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India's HS Prannoy and Unnati Hooda made strong starts at the Taipei Open Super 300 on Wednesday, securing straight-game victories to reach the second round. Promising shuttler Tharun Mannepalli also advanced after shocking eighth seed Jeon Hyeok Jin

Indian shuttler PV Sindhu lost to world number four Chen Yufei 21-16, 20-22, 18-21 in a grueling second-round match at the China Open. Fresh off her Japan Open victory, Sindhu squandered four match-closing game points in the second game

Fresh off her Japan Open triumph, P.V. Sindhu leads India's squad at the China Open Super 1000 starting Tuesday. Lakshya Sen and H.S. Prannoy feature in men's singles, while Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty skip the event

Hyderabad’s Sai Nachiketh Bhatraju made history by becoming the first Indian to win the U-19 men's singles title at the 2026 All England Championship. Former champion and mentor Chetan Anand praised Bhatraju's grace, strokeplay, and disciplined approach

PV Sindhu defeated Japan's Akane Yamaguchi 21-17, 21-17 to win her maiden Japan Open Super 750 title. The victory ended her two-year title drought, making her the first Indian champion at the tournament with a dominant, attacking performance

PV Sindhu advanced to the women's singles semifinals of the Japan Open Super 750 after Japan's Nozomi Okuhara withdrew before their quarterfinal. The former world champion will now face China's Chen Yufei for a place in the final.

P.V. Sindhu cruised into the quarterfinals of the Japan Open 2026 with a commanding 21-16, 21-14 win over World No. 5 Han Yue. She will face former World No. 1 Nozomi Okuhara next

India's Dhyan Santosh upset sixth seed Punnatat Prempunpong in straight games at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships. While Tanvi Patri and Dev Ruparelia secured opening-round victories, it was a mixed day overall for the Indian contingent in Yatsushiro

Indian shuttler Dhyan Santosh caused a major upset by defeating sixth seed Punnatat Prempunpong at the Badminton Asia Junior Championships. Tanvi Patri and Dev Ruparelia also advanced to the second round in Yatsushiro, Japan

anga Reddy shuttlers B. Akhil Reddy and Avni Vikram Govind clinched the boys' and girls' singles titles respectively at the Telangana State Under-19 Badminton Championship at Manikonda Academy. R. Sai Siddharth secured a double win in doubles events

Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth defeated Japan's Yudai Okimoto in a hard-fought three-game semifinal to reach his first final of the year at the US Open. Teenager Rounak Chouhan bowed out in the semifinals, while Devika Sihag also exited.

Tickets for the 2026 BWF World Championships in New Delhi are now live on BookMyShow, starting at ₹499. Returning to India after 17 years, the marquee event features elite global stars alongside India's premier contingent from August 17–23

Nitin Kumar and Likhita Srivastava won the mixed doubles gold medal at the Yonex-Sunrise Memorial All India Senior Ranking Badminton Tournament in Pune. Likhita also added a women's doubles silver, underlining the success of Suchitra Badminton Academy's training programme

PV Sindhu storming into the Australian Open semifinals with a dominant 21-6, 21-9 win over Chen Su Yu. She will face top seed Akane Yamaguchi next, while rising Indian star Tanvi Sharma exited in the quarterfinals

PV Sindhu leads a 24-member Indian squad at the Australian Open 2026 in Sydney. While HS Prannoy and Ayush Shetty look to rebound, India will miss key stars including Lakshya Sen and the duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag ShettY

Fourth-seeded trainees from Hyderabad’s Suchitra Badminton Academy, Kimkim Khongsai and Liansangpuia, swept the U-15 Mixed Doubles title at the All India National Ranking Tournament, defeating their opponents 21-10, 21-15 in a clinical final showdown

Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun advanced to their maiden BWF Super 1000 quarterfinals by upsetting Malaysia's Aaron Tai and Kang Khai Xing at the Indonesia Open. Meanwhile, PV Sindhu and Ayush Shetty exited in the Round of 16

Ayush Shetty battled back from a game down to defeat China’s Weng Hong Yang and enter the second round of the Indonesia Open. Mixed doubles pair Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani also advanced after upsetting a higher-ranked Chinese Taipei combination

HS Prannoy dominates against World No. 5 Jonatan Christie 10-21, 21-12, 21-18

Sindhu,will draw confidence from her strong history at the event, having won the title in 2022