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After dropping the opening game rather comfortably, Prannoy turned things around with his superb gameplay, putting Antonsen under constant pressure. (AP Photo)

HS Prannoy hints he has just one more World Championships in him after heartbreaking loss to Anders Antonsen

August 28, 2025 17:50 IST

33-year-old HS Prannoy's journey at the 2025 World Championships came to an end after a draining round of 32 match against Danish World No 2 Anders Antonsen.

Badminton World Championships Round 16 LIVE Updates featuring PV Sindhu and Satwik-Chirag and Dhruv-Tanisha

India today at BWF World Championships Round of 16 Highlights: Perfect day for Indian badminton as Satwik-Chirag, Sindhu, Dhruv-Tanisha win

August 29, 2025 08:27 IST

Badminton BWF World Championships 2025 Round 16 Today Matches: PV Sindhu stuns world No 2 Wang Zhi Yi in straight games. Soon, Satwik-Chirag take on Liang-Wang in a potential blockbuster.

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

August 28, 2025 10:22 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.

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 ChampionshipsSubscriber Only

August 28, 2025 14:09 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.

Sindhu blew away Nalbantova with a flurry of cross-court smashes, while against Letshanaa it required the use of her pace variations. (AP Photo)

PV Sindhu has a stunning record against Chinese shuttlers at Badminton World Championships, streak faces a stern test against Wang Zhi YiSubscriber Only

August 28, 2025 14:46 IST

As in her first match, Sindhu had to come back from the brink in first game; will have to begin better against World No 2 Wang Zhi Yi

Badminton World Championships LIVE Updates

Badminton World C’ships Highlights: SatChi, Sindhu through to R16; Prannoy goes down in thriller vs world No 2

August 28, 2025 13:06 IST

Badminton BWF World Championships 2025 Today Matches Highlights: PV Sindhu defeated Letshanaa in two games, and then Satwik-Chirag came through in two games as well. HS Prannoy went down in a thriller against Anders Antonsen.

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

August 27, 2025 10:17 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.

Badminton World Championships 2025: Catch live updates with India's PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy in action today.

India at Badminton World Championships 2025 Day 2 Highlights: Prannoy, Sindhu win in straight games to enter 2nd round

August 26, 2025 20:20 IST

Badminton World Championships 2025 Day 2 Updates: India's PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy entered the round of 32 in Paris.

Lakshya Sen's defensive rigour made it into a match, but Shi Yuqi is perhaps the last person who will get rushed into making mistakes. (BWF/Badminton Photo)

‘In closing stages I tried to up the pace, but could’ve done better’ – Lakshya Sen after World Championships loss

August 26, 2025 10:22 IST

A 21-17, 21-19 defeat brought yet another disappointing result from Paris to India's Lakshya Sen on Monday.

How Kento Momota is helping Yushi Tanaka to start beating top Chinese – starting with Li Shifeng at Paris

August 26, 2025 00:02 IST

A late bloomer, Tanaka is coached by former World No 1 Momota and singles maverick Sho Sasaki.

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

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

Catch all the live action from badminton World Championship 2025 happening in Paris. Lakshya Sen in action

Lakshya Sen vs Shi Yu Qi, Badminton World Championships 2025 Highlights: Lakshya goes down fighting 17-21 19-21

August 26, 2025 01:18 IST

Lakshya Sen vs Shi Yu Qi Live Scores, Badminton World Championships 2025 live Score Online Today Match Highlights: India's Lakshya Sen went down against China's Shi Yu Qi in the first round.

Lakshya says he will treat it like a final but was not thinking too much about the heartbreak of the Olympics last year at this very venue.

Lakshya Sen on facing top seed Shi Yu Qi at the World Championships first round: ‘Good opportunity to play him early’

August 25, 2025 17:57 IST

Lakshya trails 1-3 in the head-to-head against China's top seed Shi, who has won three Super 1000 titles this year and is the favourite to clinch what has been an elusive Worlds gold.

Badminton: For Satwik-Chirag, Paris is the city of their love. At World Championships, they get another shot after Olympics heartbreakSubscriber Only

August 24, 2025 23:13 IST

With two titles in 2022 and 2024, Paris was the Indian duo's favourite venue, till Olympics threw a nasty spanner.

Lee, who won bronze at the Paris Olympics at this very venue last year, took a lengthy break to deal with an ankle injury that had been bothering him. (Reuters Photo)

Badminton World Championships: Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia returns to action after five months out, says he had to work through depression

August 24, 2025 19:26 IST

The former World No 2 is all set to return to action at the Paris 2025 Badminton World Championships that starts on Monday.

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

BWF monitoring the shuttlecock shortage issue, claims it hasn’t reached ‘crisis level’

August 22, 2025 21:22 IST

The price of the imported feather shuttles have gone up by 150 percent in the past year due to a raw material crunch in China.

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 BadmintonSubscriber Only

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.

Badminton World Championships: While Indians need to get past the Chinese Liang Weikeng-Wang Chang, Chia-Soh have some local headaches potentially. (Reuters)

Badminton World Championships: Chia-Soh Wooi Yik get bantering challenge from fellow Malaysian pair – ‘If we meet them, we’ll whack them’, says Arif Junaidi

August 18, 2025 10:57 IST

Badminton World Championships: World No. 2 and second-seeded Aaron-Wooi Yik have received a first-round bye and are likely to meet either Scotland's Grimley twins, world No. 40 Christopher-Matthew or Spain's world No. 89 Daniel Franco-Rodrigo Sanjurjo in the second round.

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 25, 2025 16:40 IST

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

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World Championships draw | Breaking down India’s lot: Satwik-Chirag’s chance for Paris payback, Lakshya Sen vs top seed Shi Yu Qi gets top billingSubscriber Only

August 13, 2025 21:59 IST

Sen would look to exorcise the ghosts of the Olympics slip-ups and resurrect his career

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Badminton World Championships: Tough draws for Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, Satwik-Chirag, PV Sindhu

August 13, 2025 21:38 IST

India have won at least one medal at every BWF World Championships since 2011.

India shuttler Unnati Hooda in action at the Badminton Asia U-17 & U-15 Junior Championships . (Source : PTI)

India fields strong quartet of Unnati Hooda, Tanvi Sharma, Rakshitha Ramraj & Vennala Kalagotla for World juniors

August 12, 2025 21:04 IST

Guwahati tournament from October 13-20, will aspire for the first Indian junior world champion after Saina Nehwal in 2008

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 12, 2025 11:59 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.

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 17:34 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.