Category: Badminton

After several twists, postponements, court cases and even a change of name, the badminton league is set for take off as 48 players will go under the hammer for the Premier Badminton League (PBL) in New Delhi on Monday. Interestingly, the auction for Saina Nehwal and Chong Wei was over on Sunday night itself. Sources said that five teams barring […]

Andhra Pradesh emerged champions of the TPRVK Tulasidas Memorial Fourth Ball Badminton Federation Cup Championship in men’s category here on Sunday. In men’s category, Maharashtra became the runners of the championship while Telangana and Tamil Nadu secured third and fourth places. The Krishna District Ball Badminton Association in collaboration with the Machilipatnam Ball Badminton Association has conducted the three-day championship […]

Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth is showing signs of having regained his old form as he entered the men’s singles final of the $120,000 Indonesian Masters Grand Prix Gold with a straight games victory on Saturday. The top seed needed just 37 minutes to oust local man Ginting Anthony 21-13, 21-19 in the semifinal, played at the Gedung Graha Cakrawala. With […]

The Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal has been nominated for the Woman Player of the Year Award of the Badminton World Federation after a consistent season which saw her occupy the world number one spot for a brief period. Saina, currently ranked number two, will vie for the coveted honour along with world number one Carolina Marin of Spain, 2014 winner […]

Badminton Association of India (BAI) todon Monday announced a cash award of Rs 10 lakh to PV Sindhu in recognition of her impressive title victory at the Macau Open. Sindhu, ranked 12th in the world, beat World no. 6 Minatsu Mitani from Japan 21-9 21-23 21-14 in the final to retain her title. “She has yet again made us proud […]

Two-time defending champion P V Sindhu completed a hat-trick of women’s singles title at the USD 120,000 Macau Open Grand Prix Gold after defeating Japan’s Minatsu Mitani in the finals here ON Sunday. Sindhu produced a dominating game to notch up a 21-9, 21-23, 21-14 win against sixth seed Mitani in a women’s singles match that lasted an hour and […]