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…
Hello and Welcome to the coverage of the most important tie in the group. Today will decide who will top the group. First up are the Indian women team playing against mighty South Korea 🇰🇷 📺: @VootSelect & @Sports18 Treesa & Tanisha lost 14-21, 11-21. India 0-4 Korea Next up are the young pair of…
Hello are welcome to our coverage of Indian matches at the BWF Thomas & Uber Cup 2022 In case you missed about what happened in last two days, need not worry you can read in the below links Day 2 Details Day 1 Details India has fielded a strong team against USA after defeating Canada…
India had defeated Germany 5-0 yesterday in first tie. Indian team chose to rest the MS1 Lakshya Sen & MD2 in a strategic move against the Canada team which wasnt expected to pose a challenge to the strong Indian Team. Yesterday on the first day of the competition India had defeated Germany 5-0 to…
India is all set to start their campaign at Thomas Cup and Uber Cup tomorrow Uber Cup 2022 India beats Canada 4-1 Ashmita Chaliha makes it 4-1 scoring a comeback victory over Chan 12-21,21-11,22-20 Treesa and Tanisha win. India gets a lead of 3-1 The first time pairing of Treesa and Tanisha are looking…
Treesa & Gayatri were the winners of the selection trials held by Badminton Association of India. Indian team is going to miss the services of star and in-form women doubles pair of Treesa Jolly & Gayatri Gopichand. Gayatri has been advised rest to recover from her hip joint strain. Treesa & Gayatri were the…
Star Badminton player PV Sindhu playing in the Semifinal at Badminton Asia Championships 2022 was looking all set to make her first Finals at this tournament. Yamaguchi has been not in the best of forms in this tournament Sindhu currently leads the H2H 13-9 against the current WR2. After leading the first game 11-5 midway…
Fourth seed Indian PV Sindhu Defeated Fifth Seed Chinese He Bing Jiao Top Ranked PV Sindhu who played the chinese shuttler the seventeenth time in her career defeated her in a gruelling three games. In the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Championships 2022 the only shuttler left from India in the singles competition kept…
India managed to win only two of the five matches on Day Three of the championships PV Sindhu & the doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy & Chirag Shetty will be looking to enter the Semi-Finals tomorrow as they enter the court in the Badminton Asia Championships 2022. India last won a medal at the…
While the senior pros won their first round matches it was curtains for youngsters Lakshya, Malvika & Aakarshi. Indian contingent who had a pretty disappointing start to the campaign on the first day of the championships was hoping to have a good day on the second. With as many as Seven Singles players in…
14-year-old Unnati makes it to Senior Indian team. 120 players competed in the selection trials; 40 players inducted in the core group. Following six days filled with high-voltage competition and nail-biting action in the selection trials at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in New Delhi, the Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Thursday announced strong…
BAI selected a 10-member team for the Birmingham Games through a gruelling Selection Trials. A Star studded team was selected for the CWG 2022 by the Badminton Association of India, the team includes big names like Srikanth Kidambi, Lakshya Sen, PV Sindhu & Lakshya-Chirag. At the games there will be Six medals up for…
Korea Open 2022 Top Ranked PV Sindhu & former World Number 1 Srikanth Kidambi scored victory in contrasting fashion to make it to the Semi Finals at BWF Super 500 Korea Open. It was a heartbreaking loss for the highest ranked Indian Pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy. It was curtains for the Top…
At the BWF Super500 Korean Open Indians had a near perfect day. On day two of the competition Indians were involved in six matches. Barring an expected loss P Kudravalli all others moved into the next round Day started with young and rising pair of MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila getting a walkover against the…
The 32nd edition of BWF Thomas and Uber Cup 2022 is all set to take place from 8-15 May in Bangkok Thailand. The Indian men’s team which will be competing at the Thomas Cup will be up against Chinese Taipei, Germany and Canada. The top two from each group will make it to the Quarterfinals….
On the day two of the Orleans Masters BWF Supr 100 event where round of 32 matches were played. Indian interest was there in as many as twenty matches. In the mens section India had seven people competing to make it to the prequarterfinals. Top seed B Sai Praneeth who has recently been struglling for…
At the last tournament of the European leg of BWF tournament, the Super 100 has started from today with qualifying matches taking place in Orleans France Olympian B Sai Praneeth who is currently ranked 19 in the BWF rankings is the top seed in the Mens Singles which also includes known names like Subhankar Dey,…
Swiss Open 2022 Top Ranked Indian Shuttler P V Sindhu Wins Swiss Open 2022. This is a BWF Super 300 Event which she won defeating Busanan Ongbamrungphan from Thailand in straight games at Basel in Switzerland. Second Seed Sindhu was determined to win the title here and was relentless in her approach through the tournament….
Indian HS Prannoy enters the Finals of BWF Super 300 event in Basel Switzerland defeating the World Ranked Fifth Ginting from Indonesia Giant Killer as he is fondly known among the badminton fans for his ability to beat the higher ranked players on crucial matches has done it yet again Prannoy last played a BWF…
Three Indians reached the semi final stage of the Swiss Open BWF Supr 300 Badminton tournament being held in Basel Switzerland. H S Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth reached men’s single semi final. Whereas PV Sindhu reached the semi final of women’s singles. Source : Bridge H S Prannoy beat compatriot and Commonwealth gold medalist Parupalli…
Yonex Swiss Open Former Commonwealth Games gold medalist Parupalli Kashyap reached the quarter final of the Swiss open 2022 after getting a walkover from top seed and Olympic champion Viktor Axelsen. He will clash with his own country man HS Prannoy who struggled passed Kalle Koljonen of Finland 19-21, 21-13, 21-9 in an all Indian…
Swiss Open 2022 24 March 2022| It was near perfect day for Indian contingent with almost all who were expected to make it to Quarterfinals didn’t disappoint barring couple of tough losses in Third Seed Chirag Shetty /Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Saina Nehwal who lost after winning the first game Day started with a shock loss…
10:25 pm | PV Sindhu defeated Yigit from Turkey in straight games 21-19,21-14 to move into Quarterfinals 10:00 pm | Prannoy scored victory over the Kalle to enter the Quarterfinals at Swiss Open he won 19-21, 21-13,21-9. He will meet compatriot Kashyap in the Quarterfinals so that ensures we have atleast one Indian in Semis…
Swiss Open 1:30 am | Final match of the day for India and Sameer Verma doesn’t disappoint as he scored a comeback win against French Lucas 18-21,21-15,21-11. End of days play for India 1:00 am | Second seed PV Sindhu scored a straight games victory over Line from Denmark 21-14,21-12 12:40 am | Sixth seed…
Swiss Open 2022 Indian contingent playing at the European leg of BWF tournaments in Switzerland were off to a really shaky start as all Five Mixed Doubles pairing from India lost their Round one matches Playing in the BWF Super 300 event much was expected from the Indian teams after the good outing in the…
