Four Quarterfinal Matches for India Our Olympic medalist, PV Sindhu, continues to dominate at the Spain Masters! ● She crushed Huang Yu-Hsun (Chinese Taipei) in straight sets (21-14, 21-12) showcasing her incredible skills. ● Up next, Sindhu faces Supanida Katethong (Thailand) in the quarterfinals, aiming for a spot in the semifinals. ● Ranked 11th, Sindhu…
The BWF World tour Super 300, Madrid Spain Masters commenced from 26th March 2024 (Tuesday) and will continue till 31st March 2024. The matches are being played at Centro Deportivo Municipal Gallur in Madrid. The Indian contingent had a forgetful outing till now. After the completion of R32, only 5 Indians had advanced to the…
Deeper Dive into the Badminton Asia Championships: Indian Challenge The Badminton Asia Championships in Ningbo, China (April 9-14) sees a strong Indian presence. Here’s an analysis with some talking points: Men’s Singles: ● Tough Start for Top Seeds: Both Lakshya Sen (vs. Shi Yu Qi) and Kidambi Srikanth (vs. Anthony Sinisuka Ginting) face top seeds…
The Dynamic Duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have ticked another milestone. They’ve just recently achieved the feat of being ranked as WORLD RANK 1 for consecutive 10 weeks. Yes! You heard it right. With this remarkable achievement, they’re now the most successful Indian Shuttlers as far as the BWF World Rankings are concerned….
Thomas & Uber Cup, 2024: The prestigious BWF Thomas and Uber Cup draws has been announced today (22nd March), with the defending Champions India placed in group C alongside previous year finalist Indonesia in men’s category. While the reigning BATC champion India placed with 15 times champion China in group A (Women’s category). With a…
As we move closer to the Paris Olympics 2024, the situation regarding the qualification scenario is becoming interesting day by day.Who will qualify,who won’t and who will just miss the bus, all these things make the upcoming tournaments exciting for all the fans and the Badminton fraternity. So let’s try and analyze the current qualification…
Indian badminton players had a strong start at the BWF300 Swiss Open 2024 with victories for PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, and Lakshya Sen. Dominant Sindhu: In the women’s singles, former champion PV Sindhu continued her winning ways, defeating Pornpicha Choeikeewong (Thailand) in straight games to advance to the second round. She will now face Tomoka Miyazaki…
Jagsher Singh Khangurra, Bornil Aakash Changmai and Tanvi Sharma continued their winning streaks as Indian junior shuttlers advance to the semi-finals on day four of the Badminton Asia U17 and U15 Junior Championships in Chengdu, China. In the boys’ U15 singles category, Jagsher Singh Khangurra defeated China’s MA Chu Xuan 21-14, 21-13 in just 28…
HS Prannoy’s fantastic run in the BWF World Championships in Copenhagen came to an end on Saturday after he went down in a close contest against former world junior champion and third seed Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the men’s singles semifinals. The world no. 9 Indian began strong and clinched the opening game with an aggressive…
A total of 14 Indians are set to participate in the prestigious World Championships which is scheduled to be played in Copenhagen between Aug 21-27 World Championships 2023 While India has four entries in the singles competition we will have five pairs in the doubles competition. Here lets look at how the draw has fared…
The team was finalised after a trial; Championship to begin from September 25 Ayush Shetty and Unnati Hooda will spearhead the Indian challenge as Badminton Association of India (BAI) announced the sixteen member Indian squad for the upcoming BWF World Junior Championships 2023, scheduled to take place in Spokane, USA from September 25. The squad…
Hello and welcome back to the coverage of Indian participation at the Fisu World University Games in Chengdu China. live Streaming Link | Fisu TV Athletics | Heptathlon | 100m Hurdles | Tanu | 6:30am Swimming | Women 200m Breaststroke | Heat 2 | Jyoti | 6:34am Swimming | Women 200m Breaststroke | Heat 3 |…
Hello and welcome back to the coverage of Indian participation at the Fisu World University Games in Chengdu live Streaming Link | Fisu TV Schedule for India on Day 4 Athletics | 400m Women Heat 1 | Neha | 6:30am Badminton | Mixed Team | India vs Switzerland | 6:30am Shooting | 50 m Rifle 3Position…
Hello and welcome to Indias coverage at the world university games being held at Chengdu China live Streaming Link | Fisu TV Schedule for India on Day 3 Badminton | Mixed Team | Ind vs Kor | 6:30am Shooting | 10m Air Rifle Men | Qualification | Aishwary, Arjun, Divyansh | 6:30am Shooting | 25m…
Hello and welcome to the coverage of World University Games being held at Chengdu China. Day1 | 29 July Live Updates Day 2 | 30 July Live Updates 28 July Updates Indian compound women’s team seal a finals berth by beating the Chinese team 229-224 in the SFs. They will be up against South Korea…
The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has taken a significant step towards eradicating age fraud and falsification in registered players’ records with the introduction of the Voluntary Age Rectification Scheme (VARS). This proactive initiative aims to rectify any discrepancies in age records and ensure fair competition in the sport. Under the VARS, players falling…
