Kuala Lumpur Tan Chun Seang and Zulfadli Zulkiffli do not need to settle their fines first before filing appeals against their suspensions with the Badminton World Federation (BWF). Zulfadli and Chun Seang were suspended 20 and 15 years and also fined US$25,000 (RM98,000) and US$15,000 (RM59,000) respectively by BWF recently for fixing matches. BA of Malaysia […]
Sydney Indian shuttlers B Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma lived up to their seedings at the Australian Open Super 300 tournament with convincing straight-game wins in their respective second-round matches in Sydney on Thursday. Second seed Sai Praneeth took just 32 minutes to defeat Indonesia’s Panji Ahmad Maulana 21-12, 21-14. Fourth seed Sameer Verma, playing […]
Sydney Sai Praneeth and Sameer Verma were the only Indian men’s singles players who made it past the first round of the Australian Badminton Open in Sydney on Wednesday. In women’s singles, 16-year-old Vaishnavi Reddy Jakka was the only Indian who reached the second round. Sai Praneeth beat Israel’s Misha Zilberman 21-17, 21-14, while Sameer […]
Kuala Lumpur Do not, for a moment, think of pint-sized Goh Yea Ching as the weak link in the women badminton’s doubles department. She is definitely not, otherwise she would not have earned the nickname Rambo for her gung-ho approach on court. And the little Rambo hopes to make a big impression when she debuts […]
Kuala Lumpur China’s Lin Dan showed he’s shaping up well for the Thomas Cup Finals after winning the New Zealand Open in style. The five-time world champion took 52 minutes to beat Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie 21-14, 21-19 in the men’s singles final in Auckland yesterday. The Finals will be in Bangkok, Thailand, from May 20-27 […]
New Delhi Saina Nehwal storms back in top 10 in women’s ranking; in Men’s section, HS Pronnoy becomes second Indian player to enter top 10 after Kidambi Srikant. Indian shuttler HS Prannoy and London Olympic bronze-medallist Saina Nehwal have climbed into the top-10 of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings, updated on Thursday. Both the […]
New Delhi HS Prannoy, the second-highest ranking Indian men’s singles player, has moved up two spots to a career-high No 8 in the latest reshuffling of the BWF world rankings. Prannoy, coming off his most successful year as a professional badminton player, had occupied the tenth spot in the men’s singles rankings for some time, […]
Kuala Lumpur Two Malaysian badminton players have been hit with career-ending bans of 20 and 15 years respectively after being found guilty of corruption and match-fixing, the sport’s governing body said Wednesday (May 2). The Badminton World Federation (BWF) said former world junior champion Zulfadli Zulkiffli, 25, was banned for 20 years and fined US$25,000 […]
The young Indian mixed doubles pair of Rohan Kapoor – Kuhoo Garg and Shivam Sharma – Poorvisha S Ram entered the second round of the USD 150,000 New Zealand Open Super 300 tournament in Auckland on Tuesday. Rohan and Kuhoo, who had won the 2017 Hellas Open International Challenge and Iceland International challenge this year, […]
Wuhan Japan’s Kento Momota shocked Olympic gold-medalist Chen Long to be crowned badminton’s Asian champion in a stunning upset on Sunday. The world number 17 had never previously won a game against Chen, but he floored the strong Chinese favourite 21-17, 21-13 at the Badminton Asia Championships in Wuhan. Momota, a compact left-hander, had Chen firmly on the back foot as […]