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Swiss Open: India's Satwik-Chirag defeat China's Xinag Yu-Tan Qiang to win title

The second-seeded Indian pair, the 2022 World Championships bronze medallist, was solid in defence and dished out an attacking game to outwit the world No. 21 pair 21-19, 24-22 in 54 minutes

Swiss Open: Satwik-Chirag keeps India’s flag flying, enters men’s doubles final

Indian pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated third seeds Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi of Malaysia 21-19, 17-21, 21-17 in an enthralling semifinal at the Swiss Open.

Swiss Open 2023: Satwik-Chirag advance to semi-finals

Indian doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will face the Malaysian pair of Ong Yew Sin and Teo Ee Yi late on Saturday night.

PV Sindhu stunned in second round of Swiss Open, Satwik-Chirag duo enters quaters

PV Sindhu lost 15-21, 21-12, 18-21 to unseeded Putri Kusuma Wardani of Indonesia in their first-ever face-off at the international level on Thursday night.

Swiss Open: Lakshya Sen makes first round exit; Sindhu, Prannoy advance to pre-quarterfinals

The eighth seeded Lakshya Sen looked a pale shadow of himself as he failed to match the level of his rival, losing 18-21, 11-21 to bow out of the men’s singles competition.

All England Championships: Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand's sensational run ends with semi-final defeat

The two young shuttlers found the going tough against Korean world number 20 pairing of Baek Na Ha and Lee So Hee, losing 10-21 10-21 in a 46-minute women's doubles contest at the Utilita arena.

All England Championships: Treesa-Gayatri enter semi-finals with win over Li Wen Mei and Liu Xuan Xuan

The World number 17 Indian pair looked solid in their defence and relentless in attack, claiming 21-14 18-21 21-12 win over the newly-formed Chinese pair of Li Wen Mei and Liu Xuan Xuan in a 64-minute quarterfinals

All England Championships: Defending champions Axelsen, Matsuyama-Shida, Watanabe-Higashino crash out on same day

Both of last year's men's finalists, Viktor Axelsen and Lakshya Sen, lost on Thursday at the All England Open in Birmingham.

All England Championships: Treesa-Gayatri enter quarter-finals; Satwik-Chirag ousted

Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa and Gayatri continued their rise as they shocked former world No. 1 pair of Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota 21-14, 24-22 in a pulsating contest.

All England Championships: PV Sindhu suffers another first round exit, Gayatri Gopichand-Treesa Jolly stun seventh seeds

PV Sindhu has suffered three first round exits this season: in Malaysia, India and now at the All England Championships in Birmingham.

All England Championships: Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy make winning start

Lakshya Sen will square off against Anders Antonsen in the second round, while HS Prannoy will meet third seeded Indonesian Anthony Sinisuka Ginting next.

All England Badminton Championships 2023: Indian shuttlers face uphill task in Birmingham

It has been 22 years since India won the coveted title when Pullela Gopichand (2001) followed the legendary Prakash Padukone (1980) to achieve the honour.

Carolina Marin targets Paris Olympics gold medal after injury-hampered years

In 2019, Carolina Marin was on top as reigning Olympic, World and European champion. Then, disaster struck with back-to-back ACL injuries to her knees.

German Open: Lakshya Sen to spearhead Indian challenge after Kidami Srikanth pulls out

While Srikanth will be missing in action, finalist of the last edition, last year's runner-up Sen will hope to go the distance this time as he spearheads the Indian challenge.

Park Tae Sang parts ways with PV Sindhu, says he feels ‘responsible’ for some of her recent struggles

“…I’d like to talk about my relationship with pvsindhu1 , which many people have asked about. She has made disappointing moves in all recent matches, and as a coach, I feel responsible,” the coach wrote on his Instagram page.

PV Sindhu to be assisted in All England Championships preparation by 2003 champion Hafiz Hashim

Sindhu will train at Hyderabad's Suchitra Academy where Hashim has joined as a coach after resigning from his role as junior coach with the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM).

China beat Korea to retain Asia Mixed Team Badminton Championship title

China defeated Korea 3-1 to retain the Asia Mixed Team Badminton Championship title in Dubai.

Asian Badminton Championship medal shows India can win Sudirman Cup: Coach Vimal Kumar

India on Saturday narrowly went down 2-3 to formidable China in the semifinals to sign off their campaign with a maiden bronze medal in Asia Badminton Mixed team championships

Asia Mixed Team Badminton: India bow out with bronze after narrow loss to China in semis

India staged another inspired comeback, winning the men's and women's doubles events after going 0-2 down before losing the deciding mixed doubles tie.

Asia Mixed Team Badminton: India pull off remarkable comeback to beat Hong Kong, confirm maiden medal

Down 0-2, the Indians showed great fighting spirit as the doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Chirag Shetty and PV Sindhu levelled the scores before Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand clinched the decider.

Asia Mixed Team Badminton: India thrash UAE 5-0 to notch second straight win

India followed up their blanking of Kazakhstan with that of United Arab Emirates at the Asia Mixed Team Badminton Championships

'You are my new badminton hero': Sunil Gavaskar hails Lakshya Sen

Gavaskar posted a picture with Lakshya Sen on Instagram and captioned it: ''My new badminton hero Lakshya Sen, after the one and only Prakash Padukone.''

Thailand Open: B Sai Praneeth advances to quarter-finals; Kiran George, Ashmita Chaliha knocked out

Praneeth beat Korea's Hyeok Jin Jeon 24-22, 7-21, 22-20 in the men's singles second-round match to enter the quarters of the Super 300 tournament in Bangkok.

Thailand Open: B Sai Praneeth, Kiran George advance to 2nd round; Sameer Verma knocked out

Praneeth beat Mads Christophersen of Denmark 21-13 21-14 in a battle lasting 31 minutes. George, on the other hand, staved off a tough challenge from Lee Chia Hao of Chinese Taipei before emerging victorious 21-17 19-21 23-21.

Asia Mixed Team Championships: India drawn alongside Malaysia, UAE, Kazakhstan

The prestigious event, which will be returning after the last edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, will be held at the Dubai Exhibition Centre.

Thailand Super Open: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty pull out, Saina Nehwal too withdraws

Satwik-Chirag had to pull out of Thailand Open as Satwiksairaj failed to recover from his hip injury and will now aim the All-England Championship.

Indonesia Masters: Indian campaign ends as Lakshya Sen, Tanisha-Ashwini pair lose in quarter-finals

World No. 12 Sen squandered an opening-game advantage to go down 21-15, 10-21, 13-21 to home favourite Christie, ranked third, in a 62-minute men’s singles match.

Indonesia Masters: Nehwal, Sen advance to 2nd round with contrasting wins; Prannoy, Srikanth falter

Lakshya Sen dished out a superlative performance to outwit Japan's Kodai Naraoka 21-12 21-11 while Saina Nehwal eked out a 21-15 17-21 21-15 win over Chinese Taipei's Pai Yu Po

India writes to BWF to host Sudirman Cup, junior World Championships

'India is keen to host Sudirman Cup this year. We have written to BWF expressing our interest, we are expecting a positive response in a fortnight'

India Open 2023: Thailand's Kunlavut Vitidsarn stuns Viktor Axelsen to clinch men's singles title

Vitidsarn's men's singles victory stood out as the 21-year-old former junior world champion got past the Danish ace and world number one for the first time in six attempts.