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India's para badminton stars delivered a strong showing at the British & Irish Para International 2025, led by Sukant Kadam’s silver and Krishna Nagar’s bronze, among multiple medal wins

Pintoo and K Pinki of Northern Region-I claimed the men’s and women’s singles titles at the Powergrid Southern Region inter-regional badminton championship held in Hyderabad, defeating tough opponents in close contests

The Powergrid Southern Region I Inter-regional Badminton Tournament was inaugurated in Hyderabad, with leaders urging participants to value focus, strategy, and sportsmanship as keys to both athletic and professional success

Arjun Reddy Aluguvelli won the state-level Under-19 badminton singles title in Nanded, Maharashtra, defeating Mumbai’s Aryan Talwar. He will now compete in a zonal tournament in September. The young athlete was felicitated by family and supporters at his hometown.

India dominated Sri Lanka 110-69 in their opening match at the Badminton Asia Junior Mixed Team Championships. Tanvi Sharma, Vishnu Kode, and the Rawat sisters played key roles in the victory

Sancta Maria International School inaugurated new pickleball courts and announced a partnership with Gamepoint to provide after-school coaching and open its sports infrastructure to the wider community

India named a 19-member squad for the 2025 Badminton Asian Junior Championships in Indonesia, led by Tanvi Sharma and world No. 1 junior doubles pair Bhargava–Viswa Tej. A national camp in Guwahati will prepare the team ahead of the continental event.

 A day-long district-level badminton championship was conducted in Mancherial on Sunday, organised by the Mancherial District Badminton Association

The former world number one Indian pair squandered the advantage of an opening game win but saved as many as seven match points before losing 21-19, 10-21, 18-21 in a high-intensity 64-minute clash

Physically, I’ve been feeling well, but also the fact that I haven’t played too many matches last year, playing qualifying, so maybe kind of lost that touch of playing matches, Kidambi Srikanth said in a chat with BWF.com after losing the Malaysian Masters Open final

Former world No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth produced a gutsy performance on Friday to book his place in the semi-finals of the Malaysia Masters 2025 badminton tournament in Bukit Jalil

Lakshay Sharma (PNB) beat Sanskar Saraswat (3) RAJ 21-18 21-15 in men’s singles quarterfinal match at the Jwala Gutta Academy of Excellence

GHMC summer camps are being held in basketball, cricket, volleyball, badminton and kabaddi for boys and girls below 17 years at the KPHB Fourth Phase here and will continue till May 31 under the supervision of experienced coach B. Anji Babu

Former badminton star says privatisation of sports is not helping raise talent

AVS Murthy of Telangana and KP Naik of Visakhapatnam won the men’s doubles title in 60 years & above category

Known for his free and frank opinions, Sumeeth Reddy has decided to quit the sport formally and focus on coaching doubles

An inspirational journey for Gyan Prakash Sharma who interestingly will be competing in the Khelo India Para Games for the first time and that too on a wheelchair on loan from a friend in Uttar Pradesh

Sukant now stands at 53,650 points, just behind Indonesia’s Fredy Setiawan (56,680 points), with France’s Lucas Mazur in third place at 48,400 points.

Former champion and world No. 6 Li Shi Feng beats Lakshya Sen 10-21, 16-21 in 44 minutes

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