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New Delhi, April 7 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has mourned the passing of its former president and honorary life vice president, Craig Reedie, who died on Monday at age 84. Craig also served as an honorary member and former vice president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), establishing himself as a key figure in global sports governance. Throughout his career, he held several influential roles, including President of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), Cha ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 27 (ANI): Two-time Olympic medallist and global badminton icon PV Sindhu has announced her withdrawal from all remaining Badminton World Federation (BWF) Tour events in 2025 to focus on full recovery from a foot injury. According to a statement released on Monday, the decision was taken after detailed consultations with her support staff and renowned sports medicine specialist Dr. Dinshaw Pardiwala, following a comprehensive assessment of her rehabilitation ...Read More >
India's top seeded Tanvi Sharma produced a near-perfect match against China's Liu Si Ya to storm into the final of the BWF World Junior Champions in Guwahati on Saturday. The 16-year-old Tanvi followed the footsteps of former world No.1 Saina Nehwal and Aparna Popat to become only the third Indian female player to qualify for the final of the tournament, recording a 15-11, 15-9 win over her opponent. Tanvi will now play against the second-seeded Anyapat Phichitpreechasak from Thailand, who fough ...Read More >
Guwahati, Oct 18 (PTI) India's top seeded Tanvi Sharma produced a near-perfect match against China's Liu Si Ya to storm into the final of the BWF World Junior Champions here on Saturday. The 16-year-old Tanvi followed the footsteps of former world No.1 Saina Nehwal and Aparna Popat to become only the third Indian female player to qualify for the final of the tournament, recording a 15-11, 15-9 win over her opponent. Tanvi will now play against the second-seeded Anyapat Phichitpreechasak from T ...Read More >
IMAGE: Top-seeded Tanvi Sharma opened her BWF World Junior Championships campaign with a crushing win over Poland's Wiktoria Kaletka. Photograph: BAI Media/X Medal hopefuls Tanvi Sharma and Unnati Hooda were among seven Indian shuttlers to advance to the next round of the singles event at the BWF World Junior Championships in Guwahati on Tuesday. Top-seeded Tanvi thrashed Poland's Wiktoria Kaletka 15-2, 15-1 in just 11 minutes while eighth seed Unnati eased to a 15-8, 15-9 win over Hong Kong's ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 5 (ANI): Bolstered by the presence of experienced campaigners like Unnati Hooda and Rakshitha Sree and a strong line-up that includes a current and former junior world number 1, host India is gearing up for a historic performance in the BWF World Junior Badminton Championships that get underway at the National Centre of Excellence here from Monday. The BWF World Junior Championships have returned to India after a 17-year hiatus and will be held in two phases fr ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 5 (ANI): Bolstered by the presence of experienced campaigners like Unnati Hooda and Rakshitha Sree and a strong line-up that includes a current and former junior world number 1, host India is gearing up for a historic performance in the BWF World Junior Badminton Championships that get underway at the National Centre of Excellence here from Monday. The BWF World Junior Championships have returned to India after a 17-year hiatus and will be held in two phases fr ...Read More >
World No. 9 Indian pair squander one-game lead and lose to sixth-ranked Chinese duo. IMAGE: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty were beaten by China's Olympic silver medallists Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang in the final of the Hong Kong Open Super 500 on Sunday. Photograph: Kind Courtesy BWF Official/Instagram India's top men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty signed off with a runners-up finish after going down narrowly to China's Olympic silver medallists Liang ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): The BWF World Championships will return to India after 17 years with the capital city, New Delhi, chosen to host the 30th edition in August 2026. The announcement was made during the closing ceremony of the 2025 Championships in Paris, where a handover took place between BWF president Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul, Frank Laurent, president of the Federation Francaise de Badminton, and Sanjay Mishra, honorary general secretary of the Badminton Association of ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): The BWF