New Delhi to host 30th BWF World Championships in August 2026
The announcement at the closing ceremony of 2025 edition marks the return of the tournament in India after 17 years.
The announcement at the closing ceremony of 2025 edition marks the return of the tournament in India after 17 years.
Gukesh recorded his maiden win of the tournament over Serbia’s Alexandr Predke on Monday.
Antetokounmpo scored a franchise-record 64 points to lead his side past the Pacers 140-126 in a drama-filled encounter.
Satwik Chirag recently failed to cross the final hurdle at the China Masters 2023 and hence, missed clinching their fourth BWF title of the season.
Prannoy registered a straight game win over Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen in Shenzhen on Tuesday.
The Indian pair of Sat-Chi took down world number 34 pair of Lucas Corvee and Ronan Labar 21-13, 21-13 in a lop-sided match.
With this, the world number three ranked duo ended India’s 41-year men’s doubles medal drought at the Asiad.
The Indian shuttler won the game against the defending champion 13-21, 21-15, 21-16 in a thrilling 68-minute battle in Copenhagen to seal the semifinals berth and assure a medal finish for India.
With three medals on last day, the Indian tally read five, with two silver and three bronze, securing 18th spot on the standings.
If she manages to reach the third round, Sindhu might lock horns with former world champion, Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon.
Sen is coming on the back of win at Canada Open 2023.
India’s Lakshya Sen will next face Japan’s Kanta Tsuneyama in the R16 on Thursday.
With this win, the Indian duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are now on an 10 match unbeaten streak in the BWF World Tour.
Sat-Chi entered the final summit of the tournament as they took down world number two Chinese pair of Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang in the semifinal.
The Indonesian pair has a 2-1 advantage over Sai-Chirag duo, but the last time they met in the Indonesia Open, the Indian pair beat Fajar-Muhammad duo in straight sets.
Satwik-Chirag will lock horns with the winners of another semi-final between South Korea’s Seung-jae Seo and Min-hyuk Kang or Indonesia’s Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto
The world number 3 pair will now square off against world number 2 duo Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang of China in the semifinal round on Saturday, July 22.
Priyanshu Rajawat rose to world number 30 to attain his career-best ranking and became the fourth Indian in the top 30.
The duo beat the Malaysian pair in straight sets of 17-21 and 18-21 in just 43 minutes.
The Indian pair took down the Korean duo of Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung Jae 18-21, 21-19, 21-18 to sail into the final of the tournament.
With their victory in the semifinal round, they have become the first ever Indian pair to reach the final of any Super 1000 event.
However, India’s former World No.1 Kidambi Srikanth bowed out in the Quarterfinal against China’s Li Shi Feng.
The duo was scheduled to take on China’s Yu Chen Liu and Xuan Yi Ou in the second round of the tournament at the KD Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi.
The same Indian duo clinched gold at the Birmingham CWG 2022, sealing their first ever gold in doubles category.