India writes to BWF to host Sudirman Cup, Junior World Championships
1 year, 11 months ago

India writes to BWF to host Sudirman Cup, Junior World Championships

The Hindu  

The Badminton Association of India has written to the sport’s world body, expressing its interest to host the Sudirman Cup Finals this year. India was scheduled to host the mixed team championship in 2023, but the Badminton World Federation awarded the rights to Suzhou, China, while giving the 2026 World Championships to India. Mishra said that India has also expressed its eagerness to host the Junior World Championships. “However, if we get Sudirman Cup then we may have to wait for another cycle for the world junior championship.” Honolulu was awarded the rights to host the World Junior Championships in November 2018.

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India to host Asia Cup, Junior World Cup in 2025
5 days, 16 hours ago

India to host Asia Cup, Junior World Cup in 2025

Hindustan Times  

India will continue its tradition of hosting international hockey events with the men’s Asia Cup to be held in Rajgir, Bihar from August 27 to September 7 and the junior men’s World Cup in Chennai in December, the dates for which are to be confirmed. After the men’s Asia Cup which will be held in Bihar from August-September, India will …

2024 Year in Sport, Badminton: Misses at the Olympics, medal haul at Paralympics, civil war and calls for change
1 week, 4 days ago

2024 Year in Sport, Badminton: Misses at the Olympics, medal haul at Paralympics, civil war and calls for change

The Hindu  

Badminton’s exclusion from the upcoming 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland was perhaps the biggest news coming from the sport this year. India’s Anmol Kharb celebrates after winning against Thailand’s Pornpicha Choeikeewong in their women’s singles final match at the 2024 Badminton Asia Team Championships in Shah Alam, Selangor, on February, 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: Getty Images April - …

India awarded hosting rights for ISSF Junior World Cup 2025
2 weeks, 6 days ago

India awarded hosting rights for ISSF Junior World Cup 2025

The Hindu  

The International Shooting Sport Federation has confirmed India as the host for a Junior World Cup in the forthcoming season in 2025. The ISSF president Luciano Rossi had announced that India would host the Junior World Cup during his visit to the Capital in November for the World Cup Finals. “The world’s future stars will converge in India for a …

World Junior Championships
5 months, 2 weeks ago

World Junior Championships

The Hindu  

India boys and girls lost narrowly in the quarterfinals of the World junior squash championships team competition on Sunday. Seeded sixth, the boys went down 1-2 to fourth ranked South Korea while the girls lost by an identical margin to third seed Malaysia. However, Shaurya Bawa, who won the individual bronze last week, went down to individual silver medallist Joo …

Indian badminton contingent departs for USA for BWF World Junior Championships
1 year, 3 months ago

Indian badminton contingent departs for USA for BWF World Junior Championships

The Hindu  

Following a training camp, conducted by the Badminton Association of India, the Indian contingent has left for the USA where it will be participating in the BWF World Junior Championships 2023, to be held in Spokane, USA from September 25 to October 8. Spearheaded by the Odisha Open 2022 champion Unnati Hooda and the two-time U-19 All India Junior Ranking …

Team India on the way to Suzhou, China, for Sudirman Cup Finals
1 year, 7 months ago

Team India on the way to Suzhou, China, for Sudirman Cup Finals

The Hindu  

The 23-member Indian badminton team set off for Suzhou, China, where it will be competing in the highly-anticipated Sudirman Cup finals scheduled from May 14-21. The Sudirman Cup, also known as World Mixed Team Badminton Championship, is a tournament where countries compete in an intense battle for supremacy. Its victory in the Thomas Cup last year followed by its triumph …

Spokane to host BWF World Junior Championships
1 year, 9 months ago

Spokane to host BWF World Junior Championships

The Hindu  

The city of Spokane in the USA will host the World Junior Championships from September 24 to October 8 this year, Badminton World Federation said on Tuesday. “I’m delighted that Spokane will host the BWF World Junior Championships 2023,” said BWF President Poul-Erik Høyer in a statement. “As an important economic, cultural and tourist centre, Spokane has several attractions, and …

