Badminton

At the end of the all-Indian opening-round clash, the scoreline pointed 16-21, 21-16, 21-13 in favour of Rajawat, who will go on to take on another Indian, the veteran HS Prannoy in his second-round fixture tomorrow.

The calm and energetic 26-year-old Antonsen beat a lethargic-looking Shi 21-14, 21-13 in less than an hour.

Sen clinched a 21-18, 21-18 victory to set up a final clash with fourth-seeded Tharun M, who defeated Bharat Raghav 21-11, 16-21, 21-19 in a tight fixture.

Manasi Joshi and Thulasimathi Murugesan clinched gold as Pramod Bhagat secured two silvers at the recently concluded 5th Fazza Dubai Para Badminton International 2023.

Shetty got the better of Muhammad Reza Al Fajri of Indonesia 19-21, 21-9, 22-20, while Kiran fought off Rithvik Sanjeevi Satish Kumar 21-12, 10-21, 21-12 to set up a clash against Iqbal Diaz Syahputra of Indonesia in the pre-quarters.

HS Prannoy lost 21-19 16-21 19-21 to Chou Tien Chen in the second round of the Japan Masters.

Sindhu took to X, formerly known as Twitter, where, in a heartfelt post, the shuttler shared the news of a new niggle that has been spotted in her left knee, thereby ruling her out of any recent competitions.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost in the second round to bring down the curtains on India's challenge at the French Open.

PV Sindhu and Carolina Marin were both yellow carded as the Indian shuttler lost to her opponent 18-21, 21-19, 7-21 to bow out of Denmark Open semifinals.

Sindhu lost the opening game 12-21 before bouncing back in the second 21-11. However, the Chinese upped the ante in the final game, beating Sindhu 21-7.

HS Prannoy opened up on winning bronze at the BWF World Championships, defeating Viktor Axelsen and his Paris Olympics plans.

HS Prannoy claimed bronze at the BWF World Championships, becoming only the fifth Indian men's singles player to win a medal at the event.

Chirag and his partner Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, who won the Commonwealth Games gold medal last year, have been simply sensational this season with their title-winning run extending to the Indonesia Open, Asia Championships, Swiss Open and Korea Open.

Here is the full list of matches and draw for Indian players for the BWF World Championships, which will be held in Copenhagen.

The ace Indian shuttler broke a decade-long record set in May 2013 by Malaysian Tan Boon Heong, who had produced a speed of 493 km/h (306.34 mph) with his smash. Malaysia’s Tan Pearly set the Guinness world record for the fastest female badminton hits wit...

The Indian pair registered a opening round 21-16 21-14 win over Supak Jomkoh and Kittinupong Kedren of Thailand to advance to the subsequent round of the event in Korea, where they are slated to take on He Ji Ting and Zhou Hao Dong of China.