2017 BWF World Championships: Srikanth, Sindhu, Saina in in action on Day 5
India's Kidambi Sri Kanth wil take on Korean Son Wan Ho in today's opening game.
Aug 25, 2017, 11:58 AM IST
2017 BWF Worlds: Saina Nehwal beats World No. 3 Sung Ji Hyun to storm into quarter-finals
Earlier into the day, Srikanth reached the quarter-final round in the men's singles category after defeating Anders Antonsen of Denmark 21-14 21-18. Then in the women's singles, PV Sindhu scripted a comeback to narrowly edge past World No. 17 Cheung Ngan Yi winning by 19-21, 23-21, 21-17.
Aug 25, 2017, 00:35 AM IST
BWF World Championships: PV Sindhu survives three-game thriller to book quarter-final spot
Sindhu will play fifth seeded Sun Yu in the quarter-final. The Chinese girl too survived a three-game thriller to beat Spaniard Beatriz Corrales, 21-11,19-21, 23-21.
Aug 24, 2017, 20:37 PM IST
2017 BWF World Championships: Indians in action on Day 4
On Day 4, there will be as many as seven Indians in action, including a mixed-doubles team.
Aug 24, 2017, 12:59 PM IST
BWF World Championship: Lin Dan secures come-back victory over Emil Holst in Round 3
Seeded seventh, Lin Dan admitted he was relieved to get through to the last 16.
Aug 24, 2017, 09:07 AM IST
Lee Chong Wei falls to Frenchman Brice Leverdez in BWF World Championships
Defeat ended the 34-year-old Lee`s hunt for an elusive first title in a competition in which he has been runner-up three times.
Aug 23, 2017, 08:58 AM IST
PV Sindhu advances to Badminton World Championships pre-quarterfinals
Sindhu, the 2016 Rio Olympics silver medallist, will take on the winner of the match between Cheung Ngan Yi of Taipei and Evgeniya Kosetskaya in her next round.
Aug 22, 2017, 22:04 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
Want to change the colour of my medal at World Badminton Championships, says PV Sindhu
Sindhu lost to Carolina Marin in the Rio final but had her revenge when the Indian beat the Spaniard in the Indian Open final earlier this year.
Aug 21, 2017, 18:44 PM IST
BWF Worlds: Pranaav Jerry Chopra, Sikki Reddy ready for mixed-doubles challenge
The 13th-ranked pair have already three Grand Prix titles to their name. In 2016 Brasil Open and then in the Russian Open in the very next year, the duo had clinched a gold. Earlier this year Pranaav and Reddy had grabbed the top podium defeating fellow Indian pair B. Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa.
Aug 21, 2017, 11:42 AM IST
16-year-old Indian shuttler Lakshya Sen wins Bulgaria Open International Series
World Junior No 1 was recently sent to train under former All England champion Peter Gade, who is currently the head coach of French national team.
Aug 17, 2017, 16:19 PM IST
World Championship: Not thinking about reaching final, only focused on first round, says Kidambi Srikanth
Srikanth said he would have to go full throttle from the opening round itself as even a slight dip in performance can cost one a match at such a big event.
Aug 13, 2017, 15:39 PM IST
PV Sindhu formally appointed as Deputy Collector in Andhra Pradesh government
The Olympics badminton silver medallist took charge in the state secretariat at Gollapudi.
Aug 10, 2017, 10:03 AM IST
World Badminton Championships: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth get top 10 seedings
Among other Indians in the fray, Ajay Jayaram and B Sai Praneeth have been seeded 13th and 15th respectively, while World No. 28 Sameer Verma will begin his campaign as an unseeded player.
Aug 09, 2017, 00:43 AM IST
Jwala Gutta involved in bust up with Twitter follower who called her mother 'Chinese'
The 33-year old Indian shuttler had tweeted a video of her mother, following which she was accused of being anti-national and 'Anti Modi' by a random Twitter user.
Jul 31, 2017, 10:35 AM IST
HS Prannoy defeats Parupalli Kashyap 21-15 20-22 21-12 to win US Open
The duo, who had a 1-1 head-to-head record having played each other at the 2014 German Open last time, engaged in fast-paced rallies and Prannoy more often sealed the rallies with his powerful smashes.
Jul 25, 2017, 10:12 AM IST
Parupalli Kashyap meets HS Prannoy in summit clash of US Open Grand Prix
After limping out of the court with a calf injury in October in 2015, it was the first final for Kashyap in 21 months, while Prannoy, who has always been plagued by injuries,also reached his first summit clash after clinching the Swiss Open last year.
Jul 23, 2017, 11:47 AM IST
US Open Grand Prix: Parupalli Kashyap, HS Prannoy sail into semi-final round
The third seeded men`s doubles pair of Manu-Sumeeth moved past Japanese seventh seeds Hiroki Okamura and Masayuki Onodera 21-18, 22-20 in 43 minutes.
Jul 22, 2017, 16:09 PM IST
Parupalli Kashyap, Sameer Verma and H S Prannoy advance to US Open quarterfinals
Kashyap crossed the second round after his opponent Hungary's Gergely Krausz retired midway in the second game with the scoreline reading 21-18 17-6 in favour of the Indian.
Jul 21, 2017, 10:38 AM IST
US Open: Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap knocks out top seed Lee Hyun Il
On a comeback trail after recovering from a shoulder injury, Kashyap dished out a gritty performance to stave off the challenge from World No. 15 Lee 21-16 10-21 21-19 in a match that lasted an hour and three minutes.
Jul 20, 2017, 17:10 PM IST
