India women exit Badminton Asia Team Championships after quarterfinal loss to ChinaIndia's title defence in the Badminton Asia Team Championships ended with a quarterfinal loss to China. The women's team was defeated 0-3. ...
06 Feb, 2026, 12.03 PM IST
To be viksit, we have to look cleanerIndia's reputation for poor hygiene is impacting its global standing. Athletes and dignitaries are avoiding the country due to pollution an...
20 Jan, 2026, 12.30 PM IST
India Open badminton: 'Bird droppings' interrupt Prannoy-Loh match, add to organisers' woesBird droppings caused two unexpected stoppages during H S Prannoy's match at the India Open Super 750, adding to a series of organizational...
16 Jan, 2026, 12.26 AM IST
Paris Olympics 2024: Lakshya Sen scripts history as 1st Indian shuttler to reach Olympic men's singles semisLakshya Sen advanced to the semifinals at the Paris Olympics, becoming the first Indian male shuttler to achieve this feat. He secured a ha...
03 Aug, 2024, 11.19 AM IST
Lakshya aims to dial-up 'Sen-mode' against Super Dane Axelsen in Olympic semisLakshya Sen reached the men's singles semifinals at the Paris Olympics, becoming the first Indian male shuttler to do so, and will face rei...
03 Aug, 2024, 11.15 AM IST
HS Prannoy's quarterfinal loss ends India's Australian Open campaignPrannoy, the world number 10 shuttler, lost to Japan's Kodai Naraoka, the world number sixth by 21-19, 21-13 in two straight games in an ho...
15 Jun, 2024, 08.11 AM IST
Australian Open Super 500: Indian challenge ends after HS Prannoy's exitIndia's top ranked singles player HS Prannoy went down to higher-ranked Kodai Naraoka of Japan 19-21, 13-21 as none among the country's shu...
14 Jun, 2024, 05.22 PM IST
Sen breaks into world's top 10; Treesa-Gayatri reach career-best ranking in doublesWomen's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand also jumped 12 places to reach a career-best world number 34, riding on their ma...
22 Mar, 2022, 05.43 PM IST
The rise and rise of Lakshya SenLakshya Sen has been in sensational form in the last six months. He secured his maiden world championship bronze in December, before winnin...
21 Mar, 2022, 12.14 PM IST
All England Badminton: Lakshya Sen beats Lee Zii Jia, books spot in the finalSen opened up an 11-7 lead at the interval in the first game in a battle between two top shuttlers. The Indian was solid and defended brill...
19 Mar, 2022, 09.29 PM IST
Badminton: Lakshya Sen wins maiden Super 500 title, beats world champion LohGoing into this match, the two had a 2-2 head-to-head record with Sen losing two of the last three meetings, but the Indian was the better ...
16 Jan, 2022, 06.50 PM IST
India Open: Srikanth, six other players withdrawn after testing positive for COVID-19"The players returned a positive result to a mandatory RT-PCR test conducted on Tuesday. Doubles partners deemed close contact of the seven...
13 Jan, 2022, 10.22 AM IST
I really worked hard for this, says world championships silver medallist Kidambi SrikanthSrikanth, currently ranked 14th in the world, had his moments but he squandered leads of 9-3 and 18-16 in the two games to see the coveted ...
19 Dec, 2021, 10.13 PM IST
Kidambi Srikanth clinches historic silver at World Badminton ChampionshipsThe 28-year-old Srikanth bettered the feats of legendary Prakash Padukone (bronze in 1983), B Sai Praneeth (bronze in 2019) and Lakshya Sen...
19 Dec, 2021, 09.09 PM IST
Badminton World Championships: Sen, Srikanth assured of maiden medals; Sindhu, Prannoy loseIt would have been a massive achievement for Indian badminton had HS Prannoy won his quarterfinal duel against Kean Yew Loh of Singapore, b...
18 Dec, 2021, 11.55 PM IST
India register 5-0 win against Singapore, enter quartersIt turned out to be a one-sided affair for Ajay Jayaram in the second singles against Kean Yew Loh as he went on to score a 21-11, 21-18 vi...
17 Feb, 2016, 04.27 PM IST
Saina Nehwal likely to meet Intanon Ratchanok in Thailand Masters finalsSaina, who will open her new season as the defending champion at the Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold, will also look to clinch the Thailand Maste...
21 Jan, 2016, 02.27 PM IST