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Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and HS Prannoy have withdrawn from the Thailand Open after testing positive for Covid-19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

Olympics 2020 postponed: Here's what India's Tokyo-bound athletes said

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has welcomed IOC's decision to postpone the Tokyo Olympics and said It's necessary for the well-being of athletes from across the world

Covid-19 has thrown everything off track, says shuttler Ashwini Ponappa

Ponappa, a two-time Olympian, is working on her finger power and would be doing racket drills in this period.

Foreign coaches need to be made accountable: Former India badminton coach

Limpele, who was hired last March, recently stepped down as India's doubles coach, citing family reasons, becoming the fourth such foreign coach to have resigned without completing the tenure

What do we do? Fans wonder after sports events postponed over Covid-19

Before the coronavirus crisis caused mass cancellations and postponements in the last three days, March was to be a busy sports month

Badminton World Federation suspends all tournaments until April 12

The ongoing All England Open will be allowed to be completed on March 15, says the BWF

Coronavirus pandemic: Badminton stars slam BWF for holding tournaments

Players, in particular, expressed their displeasure over lack of clarity on the upcoming Swiss Open, which is scheduled to be held from March 17 to 22.

PV Sindhu in quarterfinals, Lakshya bows out of All England Championship

The sixth-seeded Indian Olympic silver medallist won 21-19 21-15 in a round of 16 match that lasted 49 minutes