Badminton

Sindhu moved to the second round after her opponent Pai Yu Po of Chinese Taipei retired midway in the second game with the score reading 21-8 13-7. Lakshya squandered an opening game advantage, losing 21-12 19-21 14-21 to Lu in a men's singles opening rou...

Ashwini Ponappa, who along with her partner Tanisha Crasto were knocked out of Paris 2024 Women's Doubles group-stage without winning a single set, took to Instagram to respond to Prakash Padukone's comments on players needing to take responsibility.

He Bingjiao brought along a Spanish flag for the injured Carolina Marin as she climbed up to accept the silver medal at Paris Olympics.

Sindhu, who returned to action in February this year after recovering from a knee injury, has lacked consistency in the lead up to the quadrennial event in France, but veteran Nehwal backed her compatriot to regain her top form in pursuit of a medal.

The Indian contingent went down fighting as they lost 2-3 to Malaysia in the mixed team event to bow out of the tournament in Kuala Lumpur in the quarterfinals.

Sen breezed past his pre-quarters opponent, Japan's Kenta Nishimoto, in quick fashion as the Indian picked up a 21-9, 21-15 win. However, it was curtains for the Indian doubles pairs of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand, and Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Po...

PV Sindhu lost to Hsu Wen-chi 15-21, 21-15, 14-21 in the first round of the Indonesia Open.

There were four Indians in men's singles qualification round but none could make the cut for the main draw.

It will be the first time since 2008 that the prestigious Badminton World Federation (BWF) event will be held in India.

The Indian team of Rankireddy and Shetty dominated most of the match against the reigning world champions to get one back, after losing against the same pair in the India Open final earlier this year.

Despite her battling efforts, Sindhu fell to reigning Olympic champion Yu Fei of China 24-22 17-21 18-21 in a quarterfinal tie that lasted one hour and 32-minutes.

It will also be an opportunity for the top Indian shuttlers to look to get a feel of the conditions at the Adidas arena at Porte de la Chapelle which is set to be the venue for the Paris Olympics.

Prannoy's stumble though would prove to be the only hiccup for in an otherwise dominant showing from the Men's Team, who went on to sweep the rest of the opposition away in four straight games to clinch the tie 4-1 for India.

After the 2020 edition, which was conducted just before the outbreak of COVID-19, the PBL couldn't be held. The BAI tried to organise it in December-January of 2022-23 but it didn't materialise.

Sen warded off T Sidarth 21-8, 21-5, while Aakarshi was made to sweat by Rituparna Das before emerging a 21-18, 21-11 winner in 32 minutes.

It was time for payback as Shetty had earlier lost to Farhan at the World Junior Championships to settle for a bronze. After losing the first set 19-21, he fought hard to take the next two sets 21-14 and 22-20 and reached his first Super 100 final.