The HSBC BWF World Tour Super 500 Yonex-Sunrise India Open starts today at the K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall, New Delhi, India. PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth who had a progressive 2021 will be looking to carry on the momentum and grab as many points as possible from the opening

2021 was a year filled with surprises, some players missed the with year due to injury, and some missed due to COVID. Nevertheless, the year gave some players a much needed break to make a mark for themselves. Because of some peculiar conditions the past season gave opportunity for few

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2021 was a tumultuous year for all the players. Due to the COVID-19 second wave many of the tournaments were canceled. BWF was forced to plan nine back-to-back events across 3 months. The BWF 2022 calendar begins with the India Open on 11th January and ends with the Polish International

Though the year was filled with series of tournaments many were cancelled or postponed due to COVID issue the Badminton World Federation concluded its 2021 calendar successfully. Here is a look back at the some of the incredible feats achieved by the players. Tokyo OlympicsThe Olympic organizing committee was forced

World No.2 Akane Yamaguchi defeated world No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying to win the BWF World Championships women’s singles title. She thumped Tai Tzu Ying 21-4, 21-11 in Sunday’s final. This is the biggest win of the Japanese shuttler’s career. And this is by far the

The Day 4 of the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships was a historic day for the Indians as Srikanth Kidambi and Lakshya Sen won their quarterfinals matches and ensured a first-ever men’s singles spot at the season-ending championships. Twelfth seed Kidambi Srikanth thumped Mark Caljouw 21-8, 21-7 in 26 minutes

Loh Kean Yew defeated world no.1, Viktor Axelsen, in the first round of the BWF World Championships 2021.

Carolina Marin who was out of action due to an ACL tear since June 2021 will be back on the court on home turf. Marin overwhelmed PV Sindhu to win the gold medal at the 2016 Olympics was in terrific form leading up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, was the

Indonesia withdraw from the 2021 BWF World Championships.

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It’s a season of unique records in Badminton. A power-packed season filled with back-to-back tournaments with close to 100 days of play.

World no.6 An Seyoung defeated world no.7, PV Sindhu, and bagged the BWF World Tour Finals title on Sunday in Bali.

The Badminton World Federation on Friday, 03rd December 2021 announced the list of winners in a virtually broadcasted event.

On 28th November, the world no.2, Viktor Axelsen, won the BWF World Tour Super 1000 Indonesia Open title against world no.26, Loh Kean Yew.

Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu, Sai Praneeth, Satwiksairaj & Chirag Shetty advanced to the quarterfinals at the BWF World Tour Super 1000 Indonesia Open on Thursday.

Looks like BWF has delivered a jam-packed year, again. Here is a look at the 2022 calendar.

BWF World Tour Super 1000 Indonesia Open starts today in Bali, this is the second of the three tournaments at the resort island. Here is a look at main matches on Day-1.

World no.1 Kento Momota beat world no.3 Anders Antonsen to win BWF World Tour Super 750 Indonesia Masters in Bali.

India’s campaign came to an end on Saturday as both PV Sindhu and Srikanth lost their semifinal matches.

Post COVID-19 pandemic the independent players are finding it difficult to participate in back-to-back tournaments as they are unable to cope up with the organizer's norms.

PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, and Ashwini/Sikki cruise into the second round as the men’s doubles pair falls on day 1.

Chinese men’s doubles specialist Li Junhui announced his retirement from the sport on Friday, the 12th of November.

The BWF World Badminton Championships are scheduled to be held in Huelva, Spain between 12th - 19th December 2021.

The badminton governing body on Thursday disclosed the list of players nominated for Player Of The Year for 2020/21.

Badminton World Federation (BWF), the apex badminton governing body, last week announced that two Chinese players have been found guilty for match-fixing and have been banned from the sport for two years. Regional players Zhu Jun hao and Zhang Bin Rong have been banned from all activities relating to badminton

Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew claimed the 2021 BWF World Tour Super 500 Hylo Open championship on Sunday in Saarbrücken, Germany.