Vimal Kumar: Asian mixed team medal shows India can definitely win Sudirman Cup
1 year, 10 months ago

Vimal Kumar: Asian mixed team medal shows India can definitely win Sudirman Cup

The Hindu  

India’s first-ever bronze medal at the Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championships has shown that the country can win the Sudirman Cup this year, feels former national coach Vimal Kumar. It was a creditable performance since India was without the services of an injured Satwiksairaj Rankireddy but the men’s pair of Chirag Shetty-Dhruv Kapila and young women’s doubles duo of Treesa …

India open to hosting Sudirman Cup, Junior Worlds; formally writes to BWF
1 year, 11 months ago

India open to hosting Sudirman Cup, Junior Worlds; formally writes to BWF

India TV News  

The Badminton Association of India has informed The Badminton Association of India of their desire to host the Sudirman Cup Finals in the current year. India had planned to host the mixed team championship in 2023, but the international badminton governing body instead awarded the event to Suzhou, China and instead gave India the rights to host the 2026 World …

Asia Junior Championships 2022: Unnati Hooda to spearhead India’s challenge
2 years, 1 month ago

Asia Junior Championships 2022: Unnati Hooda to spearhead India’s challenge

The Hindu  

Rising shuttler Unnati Hooda will lead the 36-member Indian contingent that left for Nonthaburi, Thailand to compete in the Badminton Asia U-17 & U-15 Junior Championships 2022, scheduled from November 29 to December 4. The Odisha Open champion Unnati will lead the charge in the U-17 women’s singles alongside Jiya Rawat and Anmol Kharb whereas Tanvi Sharma, who topped the …

How Sankar Muthusamy Won Junior World Championships Silver
2 years, 2 months ago

How Sankar Muthusamy Won Junior World Championships Silver

News 18  

He might have won a silver medal at the World Junior Badminton Championships but India’s Sankar Muthusamy says the tournament was not high on his list of priorities when he started the season. I was busy with my senior events," Sankar, who became the world junior number one in August, told PTI from Santander, Spain. Sankar’s father Subramanian encouraged him …

Relive Sankar Muthusamy’s BWF World Junior Championships silver in Spain, through eyes of his family in Chennai
2 years, 2 months ago

Relive Sankar Muthusamy’s BWF World Junior Championships silver in Spain, through eyes of his family in Chennai

The Hindu  

The women’s singles final of the BWF world junior badminton championships in Santander, Spain, is nearing conclusion and the next match is the men’s u-19 final between India's S. Sankar Muthusamy and Kuo Kuan Lin of Chinese Taipei. All the best.” Sankar Muthusamy vs Kuo Kuan Lin BWF World Junior Championships Final HIGHLIGHTS Sankar is fighting hard in the first …

Sankar Muthusamy finishes world junior badminton runner-up
2 years, 2 months ago

Sankar Muthusamy finishes world junior badminton runner-up

Hindustan Times  

Sankar Muthusamy tried everything. But it wasn’t enough as the Chennai shuttler lost in straight games to Chinese Taipei’s Kuo Kuan Lin in the men’s singles final of the BWF World Junior Championships in Santander, Spain on Sunday. India’s wait for a second junior world champion—first in men’s—continued as Sankar became the fourth Indian, and second male player, to finish …

India’s Sankar Muthusamy in junior badminton worlds final
2 years, 2 months ago

India’s Sankar Muthusamy in junior badminton worlds final

Hindustan Times  

To say that Sankar Muthusamy is obsessed with badminton would be an understatement. File photo of Sankar Muthusamy “I don’t remember any family vacation after he started playing badminton. His sole thing in life is badminton,” Sankar’s elder sister Priyanka Subramanian said from Chennai. Sankar scored a dominant 21-13, 21-15 win over Thailand’s Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul to march into the summit …

Chennai boy Sankar Muthusamy in junior badminton world championships final, backed by father who sold house to fund his sports career
2 years, 2 months ago

