Badminton News - Page 19
Red Bull Shuttle Up 'definitely motivating and uplifting' for women's doubles in India, says Ashwini Ponnappa
Veteran shuttler Ponnappa backs the Red Bull Shuttle Up event to improve the standard of women’s doubles in Indian badminton and produce multiple champions down the road.
BWF World Rankings: Prannoy HS achieves best ranking in four years
Some other notable movements in rankings saw Kidambi Srikanth move up by two spots to gain the world number 12 ranking in the men's singles category.
India's Anupama Upadhyaya becomes new Junior World No. 1 in BWF rankings
Anupama Upadhyaya, who had claimed junior international titles in Uganda and Poland earlier this year, replaced fellow Indian Tasnim Mir from the top position on Tuesday.
BAI announces cash rewards for CWG, World Championship medallists
The Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Tuesday announced cash rewards of close to Rs 1.5 crore for the medallists at the Commonwealth Games and World Championships.
Kenta Nishimoto, Akane Yamaguchi take honours at Japan Open
Home favourites Kenta Nishimoto and Akane Yamaguchi thrilled the crowd at badminton's Japan Open in Osaka on Sunday, winning the men's and women's singles titles for the host country
Japan Open 2022: Prannoy goes down fighting in quarters as Indian challenge at Osaka comes to an end
HS Prannoy lost to Taiwan's Chou Tien-chen 21-17 15-21 22-20 in a pulsating contest that lasted an hour and 20 minutes.
Hong Kong, Macau badminton tournaments fall victim to COVID-19 policies
The Badminton World Tour will now move to Europe after the completion of the ongoing Japan Open Super Series.
Japan Open 2022: HS Prannoy enters quarters with giant killing of Loh Kean Yew, Kidambi Srikanth crashes out
HS Prannoy will next face Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen in the last eight stage. Srikanth, however, couldn't extend his run as he went down 10-21 16-21 to Kanta Tsuneyama
Japan Open: Kidambi Srikanth wins in straight games, Lakshya Sen, Saina Nehwal exit early
Kidambi Srikanth, a former world number 1, recovered from his early exit from last week's World Championships, whereas Laskhya Sen squandered an opening game advantage and lost to world number 21.
BWF World Championships: Japan's Akane Yamaguchi retains women's title
Akane Yamaguchi retained her badminton women's world title in front of her home crowd in Tokyo on Sunday, beating China's Chen Yufei 21-12, 10-21, 21-14
BWF World Championships: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty go down with a maiden bronze medal
World No 7 Indian pairing squandered an opening game advantage to go down 22-20, 18-21, 16-21 in a pulsating and nerve-wracking hour and 17 minute clash.
BWF World Championships: 'Want to finish it on a big note,' says Satwik after confirming doubles medal with Chirag
Satwik and Chirag on Friday became the first Indian pair to win a medal in the men's doubles competition at the World Championships
BWF World Championships: Satwik, Chirag rue ‘unlucky situations’ after narrow loss in men’s doubles semis
Satwik and his partner Shetty signed off with a historic bronze medal after going down 22-20 18-21 16-21 to Olympic bronze medallists Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia in the semi-finals
BWF World Championships: Carolina Marin vows to return to top after quarter-final exit, Loh Kean Yew will try to improve
Carolina Marin said she felt good physically but made many mistakes in her strategy as Yamaguchi wore her down in front of an expectant home crowd.
World Championships: Satwik-Chirag claim India's first men's doubles medal, HS Prannoy suffers heartbreak
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty dished out a gritty performance to outwit the local favourites and defending champions 24-22, 15-21, 21-14 in an hour and 15 minutes
BWF World Championships: Defending champion Loh Kean Yew says 'no regrets' after bowing out in quarters
Loh lost 21-12, 17-21, 21-8 to rising star Vitidsarn and said he had felt "no pressure" trying to defend his crown after winning the title last year
BWF World Championships: 'Go for gold', Twitterati hail Satwik-Chirag duo after assuring historic medal
Stawik-Chirag's victory in the quarter-finals also guaranteed India's first-ever world championships medal in men's doubles.
BWF World Championships: Lee Zii Jia's bid for Malaysian badminton history meets surprise early end
Lee Zii Jia's bid to become Malaysia's first badminton world champion ground to a halt on Thursday with a third-round loss to China's unseeded surprise-package Zhao Junpeng.
BWF World Championships: Prannoy beats Lakshya to reach quarters while Saina bows out; Satwik-Chirag advance
Saina Nehwal lost in three games to Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan 17-21, 21-16, 13-21 while HS Prannoy beat Lakshya Sen.Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun had to toil hard against Terry Hee and Loh Kean Hean while Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Jeppe Bay and Lasse Molhede.
BWF World Championships: Carolina Marin on comeback trail after dashed Olympic dreams
Carolina Marin staved off four match points to book her place in the quarter-finals with a 16-21, 21-15, 22-20 win over China's He Bingjiao
Coronavirus pandemic was 'a disaster' for badminton: Federation chief
The situation is gradually returning to normal and in June the BWF announced an expanded calendar for the next four years that adds four more tournaments to the world tour
BWF World Championships: Prannoy ousts two-time champion Kento Momota; Dhruv-Arjun stun world No 8 pair
HS Prannoy beat Japan's Kento Momota 21-17, 21-16 in a round of 32 match on Wednesday. Prannoy will face Lakshya Sen in the last 16 match on Thursday.
Mum's the word for 64-year-old record-breaking shuttler Svetlana Zilberman
Svetlana Zilberman became the oldest player to win a world championship match when she and her 33-year-old son Misha beat Egypt's Adham Hatem Elgamal and Doha Hany 16-21, 21-18, 21-11.
BWF World Championships: Saina Nehwal off to winning start; Jolly-Gopichand pair advances
Saina Nehwal defeated Cheung Ngan Yi 21-19, 21-9 in a match that lasted a little over half-an-hour, comfortably advancing to the second round in the process.
BWF World Championships: Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy win, Sai Praneeth loses
India also registered twin wins in women's and mixed doubles competition on the opening day of the BWF World Championships.
BWF World Championships: Onus on Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy in PV Sindhu's absence
It was Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen, who had ensured India's presence at the podium in 2021 when they finished with a silver and a bronze.
Happy Birthday Lakshya Sen: Top 5 wins of the young shuttler
In 2021, Lakshya Sen's stock increased dramatically as he began routinely defeating higher-ranked opponents.
HS Prannoy says he is focussed on endurance ahead of BWF World Championships
With a run of quarter-finals, three semi-finals and a runners-up finish this season, Prannoy has emerged as one of the most consistent Indian shuttlers in the international circuit.
Arjun Rehani, Aashi Rawat win DCBA State Badminton Championship singles titles; Abhinav, Ishita win U-19 events
Arjun Rehani won the men's singles Delhi State Badminton Championships on Sunday by defeating Vaibhav Jadhav in the final while the women's singles title went to Aashi Rawat, who defeated Likhita Shrivastava in the final