BWF to freeze International Rankings until the start of the International Circuit
Following the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) is planning to freeze the World rankings of the badminton players. Previously, the BWF suspended all International tournaments from March 20 until the end of April after the All England Championship. The Indian Open (Super 500), Malaysia Open (Super 750), and the Singapore […]
Coronavirus: BWF suspends all tournaments till April 12, including India Open
The COVID-19 has taken 5,000 lives and infected almost 10,000 people globally. Amidst the outbreak of the epidemic, the BWF has suspended or postponed all its sanctioned tournaments, around the world till April 12. “Tournaments affected include the YONEX Swiss Open 2020, YONEX-SUNRISE India Open 2020, Orleans Masters 2020, CELCOM Axiata Malaysia Open 2020, […]
All England Open 2020: PV Sindhu gets knocked down in the quarterfinals, Indian Challenge ends
PV Sindhu oozes out of the All England Open Badminton Championship as she lost to Nozomi Okuhara in the quarterfinals in a thrilling three-game encounter. The 24-year-old 6th seeded player was evicted from the Championship by the determined 4th seeded player, Okuhara of Japan. Sindhu misspend a sparkling start as Okuhara produced an extraordinary effort […]
All England Open 2020: Sindhu through the quarters, Lakshya Sen, Ashwini-Sikki bow out
The sixth-seeded and 2016 Olympic silver medallist, PV Sindhu remained the sole Indian in standing after the second round, at the Birmingham Arena after Lakshya Sen and Women’s doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy exited the tournament on Thursday. Sindhu sailed to the quarterfinals of 2020 All England Open with a straightforward […]
Gopichand to focus on mentoring coaches after Tokyo Olympics 2020
Pullela Gopichand, who helped India get its first Olympic medal in badminton, having shaped many Arjunas of Indian badminton, will now be focusing on training Dronacharyas for the sport. The Chief National coach expressed that he wants to utilize his expertise in building India as a sporting superpower by nurturing the ecosystem and coaches. […]