All England Championships: Sindhu gets easy start; Saina, Srikanth draw tough first-round opponents

Saina Nehwal will face the in-form Mia Blichfeldt while Kidambi Srikanth has drawn Tommy Sugiarto in the opening round of the badminton tournament.

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· Yesterday · 11:54 am

Badminton: Tokyo Olympics qualification period extended till June after three tournaments postponed

The development came after the BWF decided to postpone two tournaments in Malaysia and Singapore Open from their earlier scheduled dates.

Press Trust of India

· Feb 19, 2021 · 01:26 pm

Sindhu shifts base from Gopichand academy to help with Tokyo prep, says no differences with coach

She moved to the Gachibowli indoor stadium because it is more similar to the badminton venue that will be at the Tokyo Olympics.

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· Feb 15, 2021 · 11:39 am

Badminton’s song of ice and fire: Tai Tzu Ying and Carolina Marin begin 2021 in sensational style

The two superstars competed in all three women’s singles finals in Bangkok as badminton returned to action in 2021.

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· Feb 02, 2021 · 04:57 pm

Badminton: Satwik-Ashwini reach career-high ranking of 19, Sindhu remains at No 7 in singles

India’s mixed doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa has broken into the top 20 of the BWF rankings for the first time.

Press Trust of India

· Feb 02, 2021 · 04:16 pm

Watch highlights: Tai Tzu Ying, Anders Antonsen win men’s singles titles at BWF World Tour Finals

The Taiwanese player blocked reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin’s bid for a hat-trick of titles in three weeks.

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· Jan 31, 2021 · 06:46 pm

Badminton: Carolina Marin, Viktor Axelsen gun for World Tour Finals title

Marin will once again be facing off against top-ranked Tai Tzu Ying, while Axelsen will face fellow Dane Antonsen.

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· Jan 30, 2021 · 06:15 pm

Badminton World Tour Finals: Tai Tzu-ying prevails over Ratchanok, teen An Se-young beats Marin

In the emn’s singles, Victor Axelsen will play against second-ranked Chou Tien-chen from Taiwan while Anders Antonsen will be up against Wang Tzu-wei.

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· Jan 29, 2021 · 09:46 pm

Badminton: Olympic medallist Mathias Boe to coach Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

The Dane will coach the World No 10 Indian men’s doubles in the run up to the Tokyo Olympics.

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· Jan 29, 2021 · 08:50 pm

It was a nightmare: Indian badminton star Prannoy recalls bio-bubble struggles during Thailand Open

Prannoy admitted that hard quarantine at times could be so lonely that one feels that he can no longer go out in the sun.

Press Trust of India

· Jan 29, 2021 · 05:13 pm

Badminton World Tour Finals: PV Sindhu ends campaign with win, Srikanth suffers third straight loss

World champion PV Sindhu notched a 21-18, 21-15 win over world No 13 Pornpawee Chochuwong in her third and final match.

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· Jan 29, 2021 · 02:39 pm

Watch highlights: PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth suffer second defeats in Badminton World Tour finals

With only the top two players from each group making it to the semi-finals, the two defeats all but sealed the fate of the Indian duo in the tournament.

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· Jan 28, 2021 · 03:41 pm