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China to host first badminton event since pandemic start; BWF World Tour Finals to take place in Guangzhou

BWF is yet to confirm if the World Tour Finals will take place in a 'bubble'.

Vietnam Open 2022: B Sai Praneeth bows out; Meiraba and Ruthvik among Indians in pre-quarterfinals

A former World Championships bronze medallist, Praneeth, who has been struggling for form for the last one year, lost 21-17, 18-21, 13-21 to Satish Kumar to make another early exit from a tournament.

HS Prannoy returns to top 15 in BWF World Rankings after impressive performances; PV Sindhu remains 6th

Prannoy, who reached back-to-back quarter-finals at the World Championships and Japan Open Super 750, jumped a spot to 15th.

PV Sindhu to miss National Games, will be present at opening ceremony

PV Sindhu decides to skip National Games as she is still recovering from the ankle injury caused during the Commonwealth Games in August.

Red Bull Shuttle Up 'definitely motivating and uplifting' for women's doubles in India, says Ashwini Ponnappa

Veteran shuttler Ponnappa backs the Red Bull Shuttle Up event to improve the standard of women’s doubles in Indian badminton and produce multiple champions down the road.

BWF World Rankings: Prannoy HS achieves best ranking in four years

Some other notable movements in rankings saw Kidambi Srikanth move up by two spots to gain the world number 12 ranking in the men's singles category.

BWF World Junior Badminton Championships: Unnati Hooda, Anupama Upadhyaya to spearhead India

India's Anupama Upadhyaya becomes new Junior World No. 1 in BWF rankings

Anupama Upadhyaya, who had claimed junior international titles in Uganda and Poland earlier this year, replaced fellow Indian Tasnim Mir from the top position on Tuesday.

BAI announces cash rewards for CWG, World Championship medallists

The Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Tuesday announced cash rewards of close to Rs 1.5 crore for the medallists at the Commonwealth Games and World Championships.

Kenta Nishimoto, Akane Yamaguchi take honours at Japan Open

Home favourites Kenta Nishimoto and Akane Yamaguchi thrilled the crowd at badminton's Japan Open in Osaka on Sunday, winning the men's and women's singles titles for the host country

Japan Open 2022: Prannoy goes down fighting in quarters as Indian challenge at Osaka comes to an end

HS Prannoy lost to Taiwan's Chou Tien-chen 21-17 15-21 22-20 in a pulsating contest that lasted an hour and 20 minutes.

Hong Kong, Macau badminton tournaments fall victim to COVID-19 policies

The Badminton World Tour will now move to Europe after the completion of the ongoing Japan Open Super Series.

Japan Open 2022: HS Prannoy enters quarters with giant killing of Loh Kean Yew, Kidambi Srikanth crashes out

HS Prannoy will next face Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen in the last eight stage. Srikanth, however, couldn't extend his run as he went down 10-21 16-21 to Kanta Tsuneyama

Japan Open: Kidambi Srikanth wins in straight games, Lakshya Sen, Saina Nehwal exit early

Kidambi Srikanth, a former world number 1, recovered from his early exit from last week's World Championships, whereas Laskhya Sen squandered an opening game advantage and lost to world number 21.

BWF World Championships: Japan's Akane Yamaguchi retains women's title

Akane Yamaguchi retained her badminton women's world title in front of her home crowd in Tokyo on Sunday, beating China's Chen Yufei 21-12, 10-21, 21-14

BWF World Championships: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty go down with a maiden bronze medal

World No 7 Indian pairing squandered an opening game advantage to go down 22-20, 18-21, 16-21 in a pulsating and nerve-wracking hour and 17 minute clash.

BWF World Championships: 'Want to finish it on a big note,' says Satwik after confirming doubles medal with Chirag

Satwik and Chirag on Friday became the first Indian pair to win a medal in the men's doubles competition at the World Championships

BWF World Championships: Satwik, Chirag rue ‘unlucky situations’ after narrow loss in men’s doubles semis

Satwik and his partner Shetty signed off with a historic bronze medal after going down 22-20 18-21 16-21 to Olympic bronze medallists Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik of Malaysia in the semi-finals

BWF World Championships: Carolina Marin vows to return to top after quarter-final exit, Loh Kean Yew will try to improve

Carolina Marin said she felt good physically but made many mistakes in her strategy as Yamaguchi wore her down in front of an expectant home crowd.

World Championships: Satwik-Chirag claim India's first men's doubles medal, HS Prannoy suffers heartbreak

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty dished out a gritty performance to outwit the local favourites and defending champions 24-22, 15-21, 21-14 in an hour and 15 minutes

BWF World Championships: Defending champion Loh Kean Yew says 'no regrets' after bowing out in quarters

Loh lost 21-12, 17-21, 21-8 to rising star Vitidsarn and said he had felt "no pressure" trying to defend his crown after winning the title last year

BWF World Championships: 'Go for gold', Twitterati hail Satwik-Chirag duo after assuring historic medal

Stawik-Chirag's victory in the quarter-finals also guaranteed India's first-ever world championships medal in men's doubles.

BWF World Championships: Lee Zii Jia's bid for Malaysian badminton history meets surprise early end

Lee Zii Jia's bid to become Malaysia's first badminton world champion ground to a halt on Thursday with a third-round loss to China's unseeded surprise-package Zhao Junpeng.

BWF World Championships: Prannoy beats Lakshya to reach quarters while Saina bows out; Satwik-Chirag advance

Saina Nehwal lost in three games to Thailand's Busanan Ongbamrungphan 17-21, 21-16, 13-21 while HS Prannoy beat Lakshya Sen.Dhruv Kapila and MR Arjun had to toil hard against Terry Hee and Loh Kean Hean while Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Jeppe Bay and Lasse Molhede.

BWF World Championships: Carolina Marin on comeback trail after dashed Olympic dreams

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