Lakshya Sen overtakes Kidambi Srikanth to become top Indian men’s badminton singles player \
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Lakshya Sen overtakes Kidambi Srikanth to become top Indian men’s badminton singles player

15-Mar-2022
New Delhi [India], March 15 (ANI): Lakshya Sen has become the top Indian men's singles badminton player in the BWF world rankings issued on Tuesday.
15-Mar-2022 Sports
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Syed Modi International: Finalists Arnaud Merkle and Lucas Claerbout to split prize money \
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Syed Modi International: Finalists Arnaud Merkle and Lucas Claerbout to split prize money

25-Jan-2022
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 25 (ANI): The two men's singles finalists at the Syed Modi India International 2022 will receive finalist World Ranking points and an equal share of the prize money.
25-Jan-2022 Sports
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‘Victory is victory’: PV Sindhu’s father on her Syed Modi International title \
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‘Victory is victory’: PV Sindhu’s father on her Syed Modi International title

23-Jan-2022
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 23 (ANI): Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu's father PV Ramana expressed happiness after her daughter clinched the women's singles title at the Syed International 2022 tournament on Sunday.
23-Jan-2022 Sports
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Syed Modi International: Men’s singles finalist tests positive for COVID-19, summit clash declared ‘no match’ \
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Syed Modi International: Men’s singles finalist tests positive for COVID-19, summit clash declared ‘no match’

23-Jan-2022
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 23 (ANI): The men's singles final of the Syed Modi India International 2022 has been declared a 'No Match', Badminton World Federation (BWF) confirmed on Sunday.
23-Jan-2022 Sports
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Satwiksairaj and Chirag rise to eighth in BWF rankings after India Open triumph \
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Satwiksairaj and Chirag rise to eighth in BWF rankings after India Open triumph

18-Jan-2022
New Delhi Jan 18 PTI Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu and former world number one Kidambi Srikanth remained static in the latest badminton world rankings but the mens doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty moved two places up to eighth after their triumph in the Indian Open Former world champion Sindhu maintained her seventh position with 90994 in the womens rankings while Srikanth remained in the 10th place with 69158 points in the mens chart Chinese Taipeis Tai Tzu leads the womens rankings with 108800 points while reigning Olympic champion Victor Axelsen heads the mens list with 116779 points From the Indian perspective the biggest gainer has been the mens Indian doubles pair of Satwiksairaj and Chirag who jumped from tenth to the eight place with 76708 points in the latest rankings issued by the Badminton World Federation BWF They defeated top-seeded Indonesian pair Mohammad Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan 21-16 26-24 to win the mens doubles crown at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open on Sunday Coming into the match with a 1-3 head-to-head record Satwik and Chirag dished out a brave effort against the Indonesian pair and staved off a fightback to reign supreme in the final Satwik and Chirag had won the Thailand Open Super 500 title in 2019 besides reaching the final of the French Open Super 750 the same year No Indians featured in the womens doubles and mixed doubles rankings PTI AH AH BS BS
18-Jan-2022 National
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Spain Masters 2022 stands cancelled, confirms BWF \
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Spain Masters 2022 stands cancelled, confirms BWF

14-Jan-2022
Barcelona [Spain], January 14 (ANI): The Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Friday confirmed that Spain Masters 2022 has been cancelled.
14-Jan-2022 Sports
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India Open: PV Sindhu enters next round after defeating Ira Sharma \
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India Open: PV Sindhu enters next round after defeating Ira Sharma

13-Jan-2022
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): Shuttler PV Sindhu progressed to the next round of the ongoing India Open 2022 here at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi on Thursday.
13-Jan-2022 Sports
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Seven players pull out of India Open after testing positive for COVID-19 \
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Seven players pull out of India Open after testing positive for COVID-19

13-Jan-2022
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Thursday confirmed that seven players have been withdrawn from the ongoing India Open 2022 after testing positive for COVID-19.
13-Jan-2022 Sports
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Sindhu appointed BWFs Athletes Commission member \
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Sindhu appointed BWFs Athletes Commission member

20-Dec-2021
New Delhi Dec 20 PTI Indias two-time Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu was on Monday appointed as a member of the Badminton World Federations BWF Athletes Commission The-26-year-old former world champion was named alongside five others who will serve as members till 2025 BWF is pleased to announce the six members of theBWF Athletes Commission 2021 2025Iris WangUSARobin TabelingNEDGreysia PoliiINAKim SoyeongKORPusarla V SindhuINDZheng Si WeiCHN the BWF said in a statement The Chair and Deputy Chair will be decided among the six members The new Commission will meet soon and decide the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Commission amongst the six members The Chair of the BWF Athletes Commission following a vetting process as required for all Council members will become a member of Council until the next elections in 2025 the BWF added Sindhu who won the silver medal at the Rio Olympics in 2016 created history by bagging the bronze medal in the Tokyo Games earlier this year At the prestigious world championships Sindhu has won two silvers besides two bronze and the coveted gold in 2019 PTI APA PM PM
20-Dec-2021 National
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World no 2 shuttler Kento Momota withdraws from World C’ships \
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World no 2 shuttler Kento Momota withdraws from World C’ships

08-Dec-2021
Madrid [Spain], December 8 (ANI): Japan shuttler Kento Momota has pulled out of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships 2021 which gets underway from Sunday in Huelva, Spain.
08-Dec-2021 Sports
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