Saina’s husband and badminton player Parupalli Kashyap, who has been coaching Saina at the World Championships, was the first to express his displeasure about the level of umpiring. read more

The likes of P V Sindhu, in women’s singles, and B Sai Pranneeth, Kidambi Srikanth, H S Prannoy and Parupalli Kashyap, in men’s singles, are in the fray in the main draw of the BWF World Tour Super 500 tournament. read more

Outdoor badminton is one of India’s favourite recreational sports and there are places in the country where it is a money-making option too. read more

In the main draw, the 17-year-old will be up against Wang Tzu Wei of Taipei in his opening round. read more

Sporting stars and couple Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap shares how and why it helps when your partner is in the same profession. read more

Former champion Kidambi Srikanth broke a 17-month long drought by reaching the finals of the USD 350,000 India Open after prevailing in a three-game thriller in the men’s singles competition here Saturday read more

Sindhu joined the Indian charge, edging out Denmark’s eighth seed Mia Blichfeldt 21-19, 22-20 to set up a weekend clash with China’s He Bingjiao, who beat last year’s winner Zhang 21-18, 26-24 in the women’s singles draw. read more

Sai Praneeth played brilliantly in the first game to take a four-point lead at 20-16, but Kidambi Srikanth wasn’t going to let the game slip away. He fought back to make it 20-20 before going down 21-23 in the first game. read more

The 2017 champion Sindhu hardly broke a sweat to seal a 21-11, 21-13 victory over Joy Xuan Deng of Hong Kong in a women’s singles match. read more

Sixth seed Kashyap defeated Italy’s Rosario Maddaloni 21-15 21-17 to set up a clash against Japan’s Koki Watanabe, while Mithun beat fellow Indian Siddharth Pratap Singh 21-18 21-16 in another match. read more

Saina Nehwal’s dismal run against nemesis Tai Tzu-ying continued as she suffered yet another defeat against the Taiwanese to crash out of the USD 1 million All England Championship read more

Ajay will face former world no. 1 and top seed Viktor Axelsen of Denmark, while Kashyap is likely to meet another Dane Jan O Jorgensen in the next round of the BWF World Tour Super 300 event. read more

While top seed PV Sindhu staved off a gutsy fightback from Assam’s wonderkid Ashmita Chaliha, defending champion Saina Nehwal had it easier against Vaishnavi Bhale. read more

Defending champion Saina hardly broke a sweat to get the better of former India number one Neha Pandit of Mumbai 21-10, 21-10 in a lop-sided quarterfinal contest. read more

Olympic bronze-medallist Saina, who had suffered a shin injury late last year, took the court after Sameer Verma conceded his men’s singles tie following an Achilles heels problem during his match. read more