Badminton News

HS Prannoy, PV Sindhu enter quarters of China Masters

Sindhu will now face Porntip Buranaprasertsuk of Thailand in the quaterfinals.

Apr 22, 2016, 00:35 AM IST

Singapore Superseries: Pranaav-Sikki enter 2nd round; Srikanth, Jayaram, Prannoy lose

It turned out to be a disastrous day for the men's singles shuttler as Kidambi Srikanth, H S Prannoy and Ajay Jayaram lost their respective first round matches.

Apr 13, 2016, 17:13 PM IST

Malaysian Open: Lee Chong Wei beat Chen Long in summit clash to win title

Lee crushed world number one in straight sets.

Apr 10, 2016, 20:49 PM IST

Malaysia Open: Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu enter second round; H S Prannoy​, K Srikanth out

However in men's singles, Rio Olympics hopefuls H S Prannoy and K Srikanth failed to cross the opening hurdle.

Apr 07, 2016, 00:01 AM IST

Injury layoff set to end Parupalli Kashyap's 2016 Rio Olympic dream

This is a big blow for the promising shuttler.

Apr 05, 2016, 13:52 PM IST

Kento Momota, Ratchanok Intanon emerge champions in India Open Superseries

With the win, Ratchanok bettered her head-to-head record to 5-7 against world No.2 Xuerui.

Apr 03, 2016, 21:29 PM IST

India Open Superseries: Defending champion Saina Nehwal loses to China's Li Xuerui in semis

The Indian ace lost the match 22-20 17-21 21-19 in one hour and 12 minutes.

Apr 02, 2016, 19:23 PM IST

PV Sindhu crashes out of India Open Superseries

Sindhu wasted a game lead to lose the quarter-final match.

Apr 01, 2016, 22:58 PM IST

Indian Open Superseries: Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu win, men's challenge ends

Even before fans could recover from the defeat of Srikanth, Prannoy went down fighting to Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk.

Mar 31, 2016, 00:01 AM IST

Saina Nehwal receives Padma Bhushan from president Pranab Mukherjee

The 26-year-old Olympic medalist also congratulated Indian cricket team for reaching the semi-finals of the ongoing ICC World Twenty20.

Mar 28, 2016, 20:32 PM IST

New Zealand Open: Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponappa lose as India's campaign ends

The duo lost the tie 22-24 8-21.

Mar 25, 2016, 14:38 PM IST

Saina Nehwal slips to 6th in BWF ranking

P V Sindhu improved a place to reach the 11th spot.

Mar 17, 2016, 22:31 PM IST

Swiss Open: Saina Nehwal, Sai Praneeth reach pre-quarterfinals

Nehwal is a two-time winner of Swiss Open, capturing back-to-back titles in 2011 and 12.

Mar 16, 2016, 20:18 PM IST

Saina Nehwal, K Srikanth seek Swiss triumph after All England disappointment

Two-time winner Saina Nehwal and defending champion K Srikanth will look to put behind the disappointing outing at the All England Championship and train their guns on the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold starting with the qualifiers here on Tuesday.

Mar 14, 2016, 16:02 PM IST

All England Championship: Saina Nehwal ousted by Tai Tzu-ying; Indian campaign ends

Earlier, Indian male shuttlers' campaign in the tournament also came to a halt on Friday with the trio of B Sai Praneeth, Kidambi Srikanth and Sameer Verma making an exit in the second round of the singles event.

Mar 11, 2016, 22:48 PM IST

All England Championship: Sai Praneeth stuns Lee Chong Wei; Saina Nehwal reaches 3rd round

Praneeth punched way above his weight as he eked out a 24-22 22-20 win over three-time champion and second seed Lee Chong Wei in a men's singles match late last night.

Mar 10, 2016, 21:19 PM IST

All England Championship: Sai Praneeth stuns Lee Chong Wei; Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth reach 2nd round

Saina beats Michelle Li of Canada 21-17 21-12 to progress.

Mar 10, 2016, 15:36 PM IST

Shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth, Parupalli Kashyap reach second round of German Open

Srikanth dropped a set while Kashyap won in straight games.

Mar 02, 2016, 13:51 PM IST

Kidambi Srikanth wants to win a medal at Rio Olympics

Kidambi Srikanth is currently ranked nine in the world.

Feb 21, 2016, 21:09 PM IST

Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu are not skillful, says former Olympic champion

However he was of the opinion that Sindhu boasts of a better attacking game than even her Chinese counterparts.

Feb 21, 2016, 11:16 AM IST