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Young Indian shuttler Samiya Imad Farooqui

India assured of 4 medals in Asiad

While Samiya will be aiming for the gold tomorrow, Aashi will have to be content with the bronze medal.

8 Oct 2017 3:27 AM IST

Giant-killer B Sai Praneeth discusses top-10 goal, Saina Nehwal, PV...

One of the first students from the now legendary Gopichand academy, B Sai Praneeth opens up on his badminton journey.

7 Oct 2017 3:23 PM IST

Hyderabads Samiya Imad Farooqui too fell in the first round of the U-17 girls singles, losing 9-21, 19-21 to Nur Syaza Rashidi of Malaysia (Photo: tutorialspoint)

Asian Junior badminton: Samiya Imad Farooqui is in girls U-15...

Samiya beat Lin Tzu-Yun of Chinese Taipei in straight games with a 21-10, 21-16 scoreline.

6 Oct 2017 1:10 AM IST

Badminton National Championship: Saina, Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth get...

Sarma also announced scholarships for the upcoming players

1 Oct 2017 5:45 AM IST

Indian male shuttlers have stepped up and improved by leaps and bounds to become a force to reckon with. (Photo: Twitter)

BWF ranking : 5 Indian male shuttlers enter top 20 singles list

Sameer Verma joined Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy, B Sai Praneeth and Ajay Jayaram in achieving this feat.

28 Sept 2017 6:23 PM IST

The 22-year-old previously created history at the Rio Olympics in 2016 when she became the first Indian woman to clinch a silver medal at the Olympics. (Photo: AP)

Badminton superstar PV Sindhu recommended for Padma Bhushan

Earlier in 2015, the Hyderabadi shuttler became the youngest recipient of the Padma Shri Award, India's 4th highest...

25 Sept 2017 11:23 AM IST

Denmarks Viktor Axelsen returns to Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia in their Japan Open final on Sunday (Photo: AFP)

Japan Open: Viktor Axelsen and Carolina Marin take Tokyo titles

Lee won the Japan Open six times including last year, narrowly took the second game.

25 Sept 2017 4:05 AM IST

Jakka Vaishnavi Reddy (right) and Vivien Sandorhazi of Hungary pose with their trophies at the Yonex Belgian Junior badminton tournament conducted by the Belgian Badminton Federation in Herstal, Belgium.

Yonex Belgian Junior championship: Vaishnavi Reddy champion

Answers bitter bai feud with international title in Belgium.

24 Sept 2017 11:59 PM IST

The performance of Pranaav and Sikki was the only positive for India in Tokyo as Olympic silver medallists P.V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal fell in the second round of the tournament while Kidambi Srikanth and H.S. Prannoy were defeated in the quarter-finals.(Photo: Twitter)

Japan Open Super Series: Pranaav Chopra-Sikki Reddy bow out in...

The Indian mixed doubles pair went down 21-14, 15-21, 19-21 against Japanese duo of Takuro Hoki and Sayaka Hirota.

23 Sept 2017 1:22 PM IST

Nozomi Okuhara produced a stunning display of badminton to knock out Indias PV Sindhu 21-18, 21-8. (Photo:AFP)

Japan Open: Son Wan-Ho sends Lin Dan crashing; Nozomi Okuhara wins

In the women's draw, Okuhara pleased home fans with a 21-16, 23-21 win against Beiwen Zhang, representing the United...

23 Sept 2017 5:06 AM IST

Sikki Reddy (left) and Pranaav Jerry Chopra entered the mixed doubles semifinals of the Japan Open badminton tournament in Tokyo on Friday

Japan Open: Sikki Reddy - Pranaav Jerry Chopra are in semis; Kidambi...

With this victory, Axelsen enjoys a 3-2 head-to-head lead over Srikanth in five meetings, having won the last three...

23 Sept 2017 4:18 AM IST

Kidambi Srikanth, who clinched back-to-back titles at Indonesia and Australia, couldnt curb his simple errors to go down 17-21 17-21 to world no 2 and third seed Axelsen in a mens singles quarterfinal contest that lasted 40 minutes.(Photo: AFP)

Japan Open: Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy exit, Pranaav Chopra-Sikki...

US Open champion H S Prannoy suffered a 15-21 14-21 loss to China's second seed Shi Yuqi.

22 Sept 2017 3:19 PM IST