Odense, Oct 15 (IANS) India’s Lakshya Sen fought valiantly but fell short in his opening-round match against China’s Lu Guang Zu, exiting the Denmark Open Super 750 tournament in a hard-fought three-game thriller.
Vantaa (Finland), Oct 8 (IANS) PV Sindhu's first outing at the international stage since the Paris Olympics ended in heartbreak as the two-time medallist crashed out of the Arctic Open 2024 BWF Super 500 badminton tournament on Tuesday. Other women players, Aakarshi Kashyap and Malavika Bansod advanced to the Round of 16.
New Delhi, Oct 2 (IANS) India successfully quelled a tough challenge from Turkiye in its last Group E clash 110-99 to top the group and secure their quarterfinals berth in the BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championships in Nanchang, China on Wednesday. Badminton World Federation (BWF) has introduced the relay scoring system for the first time in the World Junior Mixed Team Championships in which the winning team has to reach 110 points in 10 matches to clinch the tie.
Hyderabad, Sep 24 (IANS) Ahead of her highly-anticipated return to the circuit in Finland and Denmark in October, India's two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu has further bolstered her coaching team by appointing South Korean badminton legend Lee Hyun-Il as a consulting coach.
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) Badminton Federation of India (BAI) on Tuesday announced the cash reward of Rs 50 lakh for the para-shuttlers, who have won medals at the recently concluded Paris Paralympics Games.
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Union Minister of Youth Affairs & Sports and Labour & Employment, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya felicitated the Indian Para-Badminton contingent on their return to India here on Wednesday. India achieved its best-ever performance in Para-badminton, in terms of total medals won, claiming five medals (1 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze) in Paris 2024.
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The Indian contingent has achieved its best medal haul at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, improving on the record of 19 medals set at Tokyo three years back. The nation has already won 20 medals so far with four days left to go in the event.
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Soon after Nitesh Kumar won the gold medal in the para-badminton Men’s Singles SL3 category at the Paralympics Games in Paris, France, the 29-year-old had a conversation with Pramod Bhagat, who had won gold in the same category in Tokyo three years ago.
Paris, Sep 3 (IANS) India's Sumathy Sivan Nithya Sre won her maiden Paralympic medal, beating the former World Champion Rina Larlina of Indonesia 2-0 in the Women's Singles SH6 category to claim a bronze medal here on Monday evening.
Paris, Sep 2 (IANS) On a very successful day for India in badminton which saw the country win four medals on Monday, Sukant Kadam's hopes of winning a medal in his Paralympics debut ended in a setback as he lost 0-2 to Indonesia's Fredy Setiawan in the Men's Singles SL4 bronze medal match.
