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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

Coronavirus: These sports events have been affected by Covid-19 outbreak

Japan's Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto on Tuesday hinted that the Tokyo Games could be postponed due to the Coronavirus outbreak

Coronavirus: Saina asks BWF and IOC to extend Olympics qualification period

Concerns over rapid spread of Coronavirus had forced postponement of the 4 Olympic qualifying events so far -- Lingshui China Masters, Vietnam International Challenge and German Open and Polish Open

Sindhu loses in quarterfinals of Indonesia Masters, Indian campaign ends

World number six Sindhu had a 4-2 head-to-head record against the 14th ranked Japanese before Thursday's match

Badminton world number 1 Momota hurt in Malaysia crash, driver dead: Report

The accident happened in the early hours on a major highway as the group headed for Kuala Lumpur International Airport in a van, official news agency Bernama reported

Malaysia Masters 2020: Tai Tzu Ying beats P V Sindhu in quarterfinals

The Chinese Taipei world number two beat the Indian 21-16 21-16 in the quarterfinal, extending her head to head record to 12-5

Malaysia Masters 2020: Sindhu, Saina in quarters; Sameer, Prannoy bow out

Saina, the London Olympics bronze medallist, defeated eighth-seed South Korea's An Se Young 25-23, 21-12 in a match that lasted for 39 minutes.

Malaysia Masters: Saina, Sindhu advance; Praneeth, Srikanth bow out

Reigning world champion Sindhu, seeded sixth, took just 35 minutes to beat Evgeniya Kosetskaya of Russia 21-15 21-13 in the first round

South Asian Games: Indian men's, women's badminton teams win gold medals

India also won nine medals, including two golds, in taekwondo and one gold, two silver and a bronze in the triathlon event on the opening day

Badminton: Srikanth, Kashyap crash out in opening round of French Open

Shubhanker Dey now remains the lone Indian in the men's singles contest, having progressed to the second round where he will be up against Shesar Hiren Rhustavito of Indonesia.

Was expecting 2017-like long match with Nozomi Okuhara, says PV Sindhu

While Sindhu and Okuhara battled for 110 minutes during the 2017 World Championships final match, the duration of Sunday's match was just 38 minute

Vaulting over deficiencies: Indian gymnastics can take cue from badminton

With three or four genuinely world-class players, badminton has established itself as India's boom sport

Shuttler Lakshya Sen clinches top rank in World junior ranking

A semifinal finish at Lucknow also saw Mumbai's Harsheel Dani's rank jump to 69

Sindhu topples Saina in BWF World Ranking

Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu entered the top 10 but Saina Nehwal crashed out of the elite bracket