Badminton

Tasnim Mir, who earlier this month became the first Indian to claim world number one status in the U-19 category, beat Keyura Mopati 13-21 21-14 21-19.

HS Prannoy beat Danylo Bosniuk to book his place in the second round at the Syed Modi International as Sourabh Verma lost to Ade Resky Dwicahyo.

Indian Shuttler Lakshya Sen advances to the finals of India Open 2022 after defeating Malaysia's NG Tze Yong.

Lakshya Sen defeated HS Prannoy 14-21 21-9 21-14 to book his place in the men's singles semifinals at the India Open.

PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Ashwini Ponnappa, N Sikki Reddy and Kidambi Srikanth will represent India at the BWF World Tour Finals.

The Indian contingent recently bagged a rich haul of 47 medals at the Uganda Para-Badminton International event, including 16 gold medals.

PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth, both of whom reached Indonesia Masters semi-finals, will look to continue in the same vein at Indonesia Open Super 1000.

Lakshya Sen defeated Thomas Rouxel 21-17, 21-14 to book his place in the second round of the HYLO Open Super 500 tournament.

Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Ashwini and N Sikki Reddy also went down 17-21 13-21 to second seeded Korean pair of Lee Sohee and Shin Seungchan.

Thomas and Uber Cup: India will look to get over the disappointment of Sudirman Cup in Denmark.

The Sudirman Cup will be the first BWF tournament to be held this year since the world body was forced to cancel or reschedule a number of events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Krishna Nagar said that he liked playing cricket since his early days, however, later he realised that badminton can be another option to make a mark.

Badminton will make its debut at the Tokyo Paralympics and India have some of the brightest medal prospects like world No.1 Pramod Bhagat (SL3), Krishna Nagar (SH6) and Tarun Dhillon (SL4) in their ranks.