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Malaysia Open 2022

01 Jul 2022

Malaysia Open: PV Sindhu knocked out by nemesis Tai Tzu Ying

PV Sindhu, seeded seventh, squandered a game lead to lose 13-21 21-15 21-13 to the second seed Tai Tzu, a silver medallist at the Tokyo Olympics.

21 Dec 2021

PV Sindhu appointed as Badminton World Federation Athletes Commission member

Two-time Olympic medallist shuttler PV Sindhu has been appointed as a member of the Badminton World Federation's Athletes Commission until 2025.

05 Dec 2021

THIS save and return from Lakshya Sen surprised World No 1 Axelsen - WATCH

The world number one Viktor Axelsen on Saturday defeated India's Lakshya Sen to cruise into the final of the BWF World Tour Finals in Bali on Saturday.

18 Nov 2021

BWF to honour Indian badminton legend Prakash Padukone with THIS huge award

Badminton Association of India (BAI) had submitted his name for this award Padukone has contributed immensely to the game

28 Jun 2021

COVID-19: BWF cancels India Open, Hyderabad Open

According to BWF, the changes represent the best and most feasible opportunity for badminton tournaments to resume with regularity over the next six months.

20 Apr 2021

India Open 2021: Tournament postponed due to surge in COVID-19 cases

The India Open was part of the qualification cycle for this year's Tokyo Olympics.

05 Apr 2021

COVID-19: All domestic badminton tournaments in April and May postponed

Upcoming tournament in Bengaluru, scheduled to be played from April 18 to 25 has been postponed. Junior and sub-junior competitions in Hyderabad, which were slated to be held in May, have been postponed. Earlier, BWF announced that the Russian Open 2021 and Indonesia Masters 2021 Super 100 have been cancelled.

Kidambi Srikanth

15 Oct 2020

Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth eases into quarter-finals of Denmark Open

Srikanth will next face the winner of the other second-round clash between second-seed Tien Chen Chou of Chinese Taipei and Ireland's Nhat Nguyen. Meanwhile, Lakshya Sen -- the only other Indian left in the tournament-- will take on Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus of Denmark for a quarter-final berth. Notably, the Denmark Open is the only event taking place this year in Badminton World Federation's calendar.

28 May 2020

BWF extends qualification period for Tokyo Olympics till next year

Earlier, the international body had suspended all tournaments till July due to the coronavirus pandemic.

22 May 2020

BWF announces revised tournament calendar, India Open to be held from Dec 8-13

A total of eight tournaments have been rescheduled from their original dates due to the novel virus.

European Mixed Team Badminton Championships

04 May 2020

Finland to host 2021 European Mixed Team Badminton Championships

Badminton Europe on Monday announced that the championships will take place in Vantaa, just outside Helsinki, in February 2021.

05 Apr 2020

Badminton World Championships to be rescheduled amid Olympic clash

The BWF had earlier called off all tournaments post the All England Championships until April 12 due to the pandemic.

26 Mar 2020

Coronavirus: BWF welcomes Tokyo Olympics postponement, may freeze rankings

The IOC and the TOCOG announced in a joint statement on Tuesday that the Games have been postponed to no later than the summer of 2021.

26 Mar 2020

Sindhu donates Rs 5 lakh each to Telangana, Andhra Pradesh to fight COVID-19

The 24-year-old shuttler from Hyderabad took to her official Twitter handle to confirm the news about donation.

21 Mar 2020

Continental badminton championships cancelled due to coronavirus

Previously all BWF World Tour and other BWF-sanctioned tournaments from March 16 to April 12 had been suspended due to the escalation of COVID-19 outbreak.

14 Mar 2020

BWF suspends all tournaments till April 12 due to coronavirus

India Open was scheduled to be played in New Delhi from March 24 to 29.

03 Dec 2019

Sourabh Verma achieves career-best Badminton World Federation ranking

Sourabh had a great season where he bagged two Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super 100 titles at Hyderabad and Vietnam besides winning the Slovenia International series in May. He achieved a career-best ranking of world no.29 in the latest BWF ranking.

17 Mar 2019

Swiss Open: B Sai Praneeth stunned by top-seed Shi Yuqi in final

On Saturday, Praneeth showcased a rich vein of form as he swept aside second-seed Chen Long of China in straight games to cement his spot in the finals of the Swiss Open.

12 Feb 2019

Nationals will help in preparation for All England : B Sai Praneeth

With Prannoy and Srikanth withdrawing due to fitness issues, former champion Praneeth will be one of the favourites to lift the trophy at the 83rd Senior Nationals.

25 Oct 2018

Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth enter quarterfinals of French Open

Defending champion Kidambi Srikanth and India ace Saina Nehwal made their way to the quarterfinals of the USD 750,000 French Open BWF World Tour Super 750 here on Thursday.

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