Badminton News - Page 16

Coach DK Sen (red cap) with Uttarakhand badminton players at the National Games in Dehradun. (Credit: Express Photo)

How DK Sen, Lakshya’s father and renowned coach, taught shuttlers from the hill district Almora to move mountainsSubscriber Only

February 5, 2025 08:19 IST

Grandpa Sen, Chandra Lal carried the poles to set up a net on his shoulder for an outdoor badminton court from where Uttarakhand's badminton grew

Sathish Karunakaran and mixed doubles partner, Aadya Variyath, with coach Jiva in Malaysia. (Express Photo)

Why National Games singles champion Sathish Karunakaran trains in Kuala LumpurSubscriber Only

February 5, 2025 08:31 IST

The shuttler camps in the Malaysian capital so that he could polish skills in both Singles and Mixed Doubles

Acing the test: Why India’s athletes need to be given academic flexibility to pursue sporting ambitionsSubscriber Only

February 2, 2025 21:26 IST

Most top-tier athletes, if checked for their IQ and sheer resilience to survive challenges and ability to sponge in knowledge, will find themselves in the higher range, even if not the topmost bookish percentile.

Viktor Axelsen, asked badminton global bodies to reconsider wrapping up important tournaments in 5-6 days flat. (Reuters)

Viktor Axelsen floats idea of 10-day All England with rest days

January 31, 2025 14:13 IST

Viktor Axelsen was reacting to The US Open announcement of becoming a 15-day event starting this year.

Though working in a boutique academy environment, Sankar Muthusamy has a full-fledged fitness team travelling with him, and is big on data analysis and scientific recovery methods. (File/BAI)

Thailand Masters 300 badminton: Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian out to prove that he can succeed with a defensive styleSubscriber Only

January 30, 2025 20:28 IST

21-year-old Sankar Muthusamy from Chennai has stuck to his guns despite criticism and beaten two higher-ranked players to reach quarters.

Unnati Hooda was anointed as the next big thing in women’s badminton early. (Express Photo by Namit Kumar)

12th board can wait, prodigies Unnati Hooda, Anmol Kharb aim to put Haryana on badminton map firstSubscriber Only

January 29, 2025 11:23 IST

From wrestling to track and field, Haryana athletes have dominated but badminton is a sport that isn't big in the state. Teenagers Unnati Hooda and Anmol Kharb hope to change that.

How Badminton has been a leader in on-court coaching and why it’s exciting for watching experienceSubscriber Only

January 26, 2025 08:49 IST

The two World Championship medals of B Sai Praneeth and HS Prannoy come to mind immediately, as the likes of Anthony Ginting, Jonatan Christie and even Viktor Axelsen were brought down, by on-court, on-the-spot thinking.

File image of Lakshya Sen from the Indian Open 2023. (PHOTO: Badminton Association of India)

NUMBERS GAME: What’s troubling Lakshya Sen? From the Viktor Axelsen challenge to finishing woes in matchesSubscriber Only

January 25, 2025 10:14 IST

Against Victor Axelsen, Lakshya Sen has suddenly conceded six points or more — once, even 10 in a row — a whole 9 times

Tanya Hemanth saw her crucial years between age 16-19 vanish to Covid. (Indonesia Masters)

Behind Tanya Hemanth’s main-round fix: Making in-game adjustments and beginner’s pluckSubscriber Only

January 22, 2025 08:33 IST

Indonesia Masters Super 500: The 21-year-old Tanya Hemanth mettle, but is aware of the Ratchanok hurdle next round.

Arun Vishnu latest Indian badminton coach to quit set-up for financial reasonsSubscriber Only

January 21, 2025 08:25 IST

Former doubles specialist, who charted Treesa-Gayatri's ascent, will start his own academy in Nagpur

India Open: How Viktor Axelsen went through an emotional rollercoaster ride to a ‘very, very special’ titleSubscriber Only

January 20, 2025 08:40 IST

He had come with zero preparations and endured long and tough games to win the title.

Coach Irwansyah: ‘Want PV Sindhu to play with much more speed and power, believe she can improve though she’s 29’Subscriber Only

January 20, 2025 08:40 IST

Indonesian coach reckons the 29-year-old needs to play aggressive badminton as an attacking player.

