The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has been conducting selection trials for major team championships since last year with top-20 ranked players in the BWF world ranking being picked directly.
May 3, 2023Indian shuttler and Olympic medalist PV Sindhu advanced to the second round of women's competition in the ongoing Swiss Open while Lakshya Sen crashed out of the men's singles competition at Basel on Wednesday.
March 23, 2023Lakshya Sen crashed out of the All England Open 2023 men's singles event after losing to Anders Antonsen of Denmark in straight games at the Utilita Arena in Birmingham.
March 17, 2023India's badminton star Lakshya Sen defeated world No. 5 Chou Tien Chen in his first round men's singles match, while HS Prannoy beat Chinese Taipei's world No. 24 Wang Tzu Wei in his opening encounter at the All England Open 2023 badminton championships in Birmingham on Tuesday.
March 15, 2023With Indian challenge in the Yonex-Sunrise India Open coming to an end, in the quarter-finals, Gemke will now face top seed and compatriot Viktor Axelseny.
January 20, 2023The second-round clash between Sen and Gemke kept the spectators glued to their seats in the decider as Sen fought back from 8-14 deficit to make it 13-14.
January 19, 2023In the men's singles, Lakshya, HS Prannoy and Kidambi Srikanth have all been placed in the same quarter, which means only one Indian can progress to the men's singles quarterfinals.
January 16, 2023Prannoy came from a game down to beat the ninth-seeded Lakshya 17-21, 21-16, 21-17 in the round of 16.
August 26, 2022Prannoy, who hadn't beaten the Japanese ace in their previous seven meetings, won the clash 21-17, 21-16 in Momota's backyard.
August 25, 2022Lakshya was tested in the first game but was dominant in the second to register a 21-17, 21-10 win over Luis Penalver. Indian won seven straight points after trailing 4-6 to take a healthy lead to the interval.
August 24, 2022Prannoy and Srikanth both won their matches in straight games as they faced off in the semifinals of the 2021 competition.
August 23, 2022Lakshya, who was seeded ninth, won the bronze medal at Huelva's hosting of the competition in 2021.
August 22, 2022World No 7 Sindhu, who won her maiden singles gold at CWG 2022 in Birmingham, will be eyeing her second world title, having won the event in 2019.
August 11, 2022In his debut outing in the multi-nation event, Lakshya, 20, came back incredibly well after losing the first set to become the fourth Indian shuttler to win a gold medal in men's singles category after Prakash Padukone (1978), Syed Modi (1982) and Parupalli Kashyap (2014).
August 9, 2022With a lot at stake for the Indian badminton contingent following a superb show in Gold Coast four years ago, Sindhu, the former World Champion and world No 1, set the ball rolling for India with a dominant win against Yeo Jia Min of Malaysia in the women's singles semi-finals.
August 8, 2022World championships silver medallist Srikanth, 11th in the badminton rankings, lost to 41st-ranked Brice Leverdez of France 21-23, 10-21 in 42 minutes at the Istora Stadium.
June 16, 2022Sindhu, seventh in the badminton world rankings, suffered a heavy 12-21, 10-21 defeat against world No. 8 Ratchanok Intanon in the women's singles quarterfinal, which lasted for just 33 minutes.
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