Category: Badminton

Indian badminton’s poster girl and Awadhe Warriors icon player Saina Nehwal on Saturday withdrew from the first match of the re-christened Premier Badminton League (PBL) fearing injury. Saina’s pullout came as a big disappointment to her fans here, who had turned out at the NSCI to witness the World No. 2 shuttler in action for the only time in the […]

India’s highest ranked male shutter, Kidambi Srikanth, pulled off an upset victory over former world No 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, but his team Bengaluru Top Guns went down 2-3 to Hyderabad Hunters in the Premier Badminton League clash on Sunday. Hyderabad had wrapped up the tie even before world No 5 Lee’s battle against world No 9 Srikanth […]

Malvika Bansod was the star performer as the talented city shuttler set for double crown in the PNB Metlife West Zone Junior Badminton Championship held at Goregaon Sports Club in Mumbai on Friday. The four-day tourney is being organized by Sara Foundation and approved by Badminton Association of India. Left-hander Malvika was all over the court, hitting some terrific down […]

The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed Badminton Association of India to hold Premier Badminton League which is scheduled from January 2. A fortnight before Premier Badminton League(PBL) is to start, clouds of uncertainty were hovering over the sporting event with Meghalaya High Court staying the tournament scheduled to be held from January 2 to January 17. Facing uncertainty, the Badminton […]

India needs to set up a badminton academy in every state to hone the amount of talent the country has and bridge the huge gap that exists currently with powerhouse China, feels shuttle legend Prakash Padukone. India, currently, has two renowned academies – the two-decade-old Prakash Padukone Academy in Bengaluru and the P Gopichand Academy in Hyderabad run by the […]

Top stars Saina Nehwal and Lee Chong Wei were the costliest buys, fetching the maximum prize of $100,000, while Indian shuttlers PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth were bought for a whopping $95,000 and $80,000 respectively at the rechristened Premier Badminton League (PBL) players’ auction here on Monday. World No. 2 Saina and former World No. 1 Lee Chong Wei were […]