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How PV Sindhu can break out her funk and sparkle again with tactical help from coach Irwansyah

August 24, 2025 8:59 am

If the coach can convince her to take bolder risks, get aggressive on her defensive patterns, think out of box, Sindhu can yet again strut around the badminton world

Kidambi Srikanth in action. (BWF / BadmintonPhoto)

Srikanth Kidambi’s delightful game, with influences ranging from MS Dhoni’s finishing to SS Rajamouli’s creativity

May 25, 2025 8:09 am

Making the finals of the Malaysia Masters, the elegant 32-year-old has superceded all expectations in winning 6 matches this week, though the Li Shifeng final will test if his game has evolved with the times

Jwala Gutta and V Diju were India's first doubles stars, before Satwik-Chirag, Treesa-Gayatri or even Jwala-Ashwini

Revisiting Jwala Gutta-V Diju's fascinating combo: The chemistry needed to make mixed doubles work for Indian badminton

April 06, 2025 8:29 am

As India try to prop up their weakest badminton discipline with talented pairings trying to crack the Top 10, a Jwala-Diju recap could prove useful.

England's Sean Vendy (R) recently brought up a unique down-the-line shot with a feint to fool his Taiwanese opponents at All England. (Badminton England)

Backhand deception is the new back-stab in badminton

March 30, 2025 8:37 am

Instead of the original backhand cross smash, shuttlers have effectively made use of the down the line cheeky feint.

The glaring reason why Indians are lamenting a poor season is because no singles badminton player managed to string together 5 wins on 5 consecutive days. (PTI/AP)

Have Indian badminton players forgotten how to win titles?

November 05, 2024 8:16 am

Neither badminton ranking milestones, nor consistency matter; it is the titles won after stringing together 5 wins on 5 days that will be remembered

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Badminton ejected out of Commonwealth Games is not a conspiracy against the sport or India

October 28, 2024 9:54 am

The CWG has always proved a harbinger of sorts for India's shuttlers, and built Games character. But does its omission spell a knell?

Ratchanok’s determination in chasing down shuttles is underrated because the rest of her classical game is so sublime and easy on the eye. (AP Photo)

Urgent upgrade needed for India's womens singles shuttlers: a strong backcourt backhand game, like Intanon Ratchanok

October 14, 2024 8:23 am

The Thai shuttle queen is classy and creative, dazzling and deceptive; but as Intanon schools the next generation at Arctic Open making finals, the 29-year-old continues acing the labourer's scrambling shot.

Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy at the India Open 2024 held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. (PHOTO: BAI)

What Chirag Shetty-Satwikwsairaj Rankireddy don't have that Paris Olympics gold contenders from China, Indonesia, Malaysia do

July 14, 2024 5:03 pm

Everyone cheers on Olympic successes and showers them with money, no biggie. But can Indians respect badminton and root for their success before the men's doubles team win a medal?

India's Saina Nehwal in action during the women's singles Round-of-16 match of the Yonex-Sunrise India Open 2023 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday, January 19, 2023

Trailblazer Saina Nehwal's insane consistency made her a great, with Indonesia her happy hunting ground

June 23, 2024 10:24 am

None in singles in Indian badminton has matched the sheer consistency of Saina Nehwal on the circuit, year-after-year, before she faded off.

After Tokyo in 2021, Palak Kohli confirmed her second successive Paralympics qualification for Paris later this year. (PHOTO via Palak Kohli/X)

Para badminton: Palak Kohli was told 'career khatm' after bone tumour diagnosis, but her ‘comeback louder than setback’

May 19, 2024 1:45 pm

"Only an athlete knows the cost of their passion," says Palak Kohli as she recovers from a battle against bone tumour to return to the Paralympics.

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