Singarayakonda student tragedy, highlighting the need for a fair investigation, school management's right to due process, and justice based on evidence rather than allegations.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were 21-17, 18-15 up against the Popovs, Toma Jr and Christo and proceeded to take 2 match points. But returning to wonky ways, they got dragged into a decider before eventually swatting the French 21-17, 22-24, 21-9 t
Unnati Hooda suffered from starting blues as she could not get past Korean World No 12 Kim Ga-eun to exit Super 750 China Masters. A 0-4 start in the opening set ended in a 21-10, 21-18 loss at Shenzhen as the Round 1 challenge proved too steep for the Indian
In a historic campaign that captured the imagination of Indian badminton fans, the unseeded duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand ended their remarkable run at the 2026 BWF World Championships with a bronze medal, falling short in the semifinals against Wo
New Delhi: Days before the BWF World Championships, Victor Lai made a special trip to Japan to train with Kento Momota, the two-time world champion whose stellar career was unfortunately derailed by a car accident. Momota was poised to achieve even greater thi
The big names of Indian badminton all fell off before reaching the semifinals at the New Delhi BWF World Championships but Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand bucked the trend to reach the semifinals in women's doubles. The pair remain the only Indians left in
Age is just a number is an age-old cliche but cliche exists for a reason. Chinese Taipei shuttler Chou Tien Chen proved the saying right on Friday after he took down 21-year-old Alwi Farhan of Indonesia in straight games 21-15, 21-15 to enter the semi-final of
New Delhi: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty s fight fizzled out in the prequarter-finals as they went down tamely to Chinese third seeds Chang Wang and Liang Wei Keng 21-18, 21-9 at the BWF World Championships here. In their head-to-head meetings, Cha
NEW DELHI: The roar inside the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Friday was deafening, a release of tension that had been building through what was an enthralling contest. When Chinese fourth seed Jia Yi Fan sent her final lift sailing wide past the baseline, Tr
Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand have made sure India remain hopeful of a medal in the women s category at BWF World Badminton Championships 2026. The Indian pair had a tricky road ahead of the mega event, especially after Treesa suffered an injury earlier i
Indian women s doubles pair Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand confirmed a medal at the Badminton World Championships on Friday, defeating fourth seeds Jia Yifang and Zhang Shu Xian of China in a thrilling quarterfinal. The Indian duo came back from a game dow
PV Sindhu walked into the IG Indoor Stadium in New Delhi with an unblemished 8-0 record against Chinese shuttlers at the World Championships. Eighty-eight minutes later, the Indian shuttler stood aghast, world No
NEW DELHI: The Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium was a roaring cauldron of emotion here on Thursday as the BWF World Championships delivered a rollercoaster of breathtaking badminton. With Ayush Shetty also losing, India s singles campaign drew to a painful close b
The Chinese World No 1 could be brought under pressure. But Ayush Shetty had fewer tricks up his strapped shoulder when he ran into Indonesia s heir apparent, Alwi Farhan
Months before its arrival, Delhi winter s notoriously grim air quality and high pollution is making international headlines again. Danish badminton player Anders Antonsen, the World No 4, who is currently playing at the BWF World Championships in the Capital
New Delhi: A day after it announced a trimmed-down list of national sports awardees, the sports ministry backed its decision and said awards can t be doled out on reputation alone. We agree it s not the convention, a senior ministry official said
New Delhi: Before Lakshya Sen took the court against Collins Valentine Filimon of Austria in his first-round match at the BWF World Championships here on Tuesday, some of the big names of world badminton had found the court conditions tricky. The talk centered
Apart from the opponents on the court, shuttlers often have to deal with the drift caused by air conditioning and ventilation in the arena. At the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi, during the ongoing Badminton World Championships, the four courts in u
While Filimon won the first game, Lakshya came back roaring in the next two games with the third game being particularly dominant from the Indian. He struggled to understand the drift in the first game but as soon as he understood it, the Indian dominated
New Delhi: PV Sindhu cruised through her first match at the BWF World Championships, beating Sophia Noble of Ireland 21-7, 21-11 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here on Monday. For the biggest star of the Indian contingent, assessing the court conditions o
New Delhi: I will beat Shi Yu Qi on August 17. Ayush Shetty had written this sentence on a piece of paper and every morning for the last 10 days, he would wake up and read the note. It was his way of showing his determination and belief
Conversations on the eve of a major championship and body language reveal much about the mindset a player brings into the tournament. There are prodding questions from the media about the build-up, revisiting past demons and head-to-head records
LONDON: As the BWF World Tour approaches its most prestigious week, nostalgia hangs over the courts at New Delhi s Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. The badminton World Championships starting from Monday will mark the twilight of an era
Sindhu, already a five-time World Championships medallist, is chasing an unprecedented sixth medal at the global showpiece, having won two bronze as many silver and a gold in 2019. Only two other players have won five World Championships medals China's Lin Dan
New Delhi, The Chinese badminton contingent on Saturday gave a thumbs-up to the preparations for the BWF World Championships, saying the conditions at the Indira Gandhi Stadium were much improved compared to the India Open earlier this year.The organisers have
New Delhi: There was a time in global badminton when watching high-adrenaline, nerve-jangling men s doubles contests made you wonder if an Indian pair could ever combine such pace, energy and skill in their game. Then came Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Sh
While the 17-year-old Taipei Open champion, Tanvi Sharma, was busy offering tips to the budding shuttlers at the Chandigarh Badminton Academy in Zirakpur earlier this week, elder sister Radhika Sharma was standing close to Tanvi and applauding her sister. Radh
At the 2009 Badminton World Championships in Hyderabad, a father in the stands stretched his hand and caught a racquet that newly crowned men s doubles world champion Cai Yun had flung into the stands after winning the title. Seventeen years later, the boy who
Mumbai: The journey to success, especially in sports, is somewhat easier when there have been trail blazers, someone whose footsteps can be followed. For India, the path to the podium has long been set at the BWF World Championships the country has won a gold
PV Sindhu, India's ace shuttler, on Monday reacted to the organisers arranging three men to make langur calls at the upcoming BWF World Championships. The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has taken this call to stop macaque intruders
Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal recently spoke candidly about how arthritis brought her illustrious badminton career to an end. During an interview with Hauterrfly, when asked, When you retire because of arthritis, it must be so hard for you, the former Olympic meda
New Delhi: There was nothing but absolute focus in the eyes of Ashmita Chaliha as she stepped on to the main court of the Yi Sun-sin Gymnasium in Asan in what was the 26-year-old s first final on the BWF World Tour. It was Sunday at the $250,000 Korea Masters
Odysseus could see Ithaca on the horizon before the winds sent him back out to sea. Lakshya Sen has had a similar year: an Olympic bronze and an All England title, both within reach, both blown off course by the same thing