HS Prannoy became the first Indian men’s singles shuttler to clinch the Malaysia Masters title here on Sunday as he defeated China’s Weng Hong Yang in the final. Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu are the other two Indian players to win Malaysia Masters in the singles category. Prannoy used his experience right from the start…
The Indian men’s doubles pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy created history here on Sunday as they clinched the gold medal after beating Malaysia’s Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi in the final of the Badminton Asia Championships 2023. Shetty and Rankireddy defeated the Malaysian pair 16-21, 21-17, 21-19 in a thrilling men’s…
World No. 9 HS Prannoy and former world champion and two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will lead in the Indian team for the 2023 Sudirman Cup to be played in Suzhou, China from May 14-21. The senior national selection committee, which met in New Delhi on Tuesday, followed the guidelines announced on January 3, 2023…
Indian men’s singles shuttler Priyanshu Rajawat clinched his first-ever tour title, beating Magnus Johannesen of Denmark in the final of the Orleans Masters 2023 in France on Sunday. Twenty-one-year-old Priyanshu got the better of the Dane 21-15, 19-21, 21-16 in a thrilling men’s singles final that lasted an hour and eight minutes. This is the…
India has created history by assuring themselves the first ever medal at the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships. Today India will be up against China in the semifinals from 5:30pm Welcome to our coverage of the Semifinals at the 2023 championships against the mighty and top seed China 🇨🇳 The Live score can be tracked…
World’s leading badminton equipment brand YONEX on Saturday announced that it will now manufacture high-quality graphite racquets in the country, expanding its existing production plan and base in India, a move which will bring the cost of full-body racquets down considerably. Indian shuttlers have been performing exceptionally at the global stage, bringing numerous laurels for…
Written By | Tirthesh Jain On 3rd of January next week as the BWF World Rankings will get updated H S Prannoy (Currently ranked WR8) is set to become the top ranked Indian Mens Singles player as Lakshya Sen , who until now is the Indias top ranked MS player will dip to 3 places…
Indian men’s singles players were handed a tough draw in the Yonex Sunrise India Open 2023 as all three of them were bunched together in one quarter while former world champion PV Sindhu faces her last edition nemesis Supanida Katethong in the opening round. The Yonex Sunrise India Open, which is part of the HSBC…
Sindhu, Sen, Srikanth and Chirag-Satwiksairaj to carry India’s title hopes at the Super 750 event India Open 2023 Reigning Olympics and world champions including Chen Yufei of China, Akane Yamaguchi of Japan and Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen will spearhead galaxy of stars at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open badminton tournament, to be held at the Indira Gandhi…
Indian shuttlers Unnati Hooda, Gnana Dattu, Anish Thoppani and two doubles pairs marched into the semi-finals to assure country of five medals at the Badminton Asia U-17 & U-15 Junior Championships 2022 in Nonthaburi, Thailand on Friday. Asia Junior Championships The pairs of Arsh Mohammad and Sanskar Saraswat, and Bjorn Jaison and Aathish Sreenivas PV…
Written by : Vikas Ratanjee The edge-of-the-seat excitement that Indian badminton players have been providing us for the past many years has generated another level of interest in the sport in India. There is also a certain romanticism in seeing badminton as a sport where not only south-east Asian nations dominate, but we as Indians…
Top-seeded Malvika Bansod clinched the women’s singles title while unseeded Kaushal Dharmamer secured the men’s title at the Yonex-Sunrise VV Natu Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament 2022 in Pune on Sunday. Bansod secured a come-from-behind 13-21, 21-17, 22-20 win over Adita Rao in a thrilling final encounter which lasted an hour and three…
Telangana’s B Sai Praneeth upset Kerala’s much fancied and in-form HS Prannoy 18-21, 21-16, 22-20 to help his team annex the Badminton Mixed Team gold in the 36th National Games here on Monday. His victory came on the heels of another brilliant show by the husband-and-wife duo of Sumeeth Reddy and Sikki Reddy who got…
Top seeds Telangana had to dig their heels in to edge out Maharashtra 3-2 in the semifinals of the Badminton Mixed Team Championship in the 36th National Games here at the PDDU Stadium on Sunday. They will now face the HS Prannoy-led Kerala team, which got the better of hosts Gujarat 3-1, in the summit…
Hello and Welcome to our coverage of the world championships. With no Sindhu yes its a little dampener from Indian perspective in Women Singles but its game on in the Men Singles and Men Doubles Live Streaming Link India started off with a flying start with Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy defeating their opponents from Maldives…
Indian mixed team studded with stars broke no sweat in defeating Pakistan in first group match in Badminton CWG 2022 When you have PV Sindhu, Srikanth Kidambi, Lakshya Sen & Chirag/Satwik at the Commonwealth level it makes for a deadly team. Indian team who had won gold in the mixed team event in the last…
