India badminton news

PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, HS Prannoy advance at Hong Kong Open

Nehwal will face Chen Yufei of China while Sindhu will face Aya Ohori of Japan.

Nov 22, 2017, 21:39 PM IST

Kidambi Srikanth recommended for Padma Shri award

 PV Sindhu and Mahendra Singh Dhoni have also been recommended for the Padma Bhushan.

Nov 01, 2017, 17:58 PM IST

Saina Nehwal wins, PV Sindhu loses in Denmark Open

Glasgow World Championship bronze medallist, Saina defeated two-time World champion Marin 22-20 21-18 in a hard- fought battle to avenge her Japan Open second-round loss to the Spaniard.

Oct 19, 2017, 09:15 AM IST

HS Prannoy eyes big titles in year of CWG, Asian Games

His back has been a constant problem and yet he managed to achieve a career-best ranking of World No 12 in 2015, the highlight of which was shocking the then World No 1 Lin Dan.

Oct 17, 2017, 22:41 PM IST

All eyes on Korea Super Series champion PV Sindhu as Japan Open begins

Sindhu, who had dropped the second game before defeating Minatsu Mitani last week in the Korea Open, will once again take on the Japanese in the opening round this week.

Sep 18, 2017, 15:27 PM IST

Twitter erupts as PV Sindhu defeats Nozomi Okuhara to win Korea Open Super Series title

Playing her first final in South Korea, Sindhu edged past world champion Nozomi Okuhara in a game that lasted for one hour 23 minutes. 

Sep 17, 2017, 13:43 PM IST

PV Sindhu beats Nozomi Okuhara, becomes first Indian to win Korea Open Super Series title

The win also helped Sindhu to level her head-to-head record against Okuhara, making it 4-4 in eight meetings.

Sep 17, 2017, 08:20 AM IST

On Teachers' Day, PV Sindhu tweets 'I hate my teacher, Gopichand' - Here's why

The film, an ode from Sindhu to Gopichand, will tell the story of the Hyderabadi as a young girl in search of a normal childhood and how her life was transformed by a formidable force, someone responsible for her meteoric rise to success.

Sep 05, 2017, 10:10 AM IST

Glad I changed the medal colour to silver: PV Sindhu

Sindhu went down fighting 19-21 22-20 20-22 to Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in a nail-biting marathon summit clash on Sunday that lasted for an hour and 50 minutes at the Emirates Arena at Glasgow.

Aug 29, 2017, 15:19 PM IST

'From knee surgery to bronze medal', Saina Nehwal shares a year in her life

Saina went down in the semifinals against the title winner Nozomi Okuhara, who also beat PV Sindhu in the final.

Aug 28, 2017, 15:59 PM IST

Kidambi Srikanth enters second round of World Badminton Championships

The eighth seeded Indian, who won the Indonesia Super Series Premier and Australian Super series Open in June, defeated Russia's Sergey Sirant 21-13 21-12 in less than 30 minutes. 

Aug 21, 2017, 20:33 PM IST