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Coach tells of pride in Nigeria's historic para badminton bronze

Nigeria-born Mariam Eniola Bolaji and her Spanish coach were celebrating the athlete's bronze medal success in the para badminton on Tuesday – a first for an African player.

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BAI announces Indian squad for BWF Thomas and Uber Cup; PV Sindhu opts out to prepare for Olympics

India will field a strong squad with a perfect mix of youth and experience in the upcoming BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals 2024 with the senior selection committee deciding to have more options in singles considering the hectic schedule of all players this season. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Chirag-Satwiksairaj break Saina Nehwal's BWF number one ranking record

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty break Saina Nehwal's record for most weeks at number one in BWF rankings.

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Lakshya's Paris hopes brighten, enters No.15 in Olympic Games qualification

Badminton star Lakshya Sen boosts Olympic qualification hopes with 15th position, while PV Sindhu ranks 13th.

The Hindu

Sathish’s career has seen an upswing in 2023, thanks to four title-winning runs

Sathish Kumar's rise to success in badminton, from his humble beginnings to his first Super 100 title at the Odisha Masters tournament.

The Hindu

Ashwini Ponnappa-Tanisha Crasto win Guwahati Masters Super 100 title

Indian women's doubles pair Tanisha Crasto and Ashwini Ponnappa win second Super 100 title at Guwahati Masters. The world no. 28 pair beat world no. 81 Chinese Taipei duo in 40-min final. This is the 3rd title for the Indian pair this year. Ashwini and Tanisha started playing together in…

The Hindu

Injured PV Sindhu granted protected ranking, will safeguard her from losing points

PV Sindhu granted protected ranking by BWF due to knee injury. Ranking locks her at world no. 10 till she recovers. Ranking prevents her from losing points while away from BWF Tour, esp. with Paris 2024 Olympics.

The Hindu

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Karnataka High Court directs Badminton Association of India to frame guidelines to sanction tournaments

HC directs BAI to frame guidelines for acceptance of applications & sanctioning of tournaments in consultation with BWF. Guidelines to allow unseeded players & those ranked below 50 to participate in tournaments. Provision for making applications & seeking sanction for tournaments. Calendar of events to be taken into account to…

The Hindu

Sindhu sweats past Vietnam’s Nguyen to enter Arctic Open semis

P.V. Sindhu overcame a first-game deficit to defeat Vietnam's Thuy Linh Nguyen in a 91-min battle, advancing to the Arctic Open Super 500 semis. Struggling to get into her elements before the Paris Olympics, Sindhu will face China's Wang Zhi Yi in her bid to win her first BWF title…

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BWF World ranking | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty become world No. 1

Satwik-Chirag become first Indian doubles pair to achieve world no. 1 ranking; PV Sindhu climbs 2 spots to 13th; HS Prannoy slips to 8th; Lakshya Sen drops 1 spot to 15th; Kidambi Srikanth gains 1 spot to 20th; Gayatri-Treesa gain 1 spot to 16th.

The Hindu

World Badminton Championships 2023: PV Sindhu receives round 1 bye, Kidambi to open against Nishimoto

The draw for the World Championships was held at the BWF headquarters at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Thursday. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Canada Open badminton | Lakshya Sen sails into final, Sindhu suffers semifinal loss to Yamaguchi

Commonwealth Games champion Lakshya Sen stormed into the final of the Canada Open Super 500 badminton tournament with a straight-game win over Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto in Calgary. Sen, who has slipped to world number 19 after struggling to find his form early in the season, saw off the world number…

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Badminton-BWF to consider allowing Russians and Belarusians to compete as neutrals

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) will consider allowing Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete as neutrals in international competitions, the sport's governing body said on Wednesday, a month after they had extended the ban.

Reuters

Badminton body extends 'spin serve' ban until after Paris Olympic Games

Badminton’s governing body is extending its ban on the so-called “spin serve” until after the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, it said on Monday.

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Badminton World Federation hands interim ban on new 'spin serve'

With the new ‘spin serve’ creating a flutter in international badminton, world governing body BWF has decided to put an interim ban on the use of the experimental serve effective immediately until May 29, 2023.

Bangkok Post

Badminton World Tour finals moved from China to Thailand because of Covid

China will no longer host the season-ending Badminton World Tour Finals in December because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the sport's governing body said on Tuesday.

Dynamite News

BWF Rankings: Satwiksairaj-Chirag regain career-best seventh rank, Lakshya Sen at number sixth

Recently crowned French Open champions men's doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty climbed one spot to be back on their career-best rank of world number 7 in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings on Tuesday. Read more on Dynamite News:

AFP

'Race to Paris Olympics' badminton qualification to begin in China

Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - Qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympics will start in May next year in China, badminton officials said Monday as they unveiled a beefed-up calendar for the sport's re-emergence after Covid.

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Chinese badminton star ordered to throw Olympic semi in Sydney 2000

Copenhagen (AFP) - Former Chinese badminton champion Ye Zhaoying claims she was forced to throw her semi-final at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 to increase the chances of a gold medal for one of her compatriots, in an interview broadcast on Saturday by Danish television TV2.

AFP

Covid was 'a disaster' for badminton, says federation chief

Tokyo (AFP) - Badminton is finally emerging from a pandemic that was "threatening the sport", world federation chief Thomas Lund told AFP, but China's zero-Covid policy means it may face further damaging disruption.

The Hindu

World No. 1 a good break, says Sankar Muthusamy

Sankar also got selected to represent India at the BWF World Junior Championships in Spain in October

Bangkok Post

China end Thailand's fine run

Thailand bowed out in the semi-finals of the BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals on Friday.

The Hindu

Viacom18 launches Sports18, its dedicated sports channel

Sports18 will be the new home to the world's most premium sports properties, including the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, NBA, LaLiga, Ligue 1, Serie A, Abu Dhabi T10, and top ATP and BWF events

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