Thomas Cup: India set up quarterfinal date with Chinese Taipei
India’s men’s badminton team will face Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals of the BWF Thomas Cup Finals after the knockout draw was announced on Thursday.
India’s men’s badminton team will face Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals of the BWF Thomas Cup Finals after the knockout draw was announced on Thursday.
Former India Open champion Kidambi Srikanth’s run at the BWF India Open came to an end on Thursday after he was beaten by France’s Christo Popov in the round of 16 at the Indira Gandhi Sports Complex here.
Just like every year, this edition of the India Open has attracted the world’s best badminton players, including World Champion Shi Yu Qi of China, women’s world no. 1 An Se Young and BWF World Tour Finals champion Christo Popov. A
Badminton powerhouse China kept their nerves under pressure to beat defending champions Indonesia 2-0 in the finals of the BWF World Junior Championships 2025 at the National Centre of Excellence here on Saturday to lift the Suhandinata Cup for the 15th time.
The Baloch Women Forum (BWF) has condemned the killing of three Baloch youths by what it described as "state-hired local militias-cum-death-squads" in the Kech district of Balochistan.
The Indian combination, making a comeback of sorts on the BWF circuit following an injury to Satwik, made a strong start against the Malaysian but struggled to counter the game plan of their opponent at the back end of both games and lost 21-18, 21-14 in 37 minutes.
But there were some setbacks too as youngster Akarshi Kashyap, experienced women's doubles pair Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto, World No. 38 pair Rutaparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda and Anupama Upadhyaya lost their first-round matches in the event.
Indian shuttlers have won a total of five titles in the 2024 BWF World Tour. Of the five titles,one each are in men's and women's singles, two in men's doubles, and one in women's doubles.
A total of 11 Indian badminton players will be in action in the event with Malvika, ranked 35 in the BWF World Ranking, being the highest ranked among them.
Lakshya Sen and Aakarshi Kashyap won their respective men and women’s second round singles' matches at the 85th Senior National Badminton Championships, here on Thursday.