Sindhu defeats yet another player from China to progress to Quarterfinals of Malaysia Masters 2022. After getting better of the Bing Jiao yesterday, Sindhu was up against yet another player from China. Yi Man Zhang, the young upcoming shuttler from China who has shown some good results this season. Today Sindhu was in complete…
Of the four male singles entries only Sameer Verma missed out on the next round. It was a good day for Indian badminton fans as three of the four participants entered in the Men Singles draw of Malaysian Masters 2022 won their matches to make it to the second round i.e. pre-quarterfinals. The day…
In their Nineteenth meeting Sindhu prevails in a tight three games against the Chinese Bing Jiao. Malaysian Masters P V Sindhu who was playing against yet another top10 player in the Round one of a BWF Event got better of her opponent in Malaysia. Playing in Kuala-lumpur Malaysia Masters BWF500 event in the round one…
With 7 Golds, 7 Silvers & 11 Bronze Medal. India stand third after England & Malaysia in Badminton History of CWG Here we look at how has been India’s performance across different editions. 1966 Jamaica CWG Games Badminton was first held at the CWG in 1966 and since then has been held in all the…
Indian Mixed team is in Group A along with Australia, Sri Lanka & Australia CWG 2022 Star – studded Indian team will be up against a relatively easy competition in the mixed team event, as they are scheduled to play against low ranked teams like Pakistan, Sri lanka and Australia. None of these teams have…
Welcome to our coverage of the BWF750 tournament that starts from today. Plenty of Indian action today as we take you through on how the day goes. Read our preview here Live Streaming Links Court 1 Court 2 Court 3 Court 4 Day2 Coverage Right in the morning we have two Indian matches going on…
Satwik – Chirag are going to be playing on the tour after the Thomas Cup Indian contingent is set to miss the services of Top two Men Singles players, Lakshya Sen [Nursing injury] & Srikanth Kidambi who has opted to not play in the Petronas BWF Super 750 event. Men Singles In the Men…
Hello and welcome to the coverage of Thailand Open 2022. Yesterday was a very disappointing day for Indians with only four wins Srikanth has given walkover from the next round so no Men singles left. First up is Malvika Bansod who is up against Line from 🇩🇰 Malvika lost the decider 14-21, end of her…
Hello and welcome to our coverage of the very important day2 at the BWF Super 500 event in Thailand. Live streaming Links Court 1 Link Court 2 Link In case you missed yesterday action here is the update Results for today – Singles Ashmita Lost Intanon 🇹🇭 | 10-21,15-21 Srikanth Def Brice 🇫🇷 | 18-21,21-10,21-16…
After the historical win at Thomas Cup last week. Indians will look to continue the winning momentum at the Impact Arena. We are here with the updates for the Indians playing the matches today. Forgetful Day for Indians in Main draw today R32 Matches Manu/Sumeeth Lost Alfian/Adianto 🇮🇩 (5) 16-21,13-21 Ishaan/Sai Lost Kota Saito 🇯🇵…
Prannoy & Saina also in the draw while Satwik/Chirag & Lakshya have withdrawn from Thailand Open A strong Indian contingent is all set to particpate in the GR Toyota Gazoo Racing Thailand Open 2022, which is a Super 500 event. For Chirag & Satwik it all started here in 2019 when they won this…
India made history by winning the Thomas Cup for the first time with a ruthless 3-0 upset of reigning champions Indonesia… Written By : Abhilash Jha India’s men’s badminton team on Sunday lifted their maiden Thomas Cup title with a cammanding 3-0 win over Indonesia at the Impact Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. Lakshya Sen, Kidambi…
The Big Day is here. You must have heard about David & Goliath story, India vs West Indies ‘83 story. Read our preview here This is comparable to that if not better. India who had last reached the Semifinal stage of Thomas Cup in 1979 was back in it defeating Malaysia. They faced a a…
Its David vs Goliath as India is up against 14- time champion Indonesia in the Thomas Cup Final Written by : Abhilash Jha India may be playing its first final of the Thomas Cup against 14-times champion Indonesia, but it will go into the contest with confidence. As three of its likely participants in…
Hello and welcome to our coverage of all important Semifinal clash between India and Denmark If you missed yesterday’s historical victory then here is the link to live the excitement Both teams are unchanged from Quarterfinals Now its upto Prannoy to create history. Its 2-2 This is IT !! Ham Jeet Gaye Prannoy beats Gemke…
Here we are at the all important Quarterfinals clash between Indian men and Malaysian men. The Malaysian team stands between India and medal In a surprising turn of events India decided to not play MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila. HISTORY MADE!!!!! India made it to last four after 43 years. First time will win a…
Its the Quarterfinals match at Uber Cup today India is pitted against Thailand the host, and they have some real strong team. India is playing the same team that got thrashed by South Korea yesterday 0-5. Hopefully a better start can turn things around Aakarshi Loses. India Exit Uber Cup Not looking good in the…
Indian men will be up against a formidable Chinese Taipei team in the last group match The Head to Head record is as follows. MS 1 | Lakshya WR9 vs Chou Tien Chen WR4 | First Meeting MD 1 | Satwik/Chirag WR8 vs Lee/Wang WR3 | 1-0 MS 2 | Srikanth WR11 vs Wang WR15…
