Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

BIZARRE: 10 | Mind Blowing Facts

Badminton | Lakshya Sen enters pre-quarters of BWF World Championships

Commonwealth Games champion beats Spanish Luis Penalver 21-17 21-10

The Hindu

BWF World Championships: Prannoy stuns Momota, Lakshya sails into pre-quarters

TOKYO: HS Prannoy stunned second seed Kento Momota in straight games to record a sensational win while reigning Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen also sailed into the men's singles pre-quarterfinals of the World Championships here on Wednesday.

The Times of India

World Badminton Championships: Need to be in a good zone to beat Momota, says HS Prannoy

Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth and HS Prannoy eased into the men's singles second round of the BWF Badminton World Championships in Tokyo on Tuesday.

The Times of India

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

BWF World Championships: Lakshya wins, Praneeth loses

India also registered twin wins in women's and mixed doubles competition on the opening day

The Hindu

BWF Worlds: Lakshya Sen wins, Sai Praneeth loses

TOKYO: Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen continued his impressive run, trouncing Danish Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus in straight games to progress to the men's singles second round at BWF World Championships here on Monday.

The Times of India

BWF Worlds: Lakshya Sen, Kidambi Srikanth, HS Prannoy win, Praneeth loses

The Times of India

Onus on Lakshya, Prannoy and Srikanth as World Championships begins on Monday

The pullout of five-time medallist PV Sindhu notwithstanding Indians are expected to fare well at the BWF World Championships in Tokyo.

The Times of India

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

New junior World No.1 Sankar wants to make it big at senior level

HYDERABAD: A week after Indian shuttlers dominated the Commonwealth Games, there is a new junior world No.1 from another part of India in Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian. The Chennai lad became the new World No.1 in the boys singles category according to the latest rankings released by the Badminton World Federation…

The Times of India

Nikhat gifts PM Modi boxing gloves, Hima gives traditional gamocha

PM deModi, on Saturday, hosted the Indian contingent at his residence to felicitate the players.

The Hindu

Nikhat Zareen gifts PM Narendra Modi boxing gloves, Hima Das gives traditional gamcha

NEW DELHI: Indian athletes expressed their elation at being honoured by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their superlative showing at Birmingham Commonwealth Games with Nikhat Zareen gifting him her boxing gloves and sprinter Hima Das giving the traditional Assamese gamcha.

The Times of India

Break before Commonwealth Games helped: Lakshya Sen

I could stretch Yong in final as I was fresher than him, says champion

The Times of India

CWG 2022: 1950s champion relishes Indian shuttlers' success

MUMBAI: As India's ace shuttlers PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen charged towards winning their gold medals in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham on Monday, among those cheering them was a 92-year-old in Perth who had scorched the badminton courts 72 years ago in a national tournament in India.

The Times of India

CWG 2022: Under pressure, Lakshya Sen came out on top, says Vimal Kumar

BENGALURU: Newly crowned Commonwealth Games badminton champion Lakshya Sen, who will celebrate his 21st birthday next Tuesday, is not only scaling new heights, but also setting new trends, partly funding his own training.

The Times of India

CWG 2022: PV Sindhu brushes aside Li challenge, Lakshya Sen downs Yong to win gold medals

BIRMINGHAM: India more than made up for the disappointing mixed team's final loss a week back, with fine additions in gold in the singles events, and men's doubles.

The Times of India

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Times of India

Commonwealth Games 2022: India's best ever performance - Here's why

Events that gave 49 medals in 2010 not in 2022 Games

The Hindu

CWG 2022 | Badminton, table tennis stars dazzle on final day; India finishes 4th with 22 gold

India wrapped up its 2022 Commonwealth Games campaign with 61 medals to finish a creditable fourth

The Times of India

CWG 2022: Capsule of India's gold medal winners

BIRMINGHAM: With a rich haul of 61 medals (22 gold, 16 silver, and 23 bronze) at this edition of the Commonwealth Games here, the Birmingham Games turned out to be one of the most memorable editions for the 210-strong Indian contingent.

The Times of India

CWG 2022: Shuttlers, paddlers dazzle on last day; hockey team fizzles out; India finish 4th with 22 gold medals

BIRMINGHAM: Led by the iconic PV Sindhu, Indian shuttlers owned the badminton arena by winning all three titles on offer on the day while paddler Sharath Kamal yet again reminded everyone of his class and awe-inspiring longevity with a coruscating show, as the country wrapped up its CWG campaign with…

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Hindu

Commonwealth Games 2022: G. Sathiyan wins bronze in TT Men’s singles

Sathiyan avenged his men’s doubles final loss against Drinkhall and triumphed 11-9 11-3 11-5 8-11 9-11 10-12 and 11-9.

The Hindu

India sweeps Commonwealth Games badminton singles as Sindhu, Sen clinch maiden golds

P. V. Sindhu and Lakshya Sen lived up to the billing by grabbing gold medals as India swept the singles badminton competition at the Commonwealth Games for the first time

The Times of India

PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen win maiden CWG singles titles as India sweep singles competition

BIRMINGHAM: Superstar PV Sindhu and young gun Lakshya Sen lived up to expectations by grabbing gold medals as India swept the singles badminton competition at the Commonwealth Games for the first time, here on Monday.

The Times of India

CWG 2022: PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and Satwik-Chirag reach final

PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen and the men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty stormed into the badminton finals at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday.

The Times of India

CWG 20222: Kidambi Srikanth, Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand win bronze medals; PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen one step away from maiden gold

BIRMINGHAM: World championships silver medallist Kidambi Srikanth and young women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand signed off with bronze medals in the badminton competition of the Commonwealth Games here on Sunday.

The Times of India

CWG 2022: Kidambi Srikanth, Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand win bronze medals; PV Sindhu, Lakshya Sen one step away from maiden gold

The Times of India

CWG 2022: PV Sindhu survives scare; Srikanth, Lakshya in semis

PV Sindhu survived a scare from Wei Jin Goh of Malaysia before moving into the semifinals of the Commonwealth Games with a 19-21, 21-14, 21-18 win on Saturday. Aakarshi Kashyap lost to Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland 21-10, 21-7.

1 … 9 10 11 12

People

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Badminton World Federation

13 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.