Badminton

Lakshya Sen, Kiran George, Malvika Bansod, Unnati Hooda-Aakarshi Kashyap, Sathish Kumar Karunakaran-Aadya Variyath and Rutaparna Panda and Swetaparna Panda all lost in the Arctic Open.

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand lost to Chinese Taipei’s Hsieh Pei Shan and Hung En-Tzu in the Macau Open semifinals.

In an unfortunate end to India's campaign, Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto have pulled out of the Vietnam Open Super 100.

For the Indians, who are ranked 26th in the world, this was their second loss in a row to the Chinese, ranked third in the world, who now lead 2-1 on head-to-head.

CM Dhami lauded the badminton star on his efforts representing the tricolour at the sporting extravaganza and urged him to keep his fight going in order to go on and accomplish bigger and brighter things in his discipline.

Viktor Axelsen said Lakshya Sen seemed nervous despite looking the better player for a major part of their semifinal clash.

Vimal Kumar called Lakshya Sen as an 'underdog' as he he aims to become the first Indian male shuttler to finish on the Olympic podium.

Indian shuttler Chirag Shetty said the Government should treat any other sport equally after the Indian cricket team were honoured with cash reward of Rs 11 crore for winning the T20 World Cup.

Priyanshu Rajawat lost to Alex Lanier in the men’s singles semifinals to end India’s challenge at the Canada Open.

The Malaysian Masters was PV Sindhu's first final on BWF world tour after more than a year.

Meiraba beat Denmark's Mads Christophersen 21-14 22-20 in a clash that lasted 50 minutes. Satwik and Chirag defeated Xie Sao Nan and Zeng Wei Han 21-16 21-11 in the men's doubles event, while Crasto and Ponnapa got the beating of Chinese Taipei's Hung En-...

Saina Nehwal represented India in multiple premier badminton tournaments while bagging numerous trophies and medals. She is also the only female Indian player to have secured the world number-one spot in the sport.

Indian pair lost 17-21 16-21 in 40 minutes against seventh-seeded Danish combination of Andreas Sondergaard and Jesper Toft in the quarterfinal of the men's doubles event.

The Indian duo cruised into the final-four of the event in France with a 21-19 21-13 victory over Thailand's Jomkoh and Kedren at the Arena Porte de la Chapelle. Later, Sen got the better of former world champion Loh Kean Yew 19-21 21-15 21-13.

Raksha got the better of compatriot Agrawal in the summit clash 21-14, 21-12 to claim the title to cap a brilliant run at the event in Italy as she did not drop a single game through the course of the competition from the round of 64.

Kharb was India's last resort and trump card, slated to be their ultimate match-winner, as the youngster clinched India the tie-breaker through three rounds of the tournament and ultimately brought home the Gold.