Badminton

Gopichand termed the decision a lapse on the development worldwide and called for the stakeholders to scrutinise the exclusion of badminton from the Glasgow Games.

Kidambi got the better of Israel's Daniil Dubovenko 21-14, 21-15, while Ayush defeating fellow Indian Alap Mishra 21-13, 21-5. Former world junior number one Tasnim Mir triumphed over Devika Sihag, winning 15-21, 21-18, 22-20.

Malvika Bansod lost to Akane Yamaguchi 10-21, 16-21 in just 35 minutes as India's challenge in the China Open came to an end.

Nitesh Kumar assured India a medal after he booked his spot in the SL3 category men's singles final at Paris Paralympics 2024.

Viktor Axelsen lauded Lakshya Sen saying that the Indian deserved a medal for his ‘fantastic performances’ in the Paris Games.

Lakshya Sen lost to Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia 21-13, 16-21, 11-21 in a heart-breaking manner to miss out on what could have been a historic bronze for India.

PV Sindhu defeated Estonian opponent Kristin Kuuba 21-5, 21-10 to make it to the women's badminton singles quarter-final

Indian badminton star Chirag Shetty said the Indian corporate houses must step up and support sports other than cricket in the country.

Sen needed just 40 minutes to get the better of his Japanese opponent Kanta Tsuneyama 21-12 21-17 in the opening round clash of the men's singles event.

The top ranked Indian duo fell to a 20-22 18-21 defeat to Denmark's Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard in a 47-minute clash of the Super 750 badminton tournament.

PV Sindhu hasn't been able to hit top form ever since returning to action following a knee injury sustained in October last year.

Satwiksairaj and Chirag picked up a facile 21-7 21-14 win over Malaysians Junaidi Arif and Roy King Yap, while Crasto and Ponnappa had to toil hard for one hour 16 minutes to pick up a 21-15 21-23 21-19 win over the sixth seeded South Korean duo of Lee Yu...

Japan's Kento Momota was once badminton's undisputed king, winning 11 titles in 2019 and losing just six of the 73 matches he played that year.

Anupama claimed her second successive title with a 21-15 21-16 win over compatriot Isharani Baruah in a 41-minutes final. While, Tharun beat eighth-seeded Malaysian Soong Joo Ven 21-10, 21-19 to register his maiden international title.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty went down fighting to Kang Min Hyuk-Seo Seung Jaein 21-15, 11-21, 18-21 in the India Open men's doubles final.

Newly-crowned Senior National champion Chirag, will join younger brother Lakshya in the Indian team for the Badminton Asia Team Championships scheduled to held in Shah Alam, Malaysia from February 13-19.