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World Badminton Championships | Lakshya bounces back to surmount Filimon’s challenge

August 18, 2026 admin

Fifteen minutes of absolute disarray followed by 30 minutes of a badminton masterclass — that would sum up Lakshya Sen’s opening round match, the Indian winning 16-21, 21-8, 21-4 against Austria’s Collins Valentine Filimon on Tuesday. Against an opponent ranked 128th, the 14th seed Lakshya was expected to have an easy outing but the pressure of playing at home on badminton’s biggest stage…

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India’s 17-Year badminton revolution: From BWF World Championships in Hyderabad 2009 to Delhi 2026

August 14, 2026 admin

The year was 2009. Denmark and Macau walked away from their bids to host the BWF World championships. The opportunity fell into India’s lap. Hyderabad had no clue at the time that it was about to stage the opening scene of a story that would take 17 years to finish telling. In 2009, the country…

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“We can host any tournament”: BAI’s big test as badminton World championships come to Delhi

August 12, 2026 admin

Sanjay Mishra. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Badminton Association of India copped brickbats aplenty earlier this year after the Indian Open at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi was marred by monkey intrusions, bird-related disruptions, issues with ageing infrastructure, subpar spectator facilities, and the capital’s infamous pollution. The venue, which was originally built…

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Gopi Chand on India’s badminton rise, hosting the World Championships and the next generation

August 11, 2026 admin

Gopi Chand played his part in the rise of stars such as Kashyap, Srikanth and Sindhu. | Photo Credit: File photo: Getty Images P. Gopi Chand is one of those rare athletes whose coaching legacy has eclipsed their playing career. A former All England champion, he has been instrumental in establishing a system that produced…

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H.S. Prannoy targets comeback after missing World championships in Delhi: “Not ready to give up the torch”

August 11, 2026 admin

Frank admission: Prannoy acknowledged that he wasn’t at his best the last few months. | Photo Credit: Getty Images For over a decade, H.S. Prannoy has been Indian badminton’s quiet engine – the fighter who kept turning up, grinding and powering the country’s rise on the world stage when the spotlight was elsewhere. But this…

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Badminton World Championships | ‘Just another match’: Ayush ready to face No. 1 Shi

August 10, 2026 admin

Need of the hour: Ayush says he has to be ‘tactically better this time’. | Photo Credit: AFP With the Badminton World Championships around the corner and the draws now sealed, all eyes are on Ayush Shetty, who has been handed the toughest opening match among all Indian singles players. Ayush, on his tournament debut,…

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Pullela Gopichand interview: Badminton’s Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games exclusion, new scoring rules and synthetic shuttlecocks, backs Sattwiksairaj Rankireddy and more

July 19, 2026 admin

Strong opinion: Gopi Chand believes there was no need to change the 21-point format to the new 3×15 scoring system. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO: K. MURALI KUMAR The Commonwealth Games (CWG) have traditionally been one of India’s most productive multi-sport events, with the country consistently returning with a healthy medal haul. But at Glasgow…

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Badminton | Rithvik attributes recent success to an improvement in his net game

June 30, 2026 admin

Rithvik Sanjeevi snaps one for his album with Croatia’s Aria Dinata whom he bested in the Valence Alpes International final. | Photo Credit: Instagram/vai_badminton Indian shuttler Rithvik Sanjeevi, who scored a hard-fought 17-21, 23-21, 21-16 win over Croatia’s Aria Dinata to clinch the title at the 2026 Valence Alpes International in France recently, attributed his…

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