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BWF World Championship 2021 Highlights: Kidambi Srikanth beats Lakshya Sen 17-21, 21-14, 21-17
Fpsports •Follow the live updates on the BWF World Championships semi-final between Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen on our live blog
BWF World Tour Finals: Kidambi Srikanth loses to Lee Zii Jia, bows out of tournament
•The former world no. 1 Indian was no match for Lee, the reigning All England champion, going down 19-21 14-21 in 37 minutes to end his campaign
Do you care about players' well-being at all? Former India doubles coach Mathias Boe slams BWF
•As many as 40 shuttlers, including two-time world champion Kento Momota, got injured since the international calender resumed with the Sudirman Cup in Finland in September this year following a break forced by the COVID-19 pandemic
BWF to honour badminton legend Prakash Padukone with lifetime achievement award
•The BWF Council shortlisted the Indian legend based on the award commission’s recommendation. Badminton Association of India (BAI) had submitted his name for this award.
Two Chinese badminton players banned for two years for match-fixing, betting
•Zhu Jun Hao fixed the outcome of a match in 2019 by intentionally losing the first game, while Zhang Bin Rong bet on matches on 36 occasions at tournaments in China, Switzerland and France in 2019, the BWF said.
BWF adds Odisha Open to 2022 calendar, India to host 3 back-to-back badminton tournaments in January
•The India Open Super 500, which was cancelled in 2020 as well as this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be the first tournament of 2022, scheduled from 11 to 16 January.
Paralympics gold medallist Pramod Bhagat says he learnt to stay calm under pressure from Sachin Tendulkar
•The 33-year-old Indian, who had contracted polio when he was four years old, showed great mental fortitude as he recovered from an eight-point deficit in the second game to come up trumps against his opponent.
Syed Modi International Super 300 tournament cancelled by BWF for second consecutive year
•The tournament was scheduled to be held in Lucknow from 12 to 17 October.
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Inconsistency cost Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth more than cancellation of qualifying events
Abhijeet •Would it be right to just blame the cancellation of tournaments for Saina and Srikanth missing out on Tokyo participation? And the answer would be an emphatic No.
Badminton World Federation cancels Taipei Open due to COVID-19 'complications'
•The Taipei Open was scheduled to be held from 7 to 12 September at Taipei City.