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Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri 21-11, 16-21, 21-11 at the BWF World Tour Finals in Hangzhou, registering their second straight win to lead Group B and move closer to the semifinals

Top Indian shuttlers HS Prannoy, Lakshya Sen and Ashwini Ponnappa sent motivational messages to the 25-member Indian squad preparing for the BWF World Junior Championships in Guwahati, urging them to focus, enjoy the competition, and make use of home advantage

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost 19-21, 15-21 to World Champions Kim Won Ho and Seo Seung Jae in the men’s doubles final of the China Masters 2025, marking back-to-back runner-up finishes for the Indian pair

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

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

For 32-year-old Srikanth, currently ranked World No. 65, this marks his first final appearance on the BWF World Tour since finishing as runner-up at the 2019 India Open. His last title wins came in 2017, when he claimed four trophies. Reflecting on his performance, Srikanth admitted he couldn’t recall how long it had been since he last reached the final of a major tournament.

Lakshya Sen stormed into his third successive semifinal on the BWF World Tour but India suffered twin setbacks

After being without a coach for two years, Sindhu named Malaysia's Muhammad Hafiz Hashim as her personal coach last week.

New Delhi: Men’s singles top seed and World Championship silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth along with six other players was on Thursday forced to withdraw from the ongoing India Open badminton championship after testing positive for Covid-19. The others who tested positive for Covid-19 were doubles specialist Ashwini Ponnappa, Ritika Rahul Thakkar, Treesa Jolly, Mithun Manjunath, […]

Bali: Indian badminton ace P V Sindhu settled for a silver medal at the BWF World Tour Finals after going down meekly against Korean teen sensation An Seyoung in the summit clash, here on Sunday. Sindhu, the reigning world champion and two-time Olympic medallist, could neither match the pace nor breach the defence of the […]

The Hyderabad Open Super 100 tournament has also been cancelled by the BFW as it revealed an updated Tournament Calendar for the remainder of 2021.

"The Badminton World Federation (BWF) can confirm no further tournaments will be played inside the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games qualifying window," BWF said in an official statement.

The best-of-five of 11 fails to get the required two-thirds majority

The 11x5 system, which was criticised by players and coaches alike, couldn't gather enough votes in last year's AGM.

Saina, Srikanth's Olympic hopes blow away

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

"BWF can confirm India player Sai Praneeth B. has tested positive for Covid-19 and has been withdrawn from the TOYOTA Thailand Open," the BWF statement on Tuesday evening said.

The 17-year-old, an Under-15 Asian Badminton Championship winner, has been one of the consistent performers at the junior circuit

Another Indian shuttler HS Prannoy also contracted the virus. Both tested for the virus and their reports came with positive results in their third test.

The new-look BWF tournament calendar 2021 sees a number of tournaments postponed from Q1 and Q2, and a handful of Grade 2 tournaments cancelled