Having qualified second in Group C behind Japan, India depended on their singles strength against Korea in the men's quarterfinal in the absence of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Lakshya Sen. And it looked like their strategy paid off when Ayush Shetty earned three match points in the first sin
Tuesday marks the start of the sixth edition of the Badminton Asia Team Championships in Qingdao, China, with the men's and women's events featuring some of Asia's top teams. A replacement for Sindhu has not been named, as the deadline to do so has passed, and India will compete without one.
After winning his Round of 64 match against Japan's Koki Watanabe at the India Open 2026 Badminton Championship, Current World No. 2 and Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn said he loves playing in India. The Thailand shuttler opened up about his excitement of playing in the big stadium and also t
Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Tuesday dismissed concerns raised by Denmark badminton player Mia Blichfeldt over playing conditions at the India Open 2026, which is being held at Delhi's Indira Gandhi Sports Complex.
Indian shuttlers Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy marched into the pre-quarterfinals of the ongoing Kumamoto Masters Japan 2025 badminton tournament after winning their respective clashes of the first round on Wednesday.
In the U-17 girls' singles, Lakshya Rajesh and Diksha Sudhakar turned in solid displays to storm into the pre-quarters. Lakshya eased past Chinese Taipei's Kuan Yi Lin 21-17, 21-11, while Diksha produced a strong comeback to beat China's Luo Ya Ru 17-21, 21-16, 21-11. Among the boys, Jagsher
Indian mixed-doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto stormed into the quarter-finals of the Arctic Open 2025 after coming from behind in their game, which was played at Vantaa, Finland, on Thursday.
India's highly rated men's pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty once again fell short of the gold medal dream after they came up short in the final at the China Masters on Sunday.
Indian men singles shuttler Lakshya Sen and men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won their respective encounters in the Round of 16 and stormed into the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Open 2025 badminton tournament on Thursday.
India's selection reflects its transformation into one of badminton's most consistent medal-winning nations at the BWF World Championships, with 15 podium finishes since 1983.
The 21-year-old Tanya Hemanth, 86th in the badminton rankings and the top-seeded player in the tournament, outplayed Japan's unseeded Kanae Sakai 15-10, 15-8 in the final at the Oleai Sports Complex, as per Olympics.com.
Second-seeded India will compete in Group H alongside Hong Kong China, Nepal, and Ghana. This prestigious global junior team event returns to India for the first time since 2008 and will feature 37 teams from across the world. The tournament format will see the winner from each group advance