Lakshya Sen will return with a silver medal from the All England Open 2026 after the 24-year-old went down in the men's singles final 21-15, 22-20 against Chinese Taipei's Lin Chun-Yi here on Sunday.
Lakshya Sen became only the second Indian player to reach two All England finals when he overcame Canada's Victor Lai in a gruelling semifinal here on Saturday.
The 24-year-old Sen, the only Indian left in the fray, had begun his campaign with an upset win over top seed and defending champion Shi Yu Qi and then accounted for the experienced NG Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong in the second round.
Indian men overcame a strong challenge from Singapore, while the women dominated Myanmar in their opening group stage encounters to assure themselves of a quarterfinal spot in the Badminton Asia Team Championships being played in Qingdao.
India's Devika Sihag scripted history as she became the women's singles champion of the Thailand Masters 2026 badminton event on Sunday, according to Olympics.com.
Nehwal on Tuesday confirmed she had pulled down the curtains on her illustrious badminton career lasting over a decade after knee issues kept her out of action for nearly two years.
India's ace badminton players Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu stormed into the pre-quarterfinals of the ongoing Indonesia Masters tournament on Wednesday.
After the highs of a semifinal finish at the Malaysia Open, Sindhu's 2026 season, which sees her return after an injury, faced a humbling low of a first round exit in the India Open Badminton World Federation (BWF) Tour against Nguyen, giving her Vietnam opponent a 3-2 advantage head-to-head
Ace Indian badminton player and two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu suffered a heartbreaking defeat in the women's singles semi-final match against world No. 2 Wang Zhiyi of China in the ongoing Malaysia Open 2025 event on Saturday, according to Olympics.com.
Former world champion PV Sindhu will face Vietnam's Thuy Linh Nguyen in the opening round of the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Super 750 badminton tournament to be played at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here from January 13-18.