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Ayush had an impressive 64 minute win over Taiwanese Su Li Yang in Round 1 at Hong Kong where he's arrived on the back of a good 40-day training block. (Badminton Photo)

Ayush Shetty makes first Super 500 quarters of his career beating World No 9 Kodai Naraoka at Hong Kong Open

September 11, 2025 17:47 IST

The 20-year-old Mangalorean, 6-foot-4, had trained with his frame-sake Viktor Axelsen at Dubai in the World Championship week

Thu, Sep 11, 2025

It all seems worth the trouble now that Gatha, just 15, heads to her first senior Worlds, alongside seniors Deepika Kumari and Ankita Bhakat. (Photo Credit: World Archery)

Moulded by mother’s determination: Meet 15-year-old Gatha Khadake, the only Indian recurve archer to reach R16 at World Championships

September 08, 2025 23:33 IST

Gatha Khadake has her mom Dipali to thank for putting her budding career ahead of her other children and her medical career, undertaking long drives for her training and hunting for equipment

Thu, Sep 11, 2025

The starting point of the Indian badminton mindset towards Chinese opponents is lack of any fear.(BWF/Badminton Photo)

Why are Indian shuttlers so successful against Chinese?Subscriber Only

September 07, 2025 08:50 IST

What's helped Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen and Satwik-Chirag to be dominating is how Prakash Padukone and Pullela Gopichand tackled the Chinese challenge

Sun, Sep 07, 2025

Chirag Shetty left, and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy pose on the podium after winning the Men's Doubles bronze medal at the Badminton World Championships (AP Photo)

BWF World Championships: Medal or no medal, family keeps Chirag Shetty wrapped in warm blanket of normalcy

September 01, 2025 23:58 IST

Father Chandrashekhar recalls the pain of missing out on the Olympic podium, but stresses that badminton matters should be left to experts and the duo not be reminded of last year's miss

Tue, Sep 02, 2025

Akane Yamaguchi, of Japan, poses with her medal after winning the Women's Singles final match of the Badminton World Championships, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Is Akane Yamaguchi the greatest women’s singles World Championship figure, with 5 medals, of which 3 are gold

August 31, 2025 23:18 IST

The Japanese defeated Chen Yufei 21-9, 21-13 and went ahead of Kento Momota in singles gold to become finest Japanese shuttler.

Sun, Aug 31, 2025

While the actual badminton isn't an afterthought, these illustrations seem to exist independently and aren't unduly swayed by the sport's reigning icons. The themes could be topical, but the motifs aren't imprisoned by calendars or time.

BWF World Championship: Why France is home to the most flamboyant badminton postersSubscriber Only

August 31, 2025 08:53 IST

The country is known for flair and style, which regularly comes to the fore in sports banners with various themes depicting deities, dancers and creative uses of the shuttlecock

Sun, Aug 31, 2025

Sindhu's too seasoned for straw-clutching silver linings after a gutting loss like this one, and she will know she still can fight - there's still the All England to work for, no dearth of goals. (AP Photo)

BWF World Championships: PV Sindhu falters against Putri Kusuma Wardani, a mirror image of herself, to miss out on a sixth medal

August 29, 2025 22:57 IST

Spunky Indonesian neutralises Indian's big smash and finds the corners with crisp strokes to script a 21-14, 13-21, 21-16 win in the quarterfinals

Sat, Aug 30, 2025

Satwik-Chirag describe what changed against China’s top pairing of Liang-Wang after losing 4 straight times

August 29, 2025 13:52 IST

India's ace duo reckon the fire is back in Indian badminton after memorable August 28, watching Dhruv-Tanisha win mixed doubles on Thursday

Fri, Aug 29, 2025

Satwik-Chirag in action during their round of 16 match at the BWF Badminton World Championships 2025. (Photo: BWF/BadmintonPhoto)

Badminton World Championships: How Satwik-Chirag produced a fighting performance to get the better of China’s Liang-Wang

August 29, 2025 01:11 IST

Satwik-Chirag's 19-21, 21-15, 21-17 match in 66 testy minutes wasn't won on latent power or talent or confidence. The Indian dodged landslide debris of Chinese momentum to eke out a win while not dictating the tone or tenor of the match.

Fri, Aug 29, 2025

The Sindhu consistency at Worlds is based on erasing reputations - or lack thereof - and plodding on. (AP Photo)

PV Sindhu after beating the Chinese World No 2: ‘Playing Wang Zhi Yi like any other player’

August 28, 2025 23:17 IST

'In this tournament, for me, it's not over yet,' Sindhu says, ahead of clash with Putri Wardani, ranked No 9

Thu, Aug 28, 2025

PV Sindhu celebrates her Round of 16 victory over World No.2 Wang Zhi Yi at BWF World Championships 2025. (PHOTO: BWF / Badminton Photo)

Dragon-slayer PV Sindhu roars again at the big stage, defeats China’s world No 2 at the World Championships in style

August 28, 2025 19:43 IST

Despite having a poor season thus far, former champion turns on the power and aggression against a Chinese shuttler, and is now just one win away from an unprecedented sixth medal

Fri, Aug 29, 2025

HS Prannoy at BWF World Championships: BWF / BadmintonPhoto

Badminton World Championships: HS Prannoy shows his trademark fight against Antonsen, but goes down in 81-minute late-night epic

August 28, 2025 03:17 IST

Prannoy reserved his best fighting badminton, a mix of delectable stroke making, no-holds-barred power play and a mentally tenacious attitude, that turned a late night match (beyond 2 am in India) into a thriller, that will stay memorable for anyone who watched.

