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India's Treesa Jolly Gayatri Gopichand File BAI photo

All England Open: How Treesa-Gayatri amped it up at the endgame against Koreans to March into quartersSubscriber Only

March 14, 2025 08:39 IST

The 87-minute win over Koreans Kim Hye Jeong and Kong Hee Yong came with some aggressive chess work as Gayatri floated like a sting bee at the net while Treesa was chipped in with her trademark power and developing all-round game.

File image of Lakshya Sen in action. (PHOTO: BWF / Badminton Photo)

All England Open: Dialled-in Lakshya Sen defeats defending champ Jonatan Christie with a strong all-round displaySubscriber Only

March 14, 2025 15:14 IST

Lakshya Sen was out of the blocks like a sprinter and sustained the frenetic tempo for most of his 36-minute hammering

Satwik (L) reacts at the end of the first-round win at All England Open on Wednesday night. (BWF Badminton Photo)

All England Open: For Satwik-Chirag, a doubles bond, for the good times and bad – ‘He was there for me’Subscriber Only

March 14, 2025 08:09 IST

It was an emotional night for Satwik on Wednesday as they won the first round, but their second match at the All England ended in a retirement after 16-21, 2-2 against Chinese Xie Hao Nan and Zeng Wei Han, as Chirag's back flared up, though it had been bothering him for a while.

Paris 2024 Olympics: Lakshya Sen wins bronze medal in men's singles badminton

All England badminton: Lakshya Sen faces Jonatan test in second roundSubscriber Only

March 12, 2025 23:17 IST

The Indian got the better at the Paris Olympics, but Indonesian World No. 2 will be eyeing revenge.

All England Open: PV Sindhu stumped by Kim Ga Eun’s crosscourt puzzle; Satwik-Chirag, Treesa-Gayatri off to solid startsSubscriber Only

March 13, 2025 10:08 IST

Double Olympic medallist squanders early advantage as Korean's defence and pinpoint accuracy results in early ouster.

(LEFT) Malvika Bansod with coach Vignesh Devlekar at the All England Championship; (RIGHT) File image of Malvika in action. (PHOTO: Badminton Photo)

All England: How with long rallies and tall tosses, Malvika Bansod ousted World No 12 Yeo Jia MinSubscriber Only

March 12, 2025 09:27 IST

Malvika Bansod pushed beyond her limited and tired out the better-seeded Singaporean in a three-setter

Minoru Yoneyama with current BWF president and 1996 Atlanta Olympics gold medallist Poul Erik Hoyer Larsen. (Photo: Yonex)

Who is Minoru Yoneyama after whom one court at All England is always named?

March 11, 2025 14:49 IST

The Japanese innovator Minoru Yoneyama emerged from the ravages of the country’s doomed WW2 cause, and kept working on technology as Nippon embraced peace-time sporting excellence with badminton equipment

PV Sindhu will be in action at the All England event at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham. (PHOTO: Badminton Association of India)

All England: From Indian contenders to live streaming guide, all you need to know about big-ticket badminton eventSubscriber Only

March 11, 2025 08:16 IST

Here's a look at what the draw for the All England 2025 tournament looks like for Indian shuttlers and how to live stream the event in India

At the All England event, the Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty pairing (LEFT) and PV Sindhu (RIGHT) will be in action. (PHOTOS: Badminton Association of India)

All England: Indian badminton needs a deep run to shake off recent sense of despairSubscriber Only

March 11, 2025 12:00 IST

The last title for an Indian in Birmingham came in 2001, and the present lot needs to step up to restore some feel-good factor

Does not having won All England (yet) diminish legacies of current Indian superstar shuttlers?Subscriber Only

March 9, 2025 09:43 IST

For Padukone, it was the pinnacle when the All England was as good as the World Championship. For Gopichand an obsession with redemption, after losing at the Sydney Olympics, and a career apogee.

Badminton: What 19-year-old Ayush Shetty can learn from a tough defeat against Lin Chun Yi at Orleans Masters semifinalSubscriber Only

March 9, 2025 08:15 IST

Ayush Shetty lost in the semifinal in Orleans because he overcommitted at the net but the corrections he requires to progress can be easily upgraded into his game.