Kidambi Srikanth, Sourabh Verma, Lee Zii Jia cruised into the second round whereas Chou Tien Chen, HS Prannoy and Subhankar Dey got knocked out. The sixth seed Kidambi Srikanth comfortably sailed past Japan's Koki Watanabe in straight-game win at the BWF Super 500 tournament. The Indian ace who played some

Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying have been the most celebrated mixed doubles pair for Malaysia. Going by their performance in the last few years looks like they are at the penultimate turn. The 2016 Rio Olympics silver medalist had a forgetful 2021. Chan and Goh lost both the

The Badminton World Federation successfully concluded the Yonex French Open championship on Sunday 31st October 2021. BWF in August this year released a fresh calendar for 2021 and committed to deliver all the announced tournaments without any further postponements and provide players a structured platform to play and earn much

The Indonesian legend joins the Badminton Association of Malaysia as national deputy coaching director. The 53-year-old has bagged a two-year contract with badminton Malaysia. This is not the first time, Rexy has been associated with the Malaysian badminton association. The former Olympic gold medalist will closely work with current coaching

Day 2 at the French Open saw all the top athletes taking to the court and also witnessed some major upsets of the tournament. The Danish Open winner Viktor Axelsen retired from the match due to injury, the Singaporean world no.40 Loh Kean Yew stunned the All England Open

Indian’s had a forgetful outing at the recently concluded Victor Denmark Open championship. The best was from Sindhu and Sameer Verma, both of them managed to reach the quarterfinals. Sindhu who was playing her first tournament after the Olympics was not at her attacking best. The two-time Olympic medalist

Sunday’s BWF Denmark Open’s men’s singles finals was supposed to be a one-sided affair favoring Japan’s world no.1 Kento Momota. The world no.2 Viktor Axelsen has a dismal 14-1 head-to-head record against Momota. The big Dane was playing his maiden Denmark Open final; the

According to PBSI (the Indonesian Badminton Association), the world no.5 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting withdrew from the ongoing BWF Denmark Open due to an injury. The 25-year-old Indonesian player was up against world no.43 Thomas Rouxel of France in the first round. He pulled out in the first five

There are several appellants who stand tall when it comes to answering the greatest badminton player of all time. The fans are split between Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei. Lee and Lin who comprehensively dominated sports in the last two decades. This duo faced each other on almost 40

Double Olympic gold medallist, five-time world champion and arguably the greatest badminton player the sport has ever seen, announced retirement on 04th July 2020 at the age of 36, referring to his body and was not able to undergo pain and injuries that he could previously undergo. He was famously

Indonesia thrashed China 3-0 and won the Thomas Cup title in Aarhus, Denmark on Sunday. Indonesia kicked off the finals with a win from world no.5 and Tokyo Olympics men's singles bronze medallist Anthony Sinisuka Ginting over Lu Guangzu, a three games thriller that lasted over an hour, 18-21,

China beat Japan 3-1 and secured its 15th Uber Cup title in Aarhus, Denmark on Saturday. China, which was third-best in 2018, looked to improve, but Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi had other plans as she thumped the Olympic gold medalist Chen Yu Fei in straight games 21-18, 21-10. Putting China

After a hard-fought 3-2 win over Spain in the first match, the Indian women’s team registered a convincing victory as they beat Scotland 4-1 on Tuesday. As per the tournament rules, the top two teams with the most number of wins in the group will automatically qualify for the

India has never been successful at the Sudirman Cup or Thomas & Uber Cup, and this year there wasn’t much of a difference as well. After a disastrous outing in Finland at the 2021 BWF Sudirman Cup, Indians are off to a winning start at the Thomas & Uber

The 2021 BWF calendar kicked off with the Sudirman Cup towards the end of September. The Badminton World Federation lined up a series of tournaments starting with the Thomas & Uber Cup followed by the BWF Super 1000 Denmark Open, the BWF Super 750 French Open, and Germany Open tournaments

Kidambi Srikanth is one of the most celebrated men’s singles badminton players in the last 10 years.

