Badminton

India's Sukant Kadam and Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj notched up contrasting wins in their respective opening men’s singles SL4 group matches at 2024 Paris Olympics.

Lakshya Sen lost to Lee Zii Jia of Malaysia 21-13, 16-21, 11-21 to miss out on what could have been a historic bronze for India.

India's star shuttler, PV Sindhu reflected on the tough loss at the Paris 2024 Olympics and clarified her future within the sport.

The German duo of Mark Lamsfuss and Marvin Seidel pulled off from the competition as the former suffered a knee injury.

The 22-year-old said adjusting to shuttle movement in a place near to the sea is different and he expects similar conditions in Paris, where he will travel on July 22.

Priyanshu Rajawat stunned top seed and world number four Anders Antonsen 21-11, 17-21, 21-19 to cruise into the semifinals of the Canada Open.

The Indian contingent went down fighting as they lost 2-3 to Malaysia in the mixed team event to bow out of the tournament in Kuala Lumpur in the quarterfinals.

Lakshya Sen had sought financial assistance for a 12-day training session in France while PV Sindhu's proposal was for Germany.

In the final on Sunday, the world number three Indian duo, the top seeds in this tournament, will be up against the Chinese pair of Chen Bo Yang and Liu Yi.

HS Prannoy has been diagnosed with gastroesophageal reflux disease, a chronic disorder that causes symptoms like heartburn, abdominal and chest pain, and inflammation of vocal chords.

N Sikki Reddy-B Sumeeth booked their place in the semi-finals as PV Sindhu crashed out in the quarters of Madrid Spain Masters Super 300 badminton tournament.

Srikanth got the better of Chinese Taipei's Chia Hao Lee in a 21-10 21-14 to reach his first semifinal in over a year. While, Kiran was ousted by Denmark's Rasmus Gemke 23-21 17-21 15-21, and Rajawat went down to Chou Tien Chen 15-21 19-21 to exit the tou...

Victory also gave Christie his maiden Super 1000 win at the first time of asking as the world number nine defeated close friend Ginting for the first time since 2019.

Sen fought his way back after losing the second game to prevail 24-22 11-21 21-14 over Antonsen. But, it was curtains for PV Sindhu, who went down to An Se Young of Korea.

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.

The women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand as well the singles stars Mithun Manjunath and Ashmita Chaliha booked their place in the quarterfinals at Thailand Masters.