/bwfmedia) The Indian team seemed destined for an encore in the 2008 semi-finals against China when Unnati Hooda – after winning five straight points with some spectacular long rallies against Korean Cheon Hye In and making up lost ground – lost the opening […]
Unnati Hooda led India to a spicy and winning start at the BWF World Junior Badminton Championships 2025 in Guwahati (images via Toi, PTI) The innovative e-relay-style team format-a new Badminton World Federation (BWF) initiative to modernize the sport-formed no challenge for the 18-year-old Unnati Hooda, who led India to a spicy and winning start […]
Satwiksiraj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty during the China Open Badminton Tournament. (Images: BWF/Badminton -Photo) Satwiksiraj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have reintroduced the BWF-Herenubbels Top 10 rankings and three places up to number 10 after their semi-final appearance at the China open, while other Indian players also saw improvements in their rankings in categories on Tuesday.The […]
Unnati Hooda and PV Sindhu post their China Open 2025 (Image Credit – BWF/Badminton photo) In a decisive moment for the Indian badminton, 17-year-old Unnati Hooda drew a sensational upset by beating two-time Olympic medal winner PV Sindhu to enter the quarter-finals of the China Open Super 1000 in Changzhou on Thursday. For the second […]