Thu, Aug 28, 2025

For a pair of fairly happy athletes riding the sunny waves the last year has been nothing short of a nightmare for Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty. (Photo Credit: BWF/Badminton Photo)

Satwik-Chirag in search of their A game, after rolling out Plan B rotations at BWF World Championships

August 28, 2025 00:40 IST

Satwik-Chirag are aware that their best game – the Plan A – is not quite there at the moment. But in the meantime, like Dory in Finding Nemo, they just keep swimming.

Thu, Aug 28, 2025

HS prannoy Badminton World Championships

Badminton World Championships: Why HS Prannoy won’t find it easy against World No.2 Anders Antonsen

August 27, 2025 00:44 IST

Though HS Prannoy has the game, the question is whether India's 2023 World Championship bronze-medal winner is motivated enough and if his body can take the stress of a tough game.

Wed, Aug 27, 2025

Lakshya Sen Badminton World Championships

Badminton World Championships: As Lakshya Sen exits Paris, a definitive sign that a major shakeup is needed to reboot his career

August 25, 2025 23:06 IST

If he doesn't reset his support system, India's brightest talent is in danger of frittering away a career that promised a lot more

Mon, Aug 25, 2025

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

August 24, 2025 08:59 IST

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

Sun, Aug 24, 2025

REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: The French love badminton that has the fewest entry barriers, is migrants-friendly, has raucous fans, and is non-elitist. (File Photo)

Why France is the real unpretentious home of Badminton

August 20, 2025 21:33 IST

The French love the sport that has the fewest entry barriers, is migrants-friendly, has raucous fans, and is non-elitist.

Wed, Aug 20, 2025

Shi Yuqi is not ideal to face in the first round, but when dreaming of a World Championship medal, isn't having to beat big names inevitable? (Badminton Photo)

Lakshya Sen needs to hit the right lengths against Shi Yuqi in blockbuster openerSubscriber Only

August 17, 2025 09:00 IST

The Indians tend to start well these days, and should back themselves against the Chinese first up.

Mon, Aug 25, 2025

While an Olympian hockey star, it was his post-playing stint, where he forsook what could have been a lucrative medical practice, and set about putting the broader framework of sports science in Indian sport, that set Dr Vece Paes apart from the several decorated fellow legends of his sport. (Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)

Dr Vece Paes obituary: The big-hearted all-rounder of Indian sports

August 14, 2025 19:22 IST

Dr Vece Paes was not just a hockey Olympian or the father behind the rise of Leander Paes; he helped tackle age-fraud and doping issues in cricket, alleviated rugby team's occasional financial and health worries, and was a true icon of Indian sports.

Fri, Aug 15, 2025

The inaugural season of the Archery Premier League will see players drafted, and not auctioned, and each squad of 8 members (4 women & 4 men), can have 2 foreign archers on their roster, and are mandated to field 1 of them, amongst the 4 that will make up the team. (Photo Credit: World Archery)

‘To create Olympic warriors’ – India’s new Archery Premier League aims for bull’s eyeSubscriber Only

August 12, 2025 20:20 IST

Each match will last 20 minutes, and the arrow shooting time has been reduced to 15 seconds from the internationally-allotted 20 seconds, ‘to pile the pressure and get them used to tension’ with an aim to bag Olympic medals.

Tue, Aug 12, 2025

An AI-powered review system had picked up the trend pointing to the weakness of that high altitude shot amongst upcoming shuttlers, mostly beginners. (Photo via Special Arrangement)

How Artificial Intelligence is helping badminton players improve their gamesSubscriber Only

August 11, 2025 22:36 IST

It analyses grip, tosses, serves, and tracks postures, movements and shuttle flights while the next goal is to have predictive analysis that can help prevent injuries from happening.

Tue, Aug 12, 2025

The last three months have witnessed a steep rise in prices of shuttlecocks, and academies all over India are having to factor in this escalation in their running costs. (Reuters)

It’s time India scales up production to tide over shuttlecock scarcity arising from change in Chinese food preferencesSubscriber Only

August 10, 2025 08:52 IST

Kerala and Bengal have set-ups for shuttlecock production; they now need to improve quality and increase capacity as higher prices and uncertain supply is hitting players and academies hard.

Sun, Aug 10, 2025

Shuttlecock prices spiral and stocks drop in India as China’s tastes shift from fowl to porkSubscriber Only

August 09, 2025 21:51 IST

Word trickling out from China, and reported by the French media, attributes this price rise to a change in the Chinese palate — they are increasingly preferring pork to the age-old staple, duck meat.

Sun, Aug 10, 2025

Hu Zhe'an is the next big shuttler from China trained to take over the badminton world. (BadmintonAsia/Instagram)

What’s the Chinese blueprint that makes Hu Zhe’an the latest hulk from their badminton factory?Subscriber Only

August 03, 2025 09:05 IST

The Chinese tall men are taught unbreachable defense. The attack is an option at all times, but not sharpened enough to be the first go-to in their early careers.

Sun, Aug 03, 2025

L-R: Indian shuttlers Unnati Hooda, Anmol Kharb and Tanvi Sharma in action. (BWF/BadmintonPhoto & BAI)

Will Unnati Hooda’s defeat of PV Sindhu at China Open usher in a new era of Indian women’s singles?Subscriber Only

July 27, 2025 08:21 IST

Not built as tall as her, Unnati, Tanvi, Anmol might take their time to hit their stride, while Devika, Rakshitha and Vennala will need to max their reach and attack

Mon, Jul 28, 2025