World Championships will return to India after 17 years with the capital city, New Delhi, chosen to host the 30th edition in August 2026. The announcement was made during the closing ceremony of the 2025 Championships in Paris, where a handover took place between BWF president Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul, Frank Laurent, president of the Federation Francaise de Badminton, and Sanjay Mishra, honorary general secretary of the Badminton Association of ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 13 (ANI): Indian shuttler PV Sindhu will lock horns with Bulgaria's Kaloyana Nalbantova, whereas Lakshya Sen will play Shi Yuqi of China in their respective round one matches of the BWF World Championships 2025, which will take place later this month. Organised by the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the BWF World Championships is the most prestigious badminton competition held annually, barring the Olympic years, as per Olympics.com. It offers the most badminton wor ...Read More >
IMAGE: Tharun Mannepalli has now reached his first semifinal in a BWF 300 tournament. Photograph: Kind courtesy India AllSports/X India's Tharun Mannepalli advanced to the men's singles semifinals of the Macau Open Super 300 badminton tournament after a hard-fought win over China's Hu Zhe in Macau on Friday. The 23-year-old, ranked 47th in the world, showcased speed and a versatile shot selection to edge out World No 87 Hu, 21-12 13-21 21-18 in a 75-minute battle. This marks Mannepalli's maid ...Read More >
Solo , India notched up a 110-69 win over Sri Lanka in their Group D clash to kick off their campaign on a positive note at the Badminton Asia Junior Mixed Team championships here on Friday. The mixed doubles combination of Vishnu Kode and Reshika U began India's march with an 11-5 win over Keneth Aruggoda and Isuri Attanayake in the relay point system where a team had to bag 110 points to win the match. Sisters Gayatri and Mansa Rawat then extended India's lead to 22-14 against Attanayake and ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 14 (ANI): Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen along with men doubles pair of Chirag Shetty-Satwiksairaj Rankireddy will be seen in action in the upcoming Japan Open 2025 badminton tournament which will start from Tuesday, July 15. Sindhu, Lakshya and the Sat-Chi duo were last seen at the Indonesia Open in early June. All three skipped the subsequent US Open and Canada Open, as per Olympics.com. Sindhu, a two-time Olympic medallist, has had a challenging 2025 BWF ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Tanvi Sharma (16) became the youngest Indian shuttler to make it into the final of a BWF World Tour event at the US Open Super 300 on Saturday night. She outplayed seventh-seeded Polina Buhrova of Ukraine in the semi-final of the tournament, beating her opponent in straight games (21-14, 21-16) in 34 minutes. With the triumph, she became the first Indian to reach a BWF World Tour event final this year. She will now face top seed Beiwen Zhang of the USA in the final of the event. Zhan ...Read More >
IMAGE: India's Ayush Shetty, seeded fourth, will face Kuan Lin Kuo of Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals of the men's singles event at the US Open 2025 badminton tournament in Iowa. Photograph: BAI Media/X Ace Indian shuttlers Ayush Shetty and Tanvi Sharma marched into the quarterfinals of the US Open 2025 badminton tournament in Iowa after registering contrasting victories in their second-round fixtures. World No. 34 Ayush Shetty fought hard to get the better of compatriot and World No. 54 T ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jan 17 (VOICE) While India's top hope in women's singles, P.V Sindhu made a premature exit, the men's doubles combine of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty kept the Tricolour fluttering by reaching the semifinals of the India Open BWF Super 750 event here on Friday.On a day on which India's campaign in singles came to an end with the defeat of Sindhu in women's singles and Kiran George in men's, Asian Games gold medallists Satwik and Chirag stayed on course for their second con ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jan 13 (VOICE) The Indian men's doubles badminton duo of Satwik and Chirag expressed their joy of reuniting with Tan Kim Her as a coach and revealed their emotional bond with the Malaysian doubles specialist, who was the person behind the making of the "deadly duo" of Satwik and Chirag back in 2016.Tan took over from Danish Olympic medallist Mathias Boe, who announced his retirement from coaching roles post the Paris 2024 Olympics, where Satwik and Chirag reached the quarterfinals. S ...Read More >
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