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BWF World Tour Finals 2022 relocated from Guangzhou to Bangkok due to COVID-19

The tournament, which was slated to start on December 14, was preponed due to stadium availability issues.

PV Sindhu pulls out of BWF World Tour Finals

PV Sindhu had sustained the injury on way to her title-winning run at the Commonwealth Games in August.

BWF Rankings: Lakshya Sen reaches career-best sixth, PV Sindhu jumps to fifth

BWF Rankings: Newly-crowned French Open champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also climbed one spot to return to their career-best ranking of seven in men’s doubles.

Pramod Bhagat, Manisha Ramadass bag gold at BWF Para-Badminton World Championships

Pramod Bhagat Bhagat defeated compatriot Nitesh Kumar to clinch gold in men's singles SL3 event, while Manisha Ramadass defeated Mamiko Toyoda of Japan to emerge champion in women's singles SU5 category.

Kidambi Srikanth, Treesa-Gayatri make semis exit; Indian challenge ends in Hylo Open

Kidambi Srikanth looked inconsistent and went down to world No. 6 Anthony Ginting of Indonesia 18-21, 15-21 in a match that lasted 38 minutes on Saturday night.

Hylo Open 2022: Treesa-Gayatri pair enter semi-finals; Satwik-Chirag, Malvika lose

World No. 28 Treesa and Gayatri prevailed 21-17 18-21 21-8 over Chinese Taipei's Hsu Ya Ching and Lin Wan Ching, ranked 65th, in the quarter-finals to set up a clash with eighth seeds Benyapa Aimsaard and Nuntakarn Aimsaard of Thailand.

Hylo Open 2022: Satwiksairaj-Chirag pair beat England's Rory Easton and Zach Russ to enter quarter-final

Satwiksairaj and Chirag, seeded third in the tournament, beat the English pair of Rory Easton and Zach Russ 22-24 21-15 21-11 in a pre-quarterfinal match that lasted one hour and two minutes.

Hylo Open 2022: Satwik-Chirag pair enter second round; Saina Nehwal bows out

Satwik-Chirag pair who won the French Open Super 750 title last week for their biggest win on the world tour, overcame a game deficit to beat Yang and Chen 19-21 21-19 21-16 in their first-ever meeting.

Para Badminton World Championships: Debutants Nithya Sre, Manisha Ramadass record easy wins on Day 1

Para Badminton World Championships: A total of 298 players will vie for honours in 22 events this week

'Stuff of dreams': Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj reflect on winning maiden BWF Super 750 title at French Open

Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy are the first Indian doubles pair to win a BWF Super 750 tournament.

Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Sankar Muthusamy receive Rs 5 lakh each from BAI for title successes

India's No. 1 men's doubles pair Satwik-Chirag and former Junior World number 1 Sankar Muthusamy were rewarded for winning titles at French Open badminton and BWF World Junior Championships respectively.

French Open Badminton: Satwik-Chirag pair beats Chinese Taipei's Lu Ching Yao and Yang Po Han to win men's doubles title

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who had finished runners-up in the 2019 edition, rode on their formidable attack to outwit the 25th ranked Lu and Yang 21-13 21-19 in the summit clash that lasted 48 minutes.

French Open badminton: Satwik-Chirag defeats Korean pair of Choi Sol Gyu and Kim Won Ho to enter final

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty dished out an attacking game and also controlled the net well to outwit the Korean combination, ranked 18th, 21-18 21-14 in the semi-finals that lasted 45 minutes.

French Open badminton: Satwik-Chirag pair reaches doubles semifinals

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated top seeds Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan 21-12, 21-16 in the quarterfinals of French Open badminton.

French Open badminton: HS Prannoy, Sameer Verma lose in Round of 16, India's singles campaign ends

India have none of the shuttlers unbeaten in the singles event of the French Open. Doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are the only surviving Indians.

French Open badminton: Kidambi Srikanth suffers defeat in pre-quarters

In the men’s doubles, seventh-seeded Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat the Malaysian duo of Man Wei Chong and Kai Wun Tee 21-16 21-14 in a round of 16 of French Open

Sameer Verma, HS Prannoy advance to second round in French Open badminton

HS Prannoy made it to the second round of the tournament with a hard-fought win over Liew Daren of Malaysia in the men's singles.

French Open badminton: Satwik-Chirag advance to pre-quarters; Jolly-Gopichand bow out

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost the first game 19-21, but recovered strongly to win the next two 21-9 21-13 in their round of 32 match.

Badminton rankings: PV Sindhu back in top 5, HS Prannoy moves to 12th

India's PV Sindhu and HS Prannoy gain a spot each in the latest BWF world badminton rankings.

Denmark Open: Satwik-Chirag, Lakshya Sen crash out after defeat in quarter-finals

Lakshya Sen defeated compatriot Prannoy Sen to advance to the quarter-finals but lost to Japan's Kodai Naraoka 17-21 12-21 in straight games.

India lose 1-3 to Malaysia in BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championships

After the loss, India will now take on Germany in the 13-16 playoffs of the World Junior Mixed Team Badminton Championships.

Denmark Open: Lakshya Sen beats Prannoy to reach quarter-finals, Srikanth knocked out after losing to Loh

Lakshya Sen defeated HS Prannoy 21-9 21-18 to reach the quarter-finals of the Denmark Open while former champion Kidambi Srikanth lost to the seventh-seeded Loh Kean Yew 13-21 15-21 in a match that lasted 35 minutes.

Denmark Open: Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy advance to pre-quarterfinals; Saina Nehwal crashes out in first round

With Saina Nehwal's ouster, the Indian campaign in women's singles ended in Denmark Open.

Denmark Open: Kidambi Srikanth beats Hong Kong's Ng Ka Long Angus to reach second round

Coming into the match with a 3-3 head-to-head record, Kidambi Srikanth found the going tough against Ng Ka Long Angus and soon fell behind as the Hong Kong player eked out a 11-8 lead at the mid-game interval.

Denmark Open: Indian shuttlers up for tough challenge in absence of PV Sindhu

In her absence, all eyes will be on the likes of Kidambi Srikanth, Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy and doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty

Lakshya Sen climbs one spot to career-high 8th in BWF rankings; PV Sindhu remains static at sixth

Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu remained at sixth in the women's singles rankings while the pair of Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy is ranked eighth in the men's doubles section.

PV Sindhu sets sights on BWF World Tour Finals as comeback event from long injury layoff

Sindhu had suffered an injury on her ankle en route to her maiden Commonwealth Games gold in Birmingham earlier this year and has stayed away from the court ever since.

National Games 2022: B Sai Praneeth, Aakarshi Kashyap clinch badminton singles titles

B Sai Praneeth won the match 2-1 after a strong contest against Mithun Manjunath, Aakarshi Kashyap defeated Malvika Bansod 2-0.

Vietnam Open 2022: Sikki Reddy-Rohan Kapoor pair loses in semi-finals as Indian campaign ends

Sikki Reddy and Rohan Kapoor's defeat brought the curtains down on India's campaign at the tournament.

National Games: ‘My focus is World Tour Finals’, says HS Prannoy after guiding Kerala to Mixed Team Quarterfinals

HS Prannoy, currently in the top 15 of the latest rankings, said that he would like to make his way back to the elite top 10 shuttlers.