On Sunday the 3rd of October 2021 scripted history when the Chinese won the BWF Sudirman Cup for a record 12th time. Ever since the beginning of this millennium, Chinese have stamped their authority on badminton. Dominating the sport in all categories and in all major tournaments. Their success in

Mathias Boe, one of the Danish badminton legends is trying to make a comeback at this year's Denmark Open. The Danish Doubles specialist retired from the game in April 2020. Mathias Boe was the most celebrated doubles player of his generation. He partnered with Carsten Mogensen for most of his

Viktor Axelsen, the world no.2 and the reigning Olympic champion, shifting his base from Denmark to Dubai has drawn not so quite positive reactions from the Danish team. The latest to join the list is Anton Andersen. The current world no. 3, unlike his compatriot, is also quite active

Ever since PV Sindhu won the bronze medal at the 2021 Tokyo summer Olympics, one person has become the talk of the town other than Sindhu. He is no other than her current coach, Park Tae-Sang. An emotional Sindhu let out a joyful scream as she beat He Bingjiao in

VA has won the Olympic Gold. Even after a few days, he’s posting in SoMe that he can’t believe it. I’m sure he’s going to sleep with this piece of metal around his neck for the next few days. That’s what an Olympic gold can

The Badminton World Federation, the governing body of badminton, on Wednesday, the 18th of August 2021 announced the draws for this year's Thomas and Uber Cup. This event will be held between the 9th to 17th October in Aarhus, Denmark. The Thomas and Uber cup finals return to the European

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Viktor Axelsen the second Danish badminton player after Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen to win gold at the Olympics games .

Every 2-4 years we find ourselves in awe of a sports icon. And then there are people like PV Sindhu who happen once in a generation. Her achievements are beyond any predictions. A couple of decades ago sports stars in India were majorly from cricket. Parents were reluctant to consider

Kevin Haroldo Cordon Buezo, born on November 1986 in La Union, Zacapa Guatemala this 34-year created history by putting Guatemalan badminton on the map when he marked his way into the semi-finals of the Tokyo Olympics 2020. Kevin, making his appearance in the Olympics for the fourth time, started with

It was a brilliant performance by India’s darling PV Sindhu to win a medal for the country. For the last year or so Sindhu was under pressure to perform due to the controversial events around her coaching and practice sessions. She has proved herself right and can have a

Chen Yu Fei - Gold medal, Tai Tzu Ying - Silver & P V Sindhu - BronzeChina's Wang Yi Lyu/Huang Dong Pong and Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong take away Gold and Silver medal. As Japan settles with Bronze medal.

Badminton fans shocked to see Kento Momota and Gideon/Sukamuljo crashing out of Olympics.

Tokyo Olympics badminton update: Indian men's doubles pair bow out even after winning 2 matches in group stage.

The First match of Day 01 begins with the Japanese Mixed doubles Pair Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino defeating Denmark's Mathias Christiansen and Alexandra Boje in a three setter. Final scores - 20-22, 21-11 & 21-15The debutant India pair defeated the world no.3 Chinese Taipei pair in a 66

The show has begun, the beautiful city of Tokyo lighted up in bright colors as the greatest competition in the world has begun.Parade of athletes from countries all over the world is a treat to watch, the tremendous pride in their eyes shows the level of commitment and dedication

Players enjoying their stay at the Olympic village.

Badminton is an exciting sport, extremely competitive and skill full. Doubles matches are especially very intense and exhilarating. The Olympic games have always produced some sensational matches and this year promises to be better. Indonesia has the best doubles pair. Be it the young Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo & Marcus Fernaldi

The much anticipated Tokyo Olympics will get going this Friday, the 23rd of July. And for all the badminton fanatics, the men’s singles clash will be a show stopper. With Lin Dan and Lee Chong Wei announcing retirements, the draw is open to all. China has been the most

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Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM), one of the badminton citadels of Asia. Riding on the success of the recently concluded All England Championships, BAM is betting heavily on 23-year-old Lee Zii Jia to win Gold at the Tokyo Olympics. When it comes to the Olympics, Malaysians have been perennial underachievers.

Denmark, a country also known as the land of the Vikings. With a population of close to 6 million, Denmark has produced many world-renowned shuttlers since its introduction in 1925. Some of the well-known players are Marten Fröst, Poul-Erik Høyer, Peter Gade, Tine Rasmussen, Hans-Kristian Vittinghus, Jan Ø. Jørgensen, Christinna

The world’s most reputable, respected, and admired sporting event, the Tokyo Olympics 2020 is just a month away. Badminton will be featured for the 12th time in the Olympics since its induction in the 1992 Barcelona games. A total of 34 medals have been contested to date and 18

For the first time since the beginning of the Olympics in 1896. King Georgios I welcomed athletes from 13 different nations along with 60,000 spectators at the Athens games. At the Tokyo Olympics, no foreign visitors will be allowed to see the games. Thanks to the pandemic. Japan banned