Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will take on China’s Hao Nan Xie and Wei Han Zeng.© AFP India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty advanced to the second round of the men’s doubles competition at the All England Championships, registering a straight-game victory over Denmark’s Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard. Satwik, making his return … Read more
Indian badminton biggest names—Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty and Lakshya Sen–suffered a significant blow, falling out of the top 10 in their respective categories in the latest world rankings released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Tuesday. Former world No.1 men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have dropped five places in the … Read more
The Supreme Court issued notice in a Special Leave Petition filed by Indian badminton player Lakshya Sen, challenging the Karnataka High Court’s order rejecting his plea to quash an investigation into the allegation of fabricating birth certificates to participate in the underage badminton tournament. A bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and K. Vinod … Read more
HS Prannoy fought valiantly, but India succumbed to a 0-3 defeat against a second-string Japan in the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships, ending their campaign on a disappointing note here on Friday. India, the 2023 bronze medalists in Dubai, struggled to find their rhythm, and trailed 0-1 after going down … Read more
Men’s singles player Sathish Kumar Karunakaran and women’s doubles pairing of Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly fought back from two matches down to keep the team in the hunt, but that did not prove enough as India went down 2-3 against South Korea in their second Group D clash in the Badminton Asia … Read more
Badminton might be one of the top sports that India, as a country, is excelling at but it still remains far from a viable financial solution, especially for coaches and other support staff. One of the country’s top doubles coaches, Arun Vishnu, has decided to quit coaching over financial reasons. Arun, who has … Read more
Ace Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen along with men’s doubles pair Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will lead the Indian contingent in the upcoming Indonesia Masters 2025 badminton tournament which will kickstart on Tuesday in Jakarta, Indonesia. PV Sindhu, 16th in the women’s single; world badminton rankings, will face world No … Read more