Badminton

Former India badminton star Parupalli Kashyap opined that it was indeed a strange decision to not include the sport in the programme list and expressed his surprise with the decision.

Sindhu posted a 18-21 21-12 21-16 win over Chinese shuttler Han in a second-round match that lasted 63 minutes, also marking her first win over a top-10 player since defeating Han in the Malaysia Masters final in May.

Ashwini Ponnappa has revealed that she still has to pay for her personal trainer and did not have her doubles coach during the Paris Olympics 2024.

Padukone further expounded on his disappointment and frustration with Sen's loss, stating that the 22-year-old needed to take responsibilty for the loss, recalirate and come back stronger.

The 22-year-old Indian left it all on the floor but ultimately fell to the World No.7 Lee in three games of 21-13,16-21, 21-11, losing out on the bronze medal.

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Kadam mentioned that despite having have all the necessary documents his acquaintances' visa requests were rejected.

The Indian juniors kicked off their campaign with a resounding 5-0 win over Vietnam and will next take on the Philippines in the second round-robin tie on Saturday.

PV Sindhu notched up a 21-17, 21-16 win over Kirsty Gilmour in the opening-round match that lasted 46 minutes.

The women's team qualified for the Uber Cup 2024 after winning a historic gold medal in the Badminton Asia Team Championships earlier this year.

World no. 26 Treesa and Gayatri, who are sharing the 14th place in the Olympic Games qualification ranking, will face Australia's Setyana Mapasa and Angela Yu in the next round.

The 22-year-old from Almora had reached the semifinals in Birmingham and his effort saw him improve in the rankings. The top 16 in the world by April-end will make the cut for the Olympics.

Tokyo Paralymic gold medallist Bhagat, who won a gold and two bronze at the Para Asian Games in China, edged out England's Daniel Bethell 14-21 21-15 21-14 in SL3 (standing/lower limb impairment/severe) final.

With the weight of the nation on her shoulders, the youngster put on a swashbuckling show against Thailand's Pornpicha Choeikeewong, demolishing her in two straight sets of 21-14, 21-9 to aid India to a 3-2 victory and bring home the Gold.

Sathish and Aadya notched up a 22-20, 21-14 win over compatriots B Sumeeth Reddy and N Sikki Reddy in the summit clash to claim the mixed doubles title in Yazd.

Kidambi Srikanth came from behind to beat world number 5 Jonatan Christie in the first round of the Malaysia Open.