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India Open Super 750 gets a new venue as India gears up for Badminton World Championships later
December 29, 2025 18:26 IST
The change in venue is due to the more seating capacity of the venue and with India set to host the Badminton World Championships next year in August, it will also serve as the test run for the venue.
Badminton nationals: 14-year-old Tanvi Patri goes down against local favourite Surya Charishma but walks away with rich praise from PV Sindhu
December 28, 2025 23:55 IST
Surya Charishma Tamiri prevailed in three games against the 14-year-old prodigy Tanvi Patri 17-21, 21-12, 21-14.
Christo Popov clinches badminton World Tour Finals: How France’s new star is redefining men’s singles and challenging Asia’s gripSubscriber Only
December 28, 2025 08:59 IST
Christo stayed unbeaten throughout the WTF week, and unexpectedly raced ahead of giant killing elder brother, Toma Jr
2025 Reimagined: What if… PV Sindhu was able to close out BWF World Championships quarterfinal
December 26, 2025 08:27 IST
More often than not in her glorious career, Sindhu has brought her A-game to major events, and it just goes up a notch or two against Chinese shuttlers at the World Championships.
2025: Her Year – Unnati, Tanvi may not have natural gifts of PV Sindhu, but are silently plotting their journeys in badminton’s upper echelons
December 24, 2025 15:20 IST
Can Unnati and Tanvi really get into the Saina-Sindhu stratosphere without guidance of coach Pullela Gopichand?
An Seyoung becomes first badminton player in history to pocket USD 1 million prize money in a single year, wins BWF World Tour Finals
December 21, 2025 21:46 IST
On Sunday, as she lifted yet another title, South Korea’s An Seyoung went where no badminton player in history has gone before. She became the first-ever badminton player to take home more than USD 1 million as prize money in one year. She clinched the BWF World Tour Finals title which had a reward of […]
Why Indian badminton owes Satwik-Chirag gratitude for keeping the sport relevantSubscriber Only
December 21, 2025 09:09 IST
They may not have won a title in 2025, but the men's doubles pairing has ensured India remained a factor in the latter stages of elite events
Satwik-Chirag left to rue errors and fatigue as BWF World Tour Finals campaign ends with semifinal defeat
December 21, 2025 10:31 IST
The semifinal defeat brought an end to a rollercoaster year for Satwik-Chirag. The first half was filled with niggles and personal setbacks, and saw them slide down to world No 27 at one point
Satwik-Chirag vs Liang-Wang, BWF World Tour Finals 2025 Semifinal: Satwik-Chirag go down in three games, 21-10, 17-21, 21-13
December 21, 2025 00:37 IST
Satwik-Chirag vs Liang-Wang, BWF World Tour Finals 2025 Semifinal Badminton Today Match Online: Satwik-Chirag took on Liang-Wang for the second time this week but fell in three games this time.
BWF World Tour Finals: Satwik-Chirag go for the kill in do-or-die 2nd set against Chia-Soh, enter semifinals with perfect record in Group of Death
December 20, 2025 10:43 IST
"Tsup, tsup, zap, zap," Satwik described the ambush onomatopoeically. "They came all guns blazing, they were everywhere." But with the first set gone at 17-21, and staring at a do-or-die, Satwik-Chirag chose to go for the kill.
BWF World Tour Finals: Satwik-Chirag at their crafty best in second successive win
December 18, 2025 22:53 IST
Indian duo beats Indonesians Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri in three games in pursuit of semifinal spot in season finale
BWF World Tour Finals: How Satwik-Chirag can qualify for semifinals – scenarios explained as Group of Death heads for a thrilling finale
December 19, 2025 20:42 IST
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty – India's sole qualifiers for the tournament this year – found themselves in the Group of Death for Hangzhou 2025.
