Category: Badminton

In what could turn out to be a big blow to the second edition of the Premier Badminton League (PBL), top players including the likes of Lee Chong Wei will be missing from action. PBL, which is the revamped edition of the Indian Badminton League (IBL), will be held from January 1 to 14 next year and the auction will […]

India’s top shuttler Saina Nehwal will not be able to attend International Olympics Committee’s Athletes Commission meeting next month as she will be preparing for super series tournaments in China and Hong Kong. Saina, who was appointed by the IOC President Thomas Bach as its Athletes Commission member last month, has written to the Indian Olympic Committee to convey to the IOC […]

Rio Olympics silver medalist PV Sindhu suffered a narrow loss against Sayaka Sato of Japan in women’s singles to draw curtains on Indian campaign at Denmark Super Series premier, on Thursday. In a battle of nerve, Sindhu went down fighting 13-21, 23-21, 18-21 to World No. 12 Sato in a second round match that lasted an hour and five minutes. […]

Rio Olympic silver medallist P.V. Sindhu made a resounding start to her campaign at Denmark Open, defeating China’s He Bingjiao in straight games in the women’s singles competition of the USD 700,000 Premier Super Series badminton event here. Sixth seed Sindhu, who is playing her first event after the Rio Olympics, notched up a 21-14 21-19 victory over Bingjiao in […]

Indian shuttler P Kashyap played against Estonia ‘s Raul Must in the opening qualifying round of men’s singles event of the Denmark Super Series on Tuesday. Kashyap fought his way through the 59 minutes before suffering a 13-21 21-8 20-22 loss against Raul, who had beaten the Indian last week at Dutch Open as well.

In a rare honour for an Indian sportsperson, star shuttler Saina Nehwal has been appointed as a member of the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Athletes’ Commission. Saina received a letter to the effect from IOC President Thomas Bach on Monday. “Following your candidature for the elections of the IOC Athletes’ Commission during the Olympic Games Rio 2016, it is with […]