Badminton

While becoming the world number one is a big challenge in any sport, staying at the top is an even bigger task.
It gets trickier in a sport like badminton where the higher-ranked shuttlers face each other in the knockouts frequently with one knowing the strengths and weaknesses of the

Chirag Shetty felt that postponing Tokyo 2020 was the correct decision given the current global scenario

Unpredictability separates the best from the rest: Chirag Shetty

United States of America

Simone

Simone Biles - Olympics.com

Sweden

Armand

Armand Duplantis - Olympics.com

Mikaela

Mikaela SHIFFRIN

Ilia

Ilia Malinin - Olympics.com

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Loh Kean Yew wants to be the bad guy.
Not the physical kind who smashes racquets or fires shuttles directly at an opponent, but the kind who can throw opponents off with some cleverly crafted mind games.
“I should definitely learn and try to master this skill even more,” the

France's Delphine Delrue and Gicquel Thom said they often use mind games to get an advantage over their opponents.

Putting the 'bad' in badminton: The mind games top shuttlers play

Indian women’s doubles badminton player N Sikki Reddy and team physiotherapist Kiran Challagunda are the latest from India’s sporting fraternity to test positive for COVID-19.
Earlier this week, Indian hockey players returning to the national camp in Bengaluru saw six positive cases of the novel coronavirus. This included captain Manpreet

Apart from N Sikki Reddy, PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth and Sai Praneeth have also taken COVID tests.

Badminton player N Sikki Reddy tests positive for COVID-19

Indian badminton stars PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal, along with other Olympic hopefuls, could hit the courts as early as this week at Pullela Gopichand’s academy in Hyderabad.
This is after the Telangana government decided to allow the resumption of training in the state from August 5.
Ever since the

PV Sindhu won the inaugural edition of the BWF World Tour Finals in 2018.

Olympic hopes PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal set to resume training

Indian badminton players PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, and B Sai Praneeth will be part of a sparse Indian contingent competing in the All England Open 2020 which gets underway on Wednesday, March 11.
The women’s doubles duos of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy, and Pooja Dandu and

Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy will represent India in women’s doubles at the All England Open 2020.

PV Sindhu and Co. ready to say ‘Namaste’ to All England Open

North Eastern Warriors became the first team to book their berth in the final of the 2020 Premier Badminton League after a 3 - (-1) win over Chennai Superstarz in Hyderabad on Friday.
Lee Yong Dae and Kim Ha Na won the mixed doubles clash, Lee Cheuk Yiu emerged triumphant

North Eastern Warriors' Lee Cheuk Yiu in action - Image Courtesy - PBL

North Eastern Warriors beat Chennai Superstarz to qualify for final

One half of India’s brightest new badminton duo, Chirag Shetty, who won the Thailand Open last year along with Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, has helped his Premier Badminton League franchise, the Pune 7 Aces rack up three wins in a row and leap to second on the table.
Chirag Shetty has paired

Chirag Shetty and Hendra Setiawan in action for the Pune 7 Aces at PBL 5. Image Courtesy: PBL

Hendra Setiawan told me to keep it simple, says Chirag Shetty

The Chennai Superstarz won their second fixture in three days at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, this time against the Mumbai Rockets.
Chennai Superstarz’s mixed doubles pair of Dhruv Kapila and Britain's Jessica Pugh won the first match against the Mumbai Rockets’ Korean-Indonesian pair of Kim Gi Jung and Pia

Tommy Sugiarto

Chennai Superstarz record second win on the trot at PBL

The Premier Badminton League kicked off its fifth season amid much fanfare at Chennai and the home crowd was given a lot of reasons to cheer as the Chennai Superstarz defeated the PV Sindhu-led Hyderabad Hunters 5-2.
The mixed doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Jessica Pugh of England started

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