How Satwik-Chirag bounced back against Chinese nemeses Liang-Wang after a poor start in their opener at BWF World Tour Finals
December 18, 2025 10:50 IST
Satwik-Chirag were listless in the opener, but turned up the heat and scripted an inspired turnaround to clinch the match against the Paris Olympics silver medallists.
BWF World Tour Finals: Satwik-Chirag have it all to do to get through proverbial Group of Death before another tough test in semifinals
December 16, 2025 19:10 IST
Dynamic Indian duo clubbed with Chinese Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang, Indonesians Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri and nemesis Aaron-Soh
Odisha Masters badminton: India’s Unnati Hooda, Kiran George clinch singles titles in Super 100 event
December 14, 2025 23:57 IST
Unnati Hooda and Kiran George claimed the women’s and men’s singles titles respectively at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Cuttack
The age of Hulks in Indian badminton is hereSubscriber Only
December 14, 2025 09:40 IST
The names to look for next season are the men with power and physicality: Ayush Shetty, Sathish Karunakaran, Tharun Mannepalli, Sanskar Saraswat and Rounak Chouhan
Tanvi, Unnati, Malvika to line up alongwith PV Sindhu to defend Asian team crown; Ayush Shetty, Tharun Mannepalli make men’s squad
December 11, 2025 22:24 IST
Doubles will field strong unit with Gayatri Gopichand, Treesa Jolly, Priya Konjengbam, Shruti Mishra, and Tanisha Crasto; Lakshya, Srikanth, Prannoy, Satwik-Chirag in strong team
Why Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand have to get hyper agressive that blends offense and defenseSubscriber Only
December 7, 2025 08:38 IST
The aggression that Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand need to imbibe is considerably tougher to pull off, given defences of opponents in women's doubles.
Treadmill, Yoganidra and building endurance: The themes that defined the resurgence of Gayatri and Treesa
December 5, 2025 08:36 IST
A mature mindset is aiding Treesa; Gayatri keeps honing her strength in creating openings for her partner
Prakash Padukone after stepping away from Padukone academy: ‘Not easy decision, arrived at after considerable reflection’
December 3, 2025 15:47 IST
Padukone, 70, will scale back on elite coaching, and focus on expanding his other dream venture - the Padukone School of Badminton that is geared towards broadbasing the sport.
Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand retain Syed Modi crown with 17-21, 21-13, 21-15 win over Osawa-Tanabe
December 1, 2025 08:27 IST
The 74-minute final at Lucknow saw the Indian women's doubles pair return from an injury-related break as Treesa unveiled sharper net skills
Syed Modi, the street smart shuttler who played with unfailing accuracy, loved butter chicken and Bachchan moviesSubscriber Only
November 30, 2025 11:02 IST
Syed Modi's was very early 80s-coded badminton, not aggressive. Smaller arenas of four courts with no drift helped control the shuttle no doubt, but Modi could hit to all corners of the court, with cold accuracy.
Treesa-Gayatri, Kidambi Srikanth reach Syed Modi finals; Japanese Kaho-Mai and Jason Gunawan their respective opponentsSubscriber Only
November 29, 2025 21:58 IST
While the women's doubles pair defeated Carmen Ting and Ong Yin Xee 21-11, 21-15, Kidambi Srikanth beat Mithun Manjunath 21-15, 19-21, 21-13 in semis
Tanvi Sharma at Syed Modi Super 300: ‘Too many unforced errors today’
November 29, 2025 23:51 IST
The Japanese Hina Akechi defeated Tanvi 21-17, 21-16 in 41 minutes; Unnati Hooda loses 21-15, 21-10 to Neslihan Arin
Syed Modi International: Tanvi Sharma continues top form, enters semis after defeating Lo Sin Yan Happy
November 29, 2025 00:22 IST
The 16-year-old packed her off in her opponent in straight games 21-13, 21-19 in 38 minutes to set up a last four clash against 5th seed Hina Akechi of Japan, who upset third seed Sung Shuo Yun 21-8, 21-15 in the other quarterfinal.
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