Premier Badminton League
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Organisers postpone PBL-6 League due to COVID-19 pandemic
Other Sports | Nov 27, 2020, 05:06 PM ISTThe league, which is one of the highest prize money badminton tournaments in the world, was initially scheduled to take place in the last week of December in Delhi, Mumbai and Pune.
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PV Sindhu, Tai Tzu Ying star attractions of Premier Badminton League 5
Other Sports | Jan 18, 2020, 07:39 PM ISTSeven teams will be vying for top honours in the league which will witness some of the world's best in action and offers a total prize money of Rs six crore, Prasad Mangipudi, executive director, SportzLive, said at a press meet here on Saturday.
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Tai Tzu Ying looking forward to exciting battle against PV Sindhu in PBL season 5
Other Sports | Jan 07, 2020, 07:13 PM ISTAsian Games gold medallist Tai Tzu -- playing for Bengaluru Raptors -- is one of the top global stars taking part in the PBL season 5 which begins here on January with a match between Sindhu's Hyderabad Hunters and Chennai Superstarz
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PV Sindhu, Tai Tzu Ying fetch joint highest Rs 77 lakh in PBL auction
Other Sports | Nov 26, 2019, 05:36 PM ISTP V Sindhu was retained by Hyderabad Hunters for Rs 77 lakh in the auction. World number 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei was also bought for the joint highest amount by defending champions Bengaluru Raptors.
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After Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth pulls out of PBL to focus on int'l events
Other Sports | Nov 25, 2019, 05:10 PM ISTIndian star shuttler Kidambi Srikanth has pulled out of the Premier Badminton League to concentrate on international tournaments.
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After Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth pulls out of PBL to focus on international events
Other Sports | Nov 25, 2019, 05:07 PM ISTThe 26-year-old from Guntur, who had guided Bangalore Raptors to their maiden title win in the last PBL, will not feature in the fifth edition scheduled to be held from January 20 to February 9.
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Saina Nehwal pulls out of PBL 5 to prepare for next season
Other Sports | Nov 24, 2019, 04:24 PM ISTSaina Nehwal has decided to opt-out of the upcoming season of the Premier Badminton League to recover for the next season, which also includes the Tokyo Olympics.
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Bengaluru Raptors down Mumbai Rockets to lift maiden Premier Badminton League title
Other Sports | Jan 13, 2019, 11:22 PM ISTBengaluru Raptors beat Mumbai Rockets 4-3 to win their maiden Premier Badminton League title.
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PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Carolina Marin to go under the hammer for Premier Badminton League
Other Sports | Oct 07, 2018, 09:26 PM ISTTop shuttlers including Olympic medallists PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, world champion Carolina Marin and former world no 1 Victor Axelsen will headline the players' auction.
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Hyderabad Hunters beat Bengaluru Blasters to win maiden title at PBL 3
Other Sports | Jan 14, 2018, 11:10 PM ISTThe Hunters came back into the tie strongly, with their Trump player Lee Hyun Il coming up with a near immaculate game.
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PBL: Carolina Marin crushes Saina Nehwal as Hyderabad Hunters rout Awadhe Warriors
Other Sports | Jan 08, 2018, 08:38 AM ISTThe Spanish left-hander proved too good for Nehwal as she won 15-5, 15-7 in a jiffy to add to the Warriors' woes.
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PBL: PV Sindhu stars as Chennai bounce back to beat Ahmedabad in 'smashers derby'
Other Sports | Jan 07, 2018, 04:45 PM ISTIn the much-anticipated clash between Sindhu and the world number one Tai Tzi Ying, it was the Indian world number three, who emerged triumphant.
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PBL: Carolina Marin inspires Hyderabad Hunters to their first victory
Tennis | Dec 24, 2017, 11:44 PM ISTHyderabad Hunters' star shuttler Carolina Marin justified her World No. 3 billing by defeating Michelle Li 15-9, 15-11.
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PBL: Chennai Smashers' PV Sindhu excited to play at home
Other Sports | Dec 21, 2017, 11:43 PM ISTSindhu added that the Premier Badminton League is a great platform for the young Indian shuttlers to rub shoulders with some of the world's best.
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Doubles pairing will be key in PBL: NE Warriors Ajay Jayaram
Other Sports | Dec 21, 2017, 09:54 PM ISTJayaram, who has reached the finals of the PBL consecutively in the past two years with two different teams, will surely look to make it a hat-trick of finals leading his new team to the last stage of the tournament and make their debut season a memo
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Sindhu's Chennai Smashers clash with Saina's Awadhe Warriors in PBL opener
Other Sports | Nov 28, 2017, 10:20 AM ISTThe first leg will take place in new entrants North Eastern Warriors' hometown, Guwahati, who enter the arena on the very second day to face the might of Carolina Marin's Hyderabad Hunters.
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HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth costliest buys in PBL auction
Other Sports | Oct 09, 2017, 10:26 PM ISTPrannoy was picked up by Ahmedabad Smash Masters for a whopping price of Rs 62 lakh, while, Awadhe Warriors had to shell out a huge sum of Rs 56.1 lakh to get the services of Srikanth.
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PBL auction: Sindhu, Saina, Srikanth retained by old teams
Other Sports | Oct 09, 2017, 04:56 PM ISTDefending champions Chennai Smashers retained Olympic silver medallist and their star shuttler PV Sindhu for a whopping price of Rs 48.75 lakhs in PBL auction on Monday.
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PV Sindhu, Carolina Marin, Victor Axelsen star attraction at PBL season 3 auction
Other Sports | Oct 08, 2017, 08:25 PM ISTPBL is held under the aegis of the Badminton Association of India and has already acquired the tag of being the richest badminton league which attracts all the top players from around the world.