This Army hawaldar breaks Shivnath Singh's 48-year-old marathon national recordHimachal Pradesh runner Sawan Barwal shattered the 48-year-old national marathon record at the NN Marathon Rotterdam, clocking 2:11:58. Thi...
13 Apr, 2026, 12.23 PM IST
Pollution forced me to pull out of India Open: World No.3 Anders AntonsenDanish badminton player Anders Antonsen withdrew from the India Open. He cited extreme air pollution in Delhi as the reason. The Badminton ...
14 Jan, 2026, 01.58 PM IST
P V Sindhu, Lakshya Sen express happiness following Syed Modi India International singles titles winIndian badminton stars PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen, along with the women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, clinch titles ...
01 Dec, 2024, 09.34 PM IST
Badminton bummer at Olympics: Satwik-Chirag's group stage match cancelled after German opponents withdrawIndian men's doubles duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are aiming to maintain their winning momentum at the Paris Olympics desp...
29 Jul, 2024, 10.15 AM IST
Five Olympic 2024 quotas for Indian badminton playersIndian badminton players, including former world champion PV Sindhu, have secured five quotas for the Paris 2024 Olympics, according to the...
01 May, 2024, 09.58 AM IST
Japan Open: All eyes on struggling PV Sindhu, in-form Satwik-ChiragSatwiksairaj and Chirag, currently ranked at number three in Badminton World Federation Rankings (BWF), clinched the Korean Open title on S...
25 Jul, 2023, 07.05 AM IST
Badminton: U.S. Open called off due to Covid-related organisational complicationsThe U.S. Open, a Super 300 tournament on the BWF World Tour, was due to take place from Oct. 4-9.
07 Jun, 2022, 09.06 PM IST
India Open: PV Sindhu enters next round after defeating Ira Sharma; 7 players withdraw after testing Covid positiveBadminton World Federation (BWF) on Thursday confirmed that seven players have been withdrawn from the ongoing India Open 2022 after testin...
13 Jan, 2022, 11.35 AM IST
India to host 2026 badminton world championship"Suzhou will now stage the 2023 edition of the BWF World Mixed Team Championships, with original 2023 hosts India accepting the opportunity...
13 Jul, 2021, 04.11 PM IST
Chances of Saina, Srikanth qualifying for Olympics virtually over with Singapore Open cancellationThe tournament organisers Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) and Badminton World Federation (BWF) jointly agreed to cancel the Singapore...
12 May, 2021, 05.49 PM IST
Definitely, I'm in race for Olympics: Saina NehwalThe 2012 London Olympics bronze medallist, who has slipped to 22nd in Badminton World Federation's Tokyo Olympics qualification rankings, h...
28 Nov, 2020, 09.38 PM IST
Badminton's showpiece Thomas and Uber Cup postponed after coronavirus pull-outsThe men's and women's world team championships had been set to take place in Denmark next month, and would have been the first internationa...
15 Sep, 2020, 10.13 AM IST
Take this as injury time and make the best use of it: Pullela GopichandPullela Gopichand, former All England champion and the only Indian sportsperson to receive both Khel Ratna and Dronacharya award, spoke to ...
20 Apr, 2020, 05.12 PM IST
Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy win $27,650 in prize moneyThere was a lot of praise for their efforts, but the exact amount won by the badminton stars was unclear.
05 Aug, 2019, 03.38 PM IST
Mixed doubles partners: 60-year-old mother, 30-year-old sonMisha was born in January 1989. Within two months, she had returned to training, with the little boy accompanying her in a stroller.
27 Mar, 2019, 11.22 PM IST
It is impossible to beat a top 10 player without studying their strategy: Saina NehwalIndia's only badminton player to win an Olympic medal, she was also the first Indian to be ranked No. 1 by Badminton World Federation in wo...
27 Dec, 2015, 05.19 AM IST
- Skirt rule for badminton players: Net gains
Badminton's skirt diktat may well turn out to be a good thing.
19 Apr, 2011, 08.12 AM IST