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All England: Lakshya enters quarterfinals, Prannoy loses in second round

Young Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen progressed to his maiden quarterfinals at the prestigious All England Championships but it was curtains for compatriot HS Prannoy after he went down in straight games

Sindhu wins; Srikanth, Kashyap knocked out of men's singles in All England

World champion P V Sindhu made an impressive start at the All England Badminton Championships but compatriots Kidambi Srikanth and Parupalli Kashyap suffered early exits

All England Open: All Indian badminton players cleared to play

All Indian badminton players have been cleared to compete at the All England Open Championships, starting Wednesday, after results of their second Covid RT-PCR test on Wednesday came negative

Swiss Open: Praneeth, Jayaram, Satwik-Ashwini lose in quarters

Olympic hopeful B Sai Praneeth suffered a straight game loss to Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia in the quarterfinals as Indian shuttlers had a dismal outing at the Swiss Open here on Friday. Praneeth, who finished runner-up in the last edition, lost 14-21 17-21 to Jia in 45 minutes to bow out of the tournament. Ajay Jayaram's campaign ended after a demoralising 9-21 6-21 loss to eighth seeded Thai Kunlavut Vitidsarn in another last eight men's singles match. Earlier, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa fought hard before going down 17-21 21-16 8-21 to fifth seeds Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing of Malaysia in quarterfinals of the mixed doubles competition. Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu will play her women's singles quarterfinals later on Friday.

Swiss Open: Sindhu, Srikanth, 2 others enter qtr, double delight for Satwik

P V Sindhu and former champion Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the quarterfinals of the singles competition along with two other Indians at the Swiss Open badminton tournament here on Thursday.

PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth through to Round of 16 in Swiss Open Super 300

The second-seeded Sindhu will next face Iris Wang of the USA in her Round of 16 match on Thursday

Swiss Open: India's K Srikanth, Sourabh through, HS Prannoy out

India's Kidambi Srikanth and Sourabh Verma on Wednesday progressed to the second round of the Swiss Open Super 300 badminton tournament here while H.S. Prannoy bowed out

Indian shuttlers Varun, Malvika win Uganda International titles

Indian shuttlers Varun Kapur and Malvika Bansod registered hard-fought wins to clinch the men's and women's singles titles respectively at the 2021 Uganda International in Kampala

Sindhu, Srikanth lose their opening matches in World Tour Finals

Star Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth fought their hearts out before suffering close defeats in their respective group 'B' openers at the USD 1.5 million HSBC BWF World Tour Finals

PV Sindhu, K Srikanth make impressive starts at Thailand Open

Sameer Verma shocked world no 10 Lee Zii Jia as Indian shuttlers made impressive starts at the Toyota Thailand Open Super 1000 tournament here on Tuesday

Thaliand Open: Saina, Srikanth progress, Kashyap retires midway

Star India shuttler Saina Nehwal and former world number one Kidambi Srikanth entered the second rounds of their respective events but Parupalli Kashyap made an early exit from the Thailand Open

Saina, Prannoy test positive for Covid-19, withdraw from Thailand Open

Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy have withdrawn from the Thailand Open after testing positive for Covid-19

Indian badminton players start training in Thailand after testing negative

Indian badminton players, who will play three back-to-back tournaments here, started training on Wednesday after testing negative for Covid-19.

Kashyap, Prannoy among four shuttlers test positive for coronavirus

According to a source in the Sports Authority of India (SAI), the three shuttlers - Kashyap, Prannoy and Chopra - recently attended Guru Sai Dutt's wedding which took place on November 25 in Hyderabad

Organisers postpone sixth edition of Premier Badminton League amid Covid-19

The prize money in the league is among the highest for badminton tournaments around the world.

Badminton: India handed relatively easy draw in Thomas and Uber Cup Final

India have been handed relatively easy draws in the twice rescheduled Thomas and Uber Cup Finals slated to be held from October 3 to 11 in Aarhus, Denmark

'King' Dan bids adieu to badminton after bossing the game like no other

Chinese badminton great Lin Dan on Saturday announced his retirement, thus bringing an end to his 20-year glorious career with the national team

On Prakash Padukone's birthday, let's relive his All England C'ships win

Padukone had clashed with Indonesia's Liem Swie King in the summit clash at the Wembley Stadium. The star Indian shuttler was only 24 years old when he stood at the top of the podium

Aarogya Setu must, no sparring, no baton exchange for contact sports

Athletics, hockey, badminton, boxing and shooting were among the 11 disciplines that were permitted to resume outdoor training following relaxations in the lockdown.

BWF suspends badminton tournaments scheduled till July over coronavirus

The events affected include the several BWF World Tour events headlined by the Blibli Indonesia Open 2020 (Super 1000) and a number of Grade 3, junior and para badminton competitions