China have won 47 medals since badminton became an Olympic sport in 1992 – more than double that of Indonesia and South Korea, the second and third most successful teams.
Chirag Shetty, a recipient of the Khel Ratna Award, added that he has nothing against the cricketers but the Maharashtra state government needs to treat all sports equally.
Nehwal, who won bronze in the 2012 London Olympics, said Sindhu's chances of winning a third consecutive Olympic medal should not be judged on the basis of recent results and will ultimately depend on factors such as her fitness and training.
Zhang Zhijie was playing against Kazuma Kawano of Japan with the scores 11-11 in the first game at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships on Sunday when he collapsed and had seizures.
The score was 11-11 in the first game when Zhang fell to the floor between points. The teenager received treatment at the venue and was rushed to hospital by ambulance, but passed away later that night after repeated efforts to resuscitate him failed.
As the Paris Olympic Games approach, Indian badminton stars Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty acknowledge the high expectations placed on them.
India's top ranked singles player HS Prannoy went down to higherranked Kodai Naraoka of Japan 1921, 1321 as none among the country's shuttlers failed to progress beyond the quarterfinals of the Australian Open Super 500 event here on Friday.
Antonsen now enjoys a 3-2 head-to-head record against the Indian. It was a see-saw battle between Sen and Antonsen in the first game which the Dane pocketed in 32 minutes.
PV Sindhu suffered a surprise early exit from the Super 1000 tournament in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Eyeing a hat-trick of wins against top-10 players, the unseeded Indians were no match for world No 4. pair Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida who cruised to a 23-21 21-11 win in 47 minutes.
In the men’s singles, world No. 10 HS Prannoy, seeded eighth, lost to Kenta Nishimoto, ranked 11th in the world, of Japan 13-21, 21-14, 15-21 in a 45-minute match.
PV Sindhu, whose last BWF title came in Singapore two years back, was coming fresh off a runners-up finish at the Malaysia Masters last week. She beat Denmark's Hojmark Kjaersfeldt 21-12, 22-20 in 44 minutes on Wednesday to setup a second round clash against Carolina Marin of Spain.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty crashed out of the Singapore Open after a shock defeat against Daniel Lundgaard and Mads Vestergaard
PV Sindhu, a double Olympic medallist, last won the Singapore Open and Commonwealth Games in 2022 and finished runner-up at the Madrid Spain Masters in 2023.
PV Sindhu is looking to end her title drought that stretches back to 2022 Singapore Open.
India record its highest medal tally at the 2024 World Para-Athletics Championships to finish sixth in the standings.
PV Sindhu recovered from a mid-game slump to outwit Han Yue 21-13, 14-21, 21-12 in a 55-minute last-eight battle
PV Sindhu defeated Korea's Sim Yu Jin while Ashmita Chaliha recorded stunning win over third seed Beiwen Zhang of USA in the second round of the Malaysia Masters.
PV Sindhu clinched a 21-17, 21-16 win over the World No 22 in 46 minutes to progress to the second round. The fifth-seeded Indian, who last won a title in 2022 Singapore Open, will next face Korea’s Sim Yu Jin.
Only 1655 points separate the top three teams in men's doubles after the latest update.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won the Thailand Open for their second title of the year.
In the final on Sunday,, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will be up against the Chinese pair of Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi who defeated Kim Gi Jung and Kim Sa Rang of South Korea 21-19, 21-18 in the other semifinal on Saturday.
Unlike Satwik and Chirag, Carsto and Ponnappa had to toil hard for one hour 16 minutes to pick up a 21-15 21-23 21-19 win over the sixth seeded South Korean duo of Lee Yu Lim and Shen Seung Chan.
Meiraba defeated Denmark's Mads Christophersen 21-14 22-20 in a second-round battle that lasted 50 minutes a day after he stunned compatriot HS Prannoy.
He Bingjiao's 10-21, 21-15, 21-17 victory against Ester Nurumi Tri Wardoyo completed a perfect 24-0 match record for hosts China on home soil at the Thomas and Uber Cup finals in Chengdu this week.
At the Thomas Cup, Prannoy defeated Indonesia's Anthony Ginting on Wednesday and also registered a win against England's Harry Huang earlier in the tournament. He played a close match against world no. 2 Shi Yu Qi of China on Thursday.
Both the Indian men's and women's teams crashed out Thomas & Uber Cup in Chengdu with quarter-final defeats against China and Japan respectively.
Both India and Indonesia have already qualified for the quarter-finals of the prestigious event after winning their first two matches but the latter will progress to the knockouts as Group C toppers.
Indian women's team has already qualified for the Uber Cup quarter-finals after beating Canada and Singapore despite stalwarts like PV Sindhu pulling out of the competition.
Sindhu and ace men's singles shuttlers HS Prannoy and Lakshya Sen had already sealed their passage to the Paris Olympics and the confirmation that came in on Monday was but a mere formality.