Coach Vimal Kumar deserves more credit, he’s been a rock solid guide for star playersSubscriber Only

January 19, 2025 22:16 IST

Vimal Kumar coached Saina Nehwal to two World Championship medals and moulded Lakshya Sen into a world-class shuttler.

Goh and Izzuddin have struggled against Satwik-Chirag in the past (trailing 1-6 in the Head-to-Head) but they are the new world No 2 pair this week. (BAI)

India Open: Satwik-Chirag flattened by the flat exchanges as world No 2 from Malaysia break Indian heartsSubscriber Only

January 19, 2025 08:12 IST

The Malaysians stood tall in the frontcourt, out-thinking the Satwik-Chirag with their sharp service variations and flat exchanges to register a superb straight games win, 21-18, 21-14 in just 37 blistering minutes at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in Delhi.

India Open 2025 badminton: Danish shuttler criticises playing conditions as ‘not fair to anyone’, BAI says exploring alternative venues for futureSubscriber Only

January 19, 2025 08:12 IST

Blichfeldt had lost in the women's singles second round on Thursday, and posted a critique of stadium conditions as well the pollution in the national capital.

(LEFT) PV Sindhu in action on Day 4 at Yonex Sunrise India Open 2025; (RIGHT) The two-time Olympic medallist poses with a hand-made poster presented to her. (PHOTOS: BAI, Express Photo)

India Open: Sindhu left disappointed by quarterfinal defeat against Tunjung, but shows promise on return to actionSubscriber Only

January 18, 2025 07:15 IST

The Indonesian Gregoria Tunjung went on to win the sensational contest 21-9, 19-21, 21-17 in 62 minutes, though the Indian looked sharp till the endgame was wrapped up

India Open: Relentless would be a word that best described Satwik-Chirag's start to the match. (BAI)

India Open Super 750: How Satwik-Chirag produced a tactical masterclass to defeat a tricky Korean pair and reach the semifinalsSubscriber Only

January 18, 2025 07:15 IST

India Open: Satwik-Chirag are experimenting with the mixed doubles style, avoiding straight lifts and playing more diagonals as they won 21-10, 21-17 against Kang-Jin

India Open badminton: Sindhu, Ratchanok, Marin, Tai Tzu-Ying, Okuhara – how shuttle’s golden generation bonds togetherSubscriber Only

January 17, 2025 08:43 IST

The best women's singles players of the last decade and more are fiercely competitive on court and immensely friendly off it.

India Open Super 750: Kiran George’s stirring fightback the highlight; Satwik-Chirag and PV Sindhu post contrasting winsSubscriber Only

January 17, 2025 08:43 IST

Kiran was down 14-20 in the opening game, but he played compact badminton, made the most of his Alex Lanier’s mistakes to script a thrilling comeback

India Open: Kiran George scripts stunning comeback from 14-20 down in Game 1 to enter quarterfinals

January 16, 2025 16:09 IST

Kiran George, ranked world No 38, overcame Alex Lanier, French No 1 and world No 17 in 46 minutes by a scoreline of 22-20 21-13.

Lakshya Sen HS Prannoy Priyanshu India Open

India Open Super 750: Lakshya Sen, Priyanshu Rajawat, HS Prannoy bow out in round one as giddy days of men’s singles feel distantSubscriber Only

January 16, 2025 05:12 IST

On Wednesday, Priyanshu and Prannoy lost in three games while Lakshya looked well off the pace in a straight-games defeat.

India Open: Anupama (R), 19, had gotten the better of Rakshitha, 17, in the all-Indian clash 21-17, 21-18. (Express Photo/BAI)

India Open badminton: Close friends Anupama Upadhyaya & Rakshitha Ramraj keen to take the next step on big circuitSubscriber Only

January 15, 2025 20:16 IST

India Open: Both Anupama Upadhyaya and Rakshita Ramraj train at Gopichand Academy and aim to win a Super 300 event in 2025.

India Open: Kiran George, learning lessons from the past, prevails in a marathon third game 27-25 to enter round 2Subscriber Only

January 14, 2025 22:37 IST

The Indian World No 38 fought back to convert his fourth match point against Japanese Yushi Tanaka winning 21-19, 14-21, 27-25,and set up Round 2 clash with Alex Lanier.