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  BWF rankings: Srikanth returns to the top 10

  Other Sports | December 22, 2021 14:16 IST

  Banking on his historic World Championship silver's form, India's Kidambi Srikanth moved up 4 spots to enter top 10 places in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings.

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  Satwik-Chirag pairing qualifies for BWF World Tour Finals

  Other Sports | November 29, 2021 13:18 IST

  Satwik and Chirag had finished at the semifinals of the Indonesia Open last week but made the cut after Japanese pairing of Akira Koga and Taichi Saito also lost in the last four at the Super 1000 tournament.  

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  BWF announces tournament calendar for 2021; Indian Open to be held from May 11-16

  Other Sports | December 22, 2020 9:51 IST

  The Olympic qualification period will last till the Indian Open 2021 to be held from May 11-16 in New Delhi.

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  BWF puts four-term limit on president's role, approves 30 per cent gender representation in Council

  Other Sports | July 19, 2020 11:57 IST

  The decision was in line with the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s recent directive to its National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to maintain gender equality in decision-making positions by 2020.

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  BWF extends Olympic qualification period to next year, ranking points earned will be maintained

  Other Sports | May 27, 2020 20:18 IST

  With the Tokyo Games postponed due to the global health crisis, the governing body of badminton has decided to extend the Olympic qualification period to next year.

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  BWF cancels five more tournaments amid coronavirus pandemic

  Other Sports | March 20, 2020 17:44 IST

  The BWF had drawn severe criticism from players for continuing with the All England Championships despite the rising threat of the deadly virus.

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  PV Sindhu enters semis; Saina exits Badminton World Championship

  Other Sports | August 03, 2018 21:59 IST

  Third seed Sindhu, facing Japanese Nozomi Okuhara, who defeated her at the previous edition's final, won 21-17, 21-19 in 58 minutes. 

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  PV Sindhu, Kidambi Srikanth, Saina Nehwal retain places in BWF rankings

  Other Sports | July 20, 2018 11:13 IST

  While Saina skipped last week's Thailand Open, Sindhu made it to the final before losing to reigning World Champion Nozomi Okuhara, who climbed up two spots to 6th.

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  Saina Nehwal, Carolina Marin slam BWF for 'crammed' calendar

  Other Sports | December 20, 2017 17:32 IST

  BWF has made it compulsory for the world's top 15 players in the singles events and top 10 pairs in the doubles disciplines to play a minimum of 12 tournaments or face a penalty.

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  PV Sindhu wants to end season with a title at Dubai Super Series Finals

  Other Sports | December 11, 2017 13:07 IST

  After the high of Rio Olympics last year, Sindhu continued her rampaging run by winning the India Open and Korea Open this season, she also bagged the silver at World Championships and finishing as runners-up at Hong Kong Open last month.

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  BWF decides to test experimental service law from March next year

  Other Sports | November 29, 2017 15:56 IST

  A proposed change to the Laws of Badminton will be brought before the BWF Annual General Meeting in May to give effect to this testing.

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  Saina Nehwal drops a place to World No. 2

  Other Sports | April 09, 2015 16:26 IST

  New Delhi: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal's stay at the top of the table was cut short as she dropped a place to be World No. 2 in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings

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  Parupalli Kashyap rises to World No. 12

  Other Sports | January 30, 2015 9:43 IST

  New Delhi: Boosted by the title win at the Syed Modi International Badminton Championships Sunday, Parupalli Kashyap rose three places to be ranked No.12 in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released Thursday.Two other

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  Saina, Srikanth in semis of Superseries Finals

  Other Sports | December 20, 2014 5:53 IST

  Dubai: Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal and leading male shuttler Kidambi Srikanth Friday entered their respective semi-finals of the $1,000,000 Badminton World Federation (BWF) Superseries Finals at the Hamdan Sports Complex here.World No.4 Saina defeated

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  Glasgow to host 2017 Badminton World Championships

  Other Sports | November 16, 2014 10:50 IST

  London: The 2017 Badminton World Championships will be held in Glasgow, Scotland, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) has announced.Glasgow failed a bid for the 2017 Sudirman Cup mixed team event to Australia's Gold Coast. But

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  IBL brought energy into Indian badminton: BWF

  Other Sports | April 06, 2014 17:46 IST

  New Delhi: Badminton World Federation (BWF) Secretary General Thomas Lund was Sunday quite impressed with the inaugural Indian Badminton League (IBL) last year, saying that it brought energy to Indian badminton.“I think the IBL is

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  Deadly Egyptian soccer riots of 2012

  Football | January 28, 2014 7:56 IST

  New Delhi: Soccer is the world's most popular Olympic sport, but  in Port Said, Egypt, on 1st Feb, 2012,  people who called themselves lovers of soccer  turned their favourite game into an ugly one. The

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  Indian Open: Rampaging Ding pots snooker title

  Other Sports | October 18, 2013 23:10 IST

  New Delhi: Ding Junhui, the prodigiously talented 26-year old Chinese and World No.4, broke many a home heart with a clinical 5-0 demolition of Aditya Mehta in the final of the 300,000 pounds (approx $485,000)

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  Fenesta Open: Mohit, Arjun win doubles title, enter singles final

  Tennis | October 18, 2013 22:34 IST

  New Delhi: Top seed Mohit Mayur Jayaprakash and Arjun Kadhe on Friday clinched the men's doubles title and also reached the singles final of the Fenesta Open National Tennis Championships here.The duo were a game

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  Indian Grand Prix: Vettel eyes double delight

  Other Sports | October 18, 2013 22:36 IST

  Greater Noida: Sebastian Vettel has cruised to victory in the first two editions of the Formula 1 Indian Grand Prix. And it is no surprise that the Red Bull driver is confident of completing a