Chinese badminton legend Lin Dan announces retirement

The 36-year-old announced his decision on social media site Weibo.

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· 11 minutes ago

Badminton: BAI plans training camp from July in Hyderabad, but no event till September

With coronavirus cases surging in Hyderabad, the Telangana government as a precautionary measure extended the lockdown till June 30.

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· Jun 26, 2020 · 04:26 pm

Been able to give 100% in practice: Badminton star Momota says he has recovered fully from car crash

The world no 1 men’s singles played had undergone a surgery for an eye socket fracture in February after the crash.

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· Jun 26, 2020 · 12:14 pm

Badminton: HS Prannoy tenders apology after show cause notice, BAI unlikely to pursue matter further

BAI had issued a show cause notice to Prannoy last week for leaving the Indian team before the Badminton Asia Team Championship semi-final in February.

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· Jun 23, 2020 · 06:37 pm

Ignored for Arjuna award by BAI, Prannoy gets recommended by Khel Ratna awardee Gopichand: Report

The Badminton Association of India earlier ignored the shuttler for a second successive year due to disciplinary issues.

Press Trust of India

· Jun 21, 2020 · 06:30 pm

Badminton: Srikanth recommended for Khel Ratna after apologising for leaving Asian c’ships midway

As reported by Scroll.in, Srikanth and Prannoy were not recommended for sports awards in 2020 because of their decision to leave the team event in Manila.

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· Jun 19, 2020 · 06:51 pm

Leroy D’sa, the only Indian badminton player to have won four Asian Games medals

The 66-year-old is also the only Indian badminton player to have won three medals in one edition of the Asian Games.

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· Jun 16, 2020 · 04:33 pm

Badminton: 2020’s Swiss Open, European Championsips cancelled due to pandemic

Both tournaments had already been suspended, with the European Championships originally scheduled to start in March.

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· Jun 10, 2020 · 06:38 pm

Sports awards controversy: Why Prannoy (and Srikanth) were not recommended by the BAI

With the Olympics postponed by a year, BAI felt it was the right time to let the players know that they are not bigger than the system.

Abhijeet Kulkarni

· Jun 05, 2020 · 09:08 am

Coronavirus: Hyderabad Open badminton tournament scheduled for August cancelled

The event was part of the BWF’s revised calendar to restart the sport after the pandemic-forced cancellations since March.

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· Jun 04, 2020 · 08:14 pm

Coronavirus: Ashwini Ponnappa, Lakshya Sen among Indian shuttlers to resume training in Bengaluru

The shuttlers started training at PPBA after the Sports Authority of India laid down rules for the resumption of training late last month.

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· Jun 04, 2020 · 06:47 pm

‘Same old story’: Badminton star HS Prannoy slams BAI after being ignored for Arjuna award

Prannoy expressed his displeasure on Twitter as Sameer Verma got the not ahead of him despite not having any CWG or Asian Games medals in his kitty.

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· Jun 03, 2020 · 03:12 pm