World Champion News

Bengaluru: Praggnanandhaa returned to his hotel room and splayed himself across his bed the night of his Grand Chess Tour win. He had spent a month living at the same hotel, in the same city St Louis, Missouri

Indian powerlifter Keyaa Kunal Banerji delivered a strong performance at the 2026 IPF World Sub-Junior & Junior Classic Powerlifting Championships in South Africa, winning a silver medal in the deadlift event. The 21-year-old lifted 140kg at a bodyweight of 45

In a historic campaign that captured the imagination of Indian badminton fans, the unseeded duo of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand ended their remarkable run at the 2026 BWF World Championships with a bronze medal, falling short in the semifinals against Wo

New Delhi: Days before the BWF World Championships, Victor Lai made a special trip to Japan to train with Kento Momota, the two-time world champion whose stellar career was unfortunately derailed by a car accident. Momota was poised to achieve even greater thi

The big names of Indian badminton all fell off before reaching the semifinals at the New Delhi BWF World Championships but Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand bucked the trend to reach the semifinals in women's doubles. The pair remain the only Indians left in

Age is just a number is an age-old cliche but cliche exists for a reason. Chinese Taipei shuttler Chou Tien Chen proved the saying right on Friday after he took down 21-year-old Alwi Farhan of Indonesia in straight games 21-15, 21-15 to enter the semi-final of

New Delhi: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty s fight fizzled out in the prequarter-finals as they went down tamely to Chinese third seeds Chang Wang and Liang Wei Keng 21-18, 21-9 at the BWF World Championships here. In their head-to-head meetings, Cha

NEW DELHI: The roar inside the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Friday was deafening, a release of tension that had been building through what was an enthralling contest. When Chinese fourth seed Jia Yi Fan sent her final lift sailing wide past the baseline, Tr

Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand have made sure India remain hopeful of a medal in the women s category at BWF World Badminton Championships 2026. The Indian pair had a tricky road ahead of the mega event, especially after Treesa suffered an injury earlier i

Indian women s doubles pair Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand confirmed a medal at the Badminton World Championships on Friday, defeating fourth seeds Jia Yifang and Zhang Shu Xian of China in a thrilling quarterfinal. The Indian duo came back from a game dow

New Delhi, India's Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand assured themselves of a medal at the World Championships with a come-from-behind win over China's Jia Yi Fan and Zhang Shu Xian in the women's doubles quarterfinal here on Friday. The Indian unseeded pair

PV Sindhu walked into the IG Indoor Stadium in New Delhi with an unblemished 8-0 record against Chinese shuttlers at the World Championships. Eighty-eight minutes later, the Indian shuttler stood aghast, world No

NEW DELHI: The Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium was a roaring cauldron of emotion here on Thursday as the BWF World Championships delivered a rollercoaster of breathtaking badminton. With Ayush Shetty also losing, India s singles campaign drew to a painful close b

The Chinese World No 1 could be brought under pressure. But Ayush Shetty had fewer tricks up his strapped shoulder when he ran into Indonesia s heir apparent, Alwi Farhan

Months before its arrival, Delhi winter s notoriously grim air quality and high pollution is making international headlines again. Danish badminton player Anders Antonsen, the World No 4, who is currently playing at the BWF World Championships in the Capital

New Delhi: A day after it announced a trimmed-down list of national sports awardees, the sports ministry backed its decision and said awards can t be doled out on reputation alone. We agree it s not the convention, a senior ministry official said

New Delhi: Before Lakshya Sen took the court against Collins Valentine Filimon of Austria in his first-round match at the BWF World Championships here on Tuesday, some of the big names of world badminton had found the court conditions tricky. The talk centered

Apart from the opponents on the court, shuttlers often have to deal with the drift caused by air conditioning and ventilation in the arena. At the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi, during the ongoing Badminton World Championships, the four courts in u

While Filimon won the first game, Lakshya came back roaring in the next two games with the third game being particularly dominant from the Indian. He struggled to understand the drift in the first game but as soon as he understood it, the Indian dominated

As the BWF World Championships got underway at Delhi s Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium on Monday, organisers were determined to avoid a repeat of January s India Open embarrassment. Then, pigeon droppings interrupted play and a monkey wandered into the venue

New Delhi: PV Sindhu cruised through her first match at the BWF World Championships, beating Sophia Noble of Ireland 21-7, 21-11 at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium here on Monday. For the biggest star of the Indian contingent, assessing the court conditions o

New Delhi: I will beat Shi Yu Qi on August 17. Ayush Shetty had written this sentence on a piece of paper and every morning for the last 10 days, he would wake up and read the note. It was his way of showing his determination and belief

There were international fans in the arena too, with some turning up to cheer for Japanese, Danish and other shuttlers from across the world competing at the championships. Hariharan Amsakarunan and Arjun got India s day off to a winning start

Ayush Shetty pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the BWF World Championships, knocking out defending champion Shi Yu Qi in a thrilling three-game battle at the Indira Gandhi Arena in New Delhi. The odds were firmly against the Indian shuttler

Conversations on the eve of a major championship and body language reveal much about the mindset a player brings into the tournament. There are prodding questions from the media about the build-up, revisiting past demons and head-to-head records

LONDON: As the BWF World Tour approaches its most prestigious week, nostalgia hangs over the courts at New Delhi s Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium. The badminton World Championships starting from Monday will mark the twilight of an era

Years have passed, but PV Sindhu remains India s biggest hope for a medal at a tournament like the BWF World Championships. A five-time medallist, including a historic gold in 2019, expectations are high from the 31-year-old as India prepares to host the marqu

Sindhu, already a five-time World Championships medallist, is chasing an unprecedented sixth medal at the global showpiece, having won two bronze as many silver and a gold in 2019. Only two other players have won five World Championships medals China's Lin Dan

New Delhi, The Chinese badminton contingent on Saturday gave a thumbs-up to the preparations for the BWF World Championships, saying the conditions at the Indira Gandhi Stadium were much improved compared to the India Open earlier this year.The organisers have

New Delhi: There was a time in global badminton when watching high-adrenaline, nerve-jangling men s doubles contests made you wonder if an Indian pair could ever combine such pace, energy and skill in their game. Then came Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Sh

At the 2009 Badminton World Championships in Hyderabad, a father in the stands stretched his hand and caught a racquet that newly crowned men s doubles world champion Cai Yun had flung into the stands after winning the title. Seventeen years later, the boy who

Mumbai: The journey to success, especially in sports, is somewhat easier when there have been trail blazers, someone whose footsteps can be followed. For India, the path to the podium has long been set at the BWF World Championships the country has won a gold

PV Sindhu, India's ace shuttler, on Monday reacted to the organisers arranging three men to make langur calls at the upcoming BWF World Championships. The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has taken this call to stop macaque intruders

India s jumpers rarely make a global podium. On Saturday, they did it twice at the U20 World Championships in Eugene, US

Odysseus could see Ithaca on the horizon before the winds sent him back out to sea. Lakshya Sen has had a similar year: an Olympic bronze and an All England title, both within reach, both blown off course by the same thing

A monkey sitting among the audience, Pigeon poop falling on court during a match: these were few instances that made to the headlines during the India Open Badminton tournament earlier this year. At Idea Exchange with The Indian Express, Badminton Association