Tag: Badminton World Federation
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Kiren Rijiju leads wishes for PV Sindhu as badminton champ turns 25
Sania Mirza, Badminton World Federation and Jwala Gutta were among others who wished Sindhu on her birthday.
July 5, 2020 -
Hyderabad Open cancelled due to COVID-19 crisis, confirms BWF
Apart from Hyderabad Open, Australia Open and Korea Masters have also been cancelled.
June 4, 2020 -
COVID-19: Pullela Gopichand urges BWF to think of ways for badminton resumption
The Olympic qualifiers were supposed to happen in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore along with India before the events were forced to be suspended.
May 11, 2020 -
BWF suspends all its tournaments till July
Last week, the BWF froze the world rankings and world junior rankings until further notice, with the lists backdated to March 17, 2020.
April 6, 2020 -
COVID-19: Badminton World Federation backs Tokyo Olympics postponement
The 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, which were slated to commence on July 24, have been postponed to 2021 due to the outbreak of Coronavirus.
March 25, 2020 -
COVID-19: Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, Parupalli Kashyap slam BWF for going ahead with tournaments
The coronavirus outbreak severely impacted some of the most high profile sporting events worldwide be it the Indian Premier League (IPL) or Serie A and La Liga matches.
March 13, 2020 -
PV Sindhu stays at 5, Akane Yamaguchi takes top spot
Sindhu, the Rio Olympic silver medallist, has had a roller coaster fortnight in which she finished runner-up at the Indonesia Open and lost in the quarter-final of the Japan Open, losing to Japanese shuttler Akane Yamaguchi on both occasions.
July 31, 2019 -
Sindhu’s gold-haunt
When India had bagged nine gold and 41 other medals at the Asian Games (at the time of writing) it would seem churlish and unfair to keep focusing on the “gold” that continues to elude Pursala Venkata Sindhu. Yet that lament is essentially the result of the high expectations raised by the consistently sterling accomplishments...
August 30, 2018 -
BWF to decide on new scoring system
The future of badminton and the prospect of change will be in focus at the Badminton World Federation’s meeting in Bangkok this weekend. Delegates from the international federation’s 189 member associations will gather in Thailand’s capital on May 18 on the eve of the BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals. As has been widely publicised,...
May 18, 2018 -
Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth is World No. 1 now
In 2015, Nehwal had made India proud by becoming the world number 1 player.
April 12, 2018 -
Saina Nehwal, Carolina Marin hit out at cramped BWF calendar
Saina advocated for a five-week Grand Slam tournament like tennis instead of the various Superseries.
December 20, 2017 -
PV Sindhu rises to career-best World No. 2 ranking
Sindhu jumped three places to achieve a career-best world No.2 ranking in the BWF rankings.
April 7, 2017 -
Saina Nehwal to represent Olympic Committee in BWF
Currently the World No.10, Saina is aiming to win the prestigious All England Championship in March.
February 26, 2017