M R Arjun and Hariharan Amsakarunan began India’s BWF World Championships campaign with a win over Ireland. For Arjun, the victory was especially meaningful as his parents watched him play live for the first time in around 13 years
Saina Nehwal praised P.V. Sindhu’s Japan Open triumph, emphasizing that champions can never be written off. Saina backed Indian players for the upcoming World Championships while lamenting badminton’s exclusion from the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and ruling out her own comeback
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty clinched a bronze medal at the BWF World Championships after losing 19-21, 21-18, 12-21 to Chen Boyang and Liu Yi in the semifinals
