Badminton
Beijing, Apr 4 (UNI) The World Badminton Federation (BWF) will test a new 3×15 scoring system across 10 international tournaments starting May 2025, the governing body announced Thursday. Under the trial rules, matches will be played as best-of-three games, with each game won by the first player to reach 15 points. If tied at 14-14,…
Basel (Switzerland), Mar 17 (UNI) Two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will spearhead India’s challenge at the Swiss Open 2025 badminton tournament, commencing at St Jakobshalle here on Tuesday. World No. 16 PV Sindhu is set to face fellow Indian Malvika Bansod, ranked 28th in the women’s singles, in the opening round. Anupama Upadhyaya, Aakarshi Kashyap,…
Birmingham, Mar 12 (UNI) India’s ace shuttler PV Sindhu suffered a first-round exit at the All England Open 2025 after going down to South Korea’s Kim Ga Eun in a hard-fought three-game encounter here on Tuesday. Sindhu, who had a 1-0 head-to-head record against Kim before the match, started on a strong note but failed…
New Delhi, Jan 14 (UNI) Former champion PV Sindhu brushed off the rustiness of a long competition break to register a straight games win over Sung Shuo Yun of Chinese Taipei while late entrant Kiran George, men’s doubles combination of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and mixed doubles pairing of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto…
Lucknow, Nov 29 (UNI) India’s badminton icons, PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen, are both eyeing their first BWF World Tour titles in over a year as they advanced to the semifinals of the Syed Modi International 2024 in Lucknow on Friday, continuing their strong performances at the Super 300 tournament. Sindhu, ranked 18th in the…
Changzhou, Sep 20 (UNI) India’s Malvika Bansod was eliminated from the China Open 2024 badminton tournament after a straight-sets defeat to Japan’s two-time world champion Akane Yamaguchi in the women’s singles quarterfinals on Friday. Bansod, ranked 43rd in the world, was beaten 21-10, 21-16 in just 35 minutes by Yamaguchi, who is ranked eighth globally….
Hong Kong, Sept 13 (UNI) Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen fought off tenacious challenge in the first set to beat Su Li Yang of Chinese Taipei in the second round of the Hong Kong Open badminton championships. Second-seeded Axelsen, playing his first tournament on Thursday after retaining the Olympic champion in Paris, won 24-22, 21-6 to book…
Paris, Aug 5 (UNI) India’s historic badminton campaign at the Paris 2024 Olympics came to an end on Monday with Lakshya Sen’s loss to Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia in the men’s singles bronze medal match with the final score of 21-13, 16-21, 11-21. Sen, who had shown exceptional form throughout the tournament, claimed the first…
Paris, Aug 4 (UNI) Lakshya Sen seemed poised for a historic win, leading 15-9 in the first game and holding a 7-0 advantage in the second. Yet, these significant leads were not enough to secure victory, as Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen executed a stunning comeback to win the men’s singles semi-final with scores of 20-22 and…
Paris, Aug 2 (UNI) Shuttler Lakshya Sen on Friday scripted history at the Paris 2024 Olympics by becoming the first Indian male badminton player to reach the semifinals in the men’s singles event. In a thrilling quarterfinal at the La Chapelle Arena, Sen bounced back after initial jitters to overcome Chou Tien Chen of Chinese…