(LEFT) Ayush Shetty in action at the Junior World Championships in Spokane; (RIGHT) Ayush Shetty (L) with coach Vimal Kumar (R) before Paris Olympics, when he had gone to France to train with the Popov brothers along with Lakshya Sen. (Express Photos)

Badminton: Ayush Shetty, who Viktor Axelsen finds similar to his style, reaches Orleans Masters semis with three big winsSubscriber Only

March 8, 2025 18:09 IST

It was the 6 feet 4 inches looming frame of Ayush that Axelsen saw a mirror image of from across the net. Work in progress, but looming large as a threat to many players in coming years.

Listen to Pullela Gopichand: How about roping Indian athletes to take charge of fitness in corporations?Subscriber Only

March 2, 2025 08:44 IST

Pullela Gopichand has been mulling over these ideas since 2017, stewing almost in the helplessness of bringing about this large-scale change.

Late R Kasi Viswanatham (left) father of Indian badminton star Satwiksairaj Rankireddy. (File)

In the passing away of coach Viswanatham, the father of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, badminton lost a gentle giantSubscriber Only

February 23, 2025 09:07 IST

R Kasi Viswanatham nursed a deep love for the sport, laced with humility about his own limitations as an elite coach.

Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy with coach Pullela Gopichand. (Express File)

Pullela Gopichand spells out his ideal scenario: ‘This is my idea of how a country’s sports eco-system should be…’Subscriber Only

February 22, 2025 15:32 IST

While education remains the foundation stone, every Indian child should be viewed as a potential professional talent and imparted training for elite careers till age 13-14, post which the best should be scientifically guided to next level.

Former badminton star Parupalli Kashyap has hailed Pullela Gopichand's comment on Indian sporting ecosystem as a wake-up call. (Credits: Express Archive and P Kashyap Instagram)

Parupalli Kashyap hails Pullela Gopichand’s comment as wake-up call to fill gaps in Indian sporting ecosystem

February 22, 2025 14:35 IST

Recently, National coach of Badminton Pullela Gopichand made a comment asking kids to not take up sports unless from a rich and affluent background.

Pullela Gopichand with PV Sindhu at an event in Mumbai in 2016. Express Photo by Prashant Nadkar

Coach Gopichand’s reality check for middle-class parents: Investing everything in sport is big riskSubscriber Only

February 21, 2025 08:19 IST

Pullela Gopichand spoke of the realities of life that even the most elite of India’s athletes (barring, possibly, the cricketers) face when they step out of their brightly lit sports arenas — from the shrinking of employment options that offer financial mobility to the lack of growth in jobs under the sports quota and the prevalence of casual disrespect at the workplace.

Express Exclusive: Pullela Gopichand explains why he said don’t play sport unless you’re rich or poorSubscriber Only

February 21, 2025 19:30 IST

Gopichand wants young players from middle-class to pursue education and details how India is not equipped to handle alternate careers for sports people who don’t make it big.

BWF Rankings: PV Sindhu drops two spots to World number 15

February 18, 2025 13:49 IST

Double Olympic medalist shuttler PV Sindhu dropped two places in BWF Rankings and is placed at world number 15 currently.

Satwik-Chirag can’t win you a team title, when other 4 matches hang in balanceSubscriber Only

February 16, 2025 17:01 IST

Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy have won everything save the Olympics. A Thomas Cup and Asiad gold, an Indonesia Open are seriously top tier titles, and in an ideal world they wouldn't be risked at any events except All England, Sudirman Cup and World Championship this 2025 year.

India to play Japan in Asian Mixed Team quarters starting 7 a.mSubscriber Only

February 13, 2025 22:09 IST

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will reunite after two matches apart, as MD and WD could turn all-important.

PV Sindhu pulls out of Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships due to hamstring issue

February 9, 2025 10:04 IST

Sindhu said she felt a twinge in her hamstring during training in Guwahati. India had won bronze at the last edition of BAMTC.

21×3 vs 15×3: Badminton’s needless itch to tinker with scoring systemSubscriber Only

February 9, 2025 09:01 IST

Why do all sports go a little nutty about shearing seconds and minutes from sport? You tend to want more of a sport you love, not less.

Prannoy, Sindhu, Satwik-Chirag in camp. Badminton Association of India

Badminton’s proposed 3×15 scoring system: May encourage attacking play, but will the change be worth it?Subscriber Only

February 7, 2025 11:01 IST

Rule change in badminton: The proposed new scoring system with best-of-three, 15-points-per-game could make the game more explosive and direct, but players unsure if the change is really worth it in the bigger picture.