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The Badminton Association of India will introduce the BWF's new 3x15 scoring system across all domestic tournaments from July 2026, beginning with the All India Senior Ranking Tournament in Ernakulam, to help players adapt ahead of the international rollout in January 2027

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

The Badminton Association of India has launched the 50-day countdown to the BWF World Championships 2026 in New Delhi. The tournament will feature players from more than 55 countries, marking its return to India after 17 years and its first staging in the national capital

An Se Young defeated Wang Zhi Yi to win the women’s singles crown, while Lin Chun Yi beat Jonatan Christie in the men’s singles final at the India Open 2026. China claimed both doubles titles, and Thailand won the mixed doubles

India's junior badminton team secured their first-ever mixed-team medal at the BWF World Junior Championships by defeating Korea 44-45, 45-30, 45-33 in a thrilling quarterfinal. They will face Indonesia in the semi-finals, with a historic medal now guaranteed

Unseeded Indian pairs Vansh Dev-Shravani Walekar and Aanya Bisht-Angel Punera won gold in mixed and women’s doubles at the India Junior International Grand Prix in Pune, securing two titles for India

Commercial viability of prices set by the State government has become far too stressed, says Brewers Association of India DG Vinod Giri

The trial was extremely competitive and we have been seeing a lot of new faces since we have made a trial for such international events mandatory

The-21 year-old, who won a silver medal in the men’s doubles in the Bangladesh International Challenge, achieved the feat despite a shoulder injury during the national ranking tournament.

New Delhi: Kiran George will challenge Priyanshu Rajawat for the top spot in men’s singles, while Aakarshi Kashyap will clash with Ashmita Chaliha to decide the women’s singles winner in the BAI’s national selection trials here on Wednesday. Priyanshu staved off a spirited challenge from Ravi 21-17,7-21,21-13 to stay in the top two position in […]

New Delhi: Two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Saina Nehwal on Thursday questioned the timing of selection trials and slammed the Badminton Association of India for “putting” her out the two mega sporting events later this year. The governing body had called for selection trials on April 2 to pick the Indian team for big-ticket events […]

New Delhi: India”s chief national coach Pullela Gopichand is likely to contest for the post of Secretary General when the Badminton Association of India (BAI) holds its elections on March 25. Gopichand, who guided Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu to bronze and silver medals at the Olympics, is expected to file his nomination for the […]

Hyderabad: Railways’ M Mithun and Airport Authority of India’s Malvika Bansod recorded straight-game victories to clinch the men’s and women’s singles titles at the Anant Bajaj Memorial BAI Senior Badminton tournament, at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy in Gachibowli on Thursday. In the men’s final, Mithun downed Aditya Joshi 21-15, 21-4 while Malvika downed top […]

Praneeth, who won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Championship, is the only men's singles shuttler to have qualified for the Tokyo Games.

For the shuttlers below 18 years of age, it will be made mandatory to carry a negative RT-PCR report with a barcode, 96 hours prior to departure from their respective stations.

According to the norms, the number of officials travelling to Olympics cannot be more than one-third of the athlete.

The $400,000 India Open was scheduled to be held behind closed doors in the national capital from May 11 to 16

Srikanth left with bloodied nose in a nightmarish start for Indian campaign

It will be difficult to achieve making India a $5 trillion economy if the steel and cement prices keep going up, Gadkari said, pointing out the target of investing Rs 111 lakh crore on infrastructure projects in the next five years

With Olympic qualifications in mind, BAI on Monday announced a strong eight-member squad to participate in the three upcoming tournaments