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India had never reached the final of Thomas Cup team badminton championship in its 73-year-long history but Kidambi Srikanth-led side ended that streak, storming into the final after a stunning win over Denmark in the semi-final. India, who were not among the fancied teams in Thomas Cup, have punched above their weight, disposing of 5-time champions Malaysia and Denmark, who are the ... Read More »

Indian duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the badminton doubles at the Thailand Open over the weekend ensuring their names in history books. The Commonwealth Games medallist won the BWF Super 500 Tournament defeating world champions Li Junhui and Liu Yu Chen 21-19, 18-21, 21-18 in Bangkok. Read More »

Star shuttler Saina Nehwal lost in straight games to World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan in the quarter-finals of the All England badminton championships at the Birmingham Arena on Friday. Saina lost 15-21, 19-21 in just 37 minutes to register her 13th straight loss against the World No.1.     Read More »

Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu had to settle for silver after losing 19-21, 22-20, 20-22 to Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in a hard-fought final of the World Badminton Championships at Glasgow in Scotland on Sunday. Rio Olympics silver-medallist Sindhu finished her semifinal at around 2:30am on Sunday morning and she was again back on the court after 17 hours for the final. Both the ... Read More »

India made a promising start at the BWF World Championships with in-form shuttler Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma advancing to the second round of men’s singles in Glasgow on Monday. Srikanth, seeded eighth, who won the Indonesia Open Superseries Premier and Australian Open Superseries in June, defeated Russia’s Sergey Sirant 21-13, 21-12 in less than half an hour to set up ... Read More »

Delhi Acers notched up a thrilling 4-3 victory over Mumbai Rockets in the summit clash to clinch the revamped Premier Badminton League (PBL) title at the Siri Fort Sports Complex here on Sunday. Tommy Sugiarto, men’s doubles pair of Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong and Rajiv Ouseph won their respective matches as Delhi clinched the trophy and pocketed ... Read More »

Top stars Saina Nehwal and Lee Chong Wei were the costliest players at the Premier Badminton League (PBL) auction, fetching a whopping $100,000 (Rs 66.71 lakh approx) each, while Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth were bought for $95,000 (Rs 63.37 lakh) and $80,000 (Rs 53.40 lakh), respectively, here on Monday. World No. 2 Saina and former World ... Read More »

Two-time defending champion P V Sindhu completed a hat-trick of women’s singles title at the USD 120,000 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold after defeating Japan’s Minatsu Mitani in the finals here ON Sunday. Sindhu produced a dominating game to notch up a 21-9, 21-23, 21-14 win against sixth seed Mitani in a women’s singles match that lasted an hour and ... Read More »

Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu are likely to meet in the second round of women’s singles in the Japanese capital if they beat their opening round opponents. Read More »