Badminton

The BWF Council voted to approve a regulatory framework to allow athletes with Russian and Belarusian passports to compete as neutrals aligning itself with the International Olympic Committee’s recommendations.

World number 19 Gayatri and Treesa, who reached the semifinals of the All England Championships in the last two editions, beat Chang and Yang, ranked 37th, 21-18 21-10 in 38 minutes.

The 31-year-old Prannoy picked up a 24-22, 21-10 straight sets win over the Finn in his opening round fixture to seal progress into the second round. Lakshya Sen also sealed progress in the event in Denmark with a 21-10, 21-7 win over Mauritian shuttler G...

The MoU was signed between BAI and the Government of Assam, unfolding a historic chapter for Indian sports during the launch event.

India's Pramod Bhagat and Sukant Kadam won gold at the Four Nations Para-Badminton International.

HS Prannoy defeated Priyanshu Rajawat 21-18, 21-12 in the all-Indian clash to book his place in the final of the Australian Open.

Sen ousted Japanese shuttler Kanta Tsuneyama in the Round of 16 in straight sets 21-14, 21-16 to advance, while Rankireddy and Shetty hammered the Danish pair of Lasse Molhede and Jeppe Bay 21-17, 21-11 to progress. Prannoy beat compatriot Srikanth 19-21,...

Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, Priyanshu Rajawat, Malavika Bansod, Aakarshi Kashyap, MR Arjun-Dhruv Kapila, Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand are also in the fray.

PV Sindhu suffered yet another disappointment as she crashed out in the first round of the Korea Open.

Lakshya Sen had defeated Li Shi Feng last week to win the Canada Open title but the Chinese got the better of the Indian shuttler in the US Open

Pullela Gopichand at the Moneycontrol Startup Conclave 2023 revealed that he would have loved to play football, joking that his knees don’t support it

Pullela Gopichand, along with four other eminent Indians, were bestowed with the honour by President Droupadi Murmu on Monday for their contribution to nation-building.

Following a huge response from players, the Badminton Association of India decided to extend the deadline for its onetime VARS to July 10 in wake of rampant age-fudging cases in the sport. Under the scheme, the apex body had allowed players to rectify the...

Rajawat is now the fourth-best-ranked Indian men’s singles player in the BWF rankings as the 21-year-old from Madhya Pradesh clinched his maiden Super 300 title after beating Denmark’s Magnus Johannsen 21-15, 19-21, 21-16 in the summit clash to accumulate...

The Indian duo got the beating of the Danish pair of Jeppe Bay and Lasse Molhede in the quarterfinal of the Swiss Open with a come-from-behind win 15-21, 21-11, 21-14 to reach the last four of the tournament

Lakshya Sen will have renowned physiotherapist Heath Matthews, with who he had worked with ahead of the Commonwealth Games, for the European circuit