Chennai boy Sankar Muthusamy in junior badminton world championships final, backed by father who sold house to fund his sports career

The Hindu  

A couple of weeks ago, just before he was to fly to Spain to compete at the BWF Junior World Championships, Sankar Muthusamy stood outside the New Delhi airport, having been told he was no longer part of the Indian team travelling to Santander. In doing so, Sankar became only the fourth Indian — alongside Aparna Popat, Saina Nehwal and …

Sankar Muthusamy enters junior badminton world championships final
2 years, 2 months ago

Sankar Muthusamy enters junior badminton world championships final

The Hindu  

Sankar Muthusamy defeated Thailand’s Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul in straight games to advance to the final of the BWF Junior World Championships in Santander on Saturday. Sankar held his nerves and foiled Panitchaphon’s smashes with his impeccable defence and, in a counterattack, finished the match 21-15, grabbing three successive points. Sankar became only the 10th Indian to win a medal at the …

Muthusamy advances to semis at World Junior Championships
2 years, 2 months ago

Muthusamy advances to semis at World Junior Championships

Hindustan Times  

Having already cleared the first two rounds, Sankar Muthusamy was ready to play his pre-quarterfinal at the $25,000 India International Challenge in Bengaluru earlier this month. Not picked for the BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championships in Santander, Spain, for leaving the junior national camp midway to play in Bengaluru, the former world No 1 was quite sure he would …

India will do well at the Junior World Cup, says captain Prasad
3 years, 1 month ago

India will do well at the Junior World Cup, says captain Prasad

The Hindu  

India captain Vivek Sagar Prasad says his team will perform well at the FIH Junior World Cup which begins here on November 24. Highlighting the junior team’s improvement since he first played for it in 2017, Prasad said, “The team performed better in 2018 and 2019, but in 2020, the Covid period was a period of struggle for all. The …

Sudirman Cup: India draws with top seeded reigning champions China as well as Thailand and Finland
3 years, 4 months ago

Sudirman Cup: India draws with top seeded reigning champions China as well as Thailand and Finland

Firstpost  

The prestigious World Mixed Team Championship is scheduled to be held in Vantaa, Finland from 26 September to 3 October. India have been drawn with top seeds and defending champions China, Thailand and hosts Finland for the upcoming Sudirman Cup badminton tournament, making it a tough Group A for the side to negotiate. The draw, held in Kuala Lumpur and …

World junior wrestling championships: Ravinder grabs silver, Bipasha enters final
3 years, 4 months ago

World junior wrestling championships: Ravinder grabs silver, Bipasha enters final

The Hindu  

Ravinder took the men's freestyle 61kg silver medal, while Bipasha reached the women's 76kg final to assure India of another medal in the World junior wrestling championships on Wednesday. Among women, Simran, Sito, Kusum and Arju will fight their respective bronze medal matches. READ: Ravinder reaches final; Baliyan, Deepak win bronze Ravinder, who made it to the final on Tuesday, …

India to host 2026 badminton world championship
3 years, 5 months ago

India to host 2026 badminton world championship

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: India will host the World Badminton Championships in 2026, the sport's global governing body, BWF, said on Tuesday. India were scheduled to organise the Sudirman Cup in 2023 but the Badminton World Federation decided to award the hosting rights of the world mixed team championships to China. "Suzhou will now stage the 2023 edition of the BWF World …

India to host 2026 BWF World Badminton Championships
3 years, 5 months ago

India to host 2026 BWF World Badminton Championships

Firstpost  

New Delhi: India will host the World Badminton Championships in 2026, the sport’s global governing body, BWF, said on Tuesday. “Suzhou will now stage the 2023 edition of the BWF World Mixed Team Championships, with original 2023 hosts India accepting the opportunity to host the BWF World Championships in 2026,” the BWF said in a media release. “Staging a tournament …

World Junior Championships rescheduled to January 2021: BWF
4 years, 7 months ago

World Junior Championships rescheduled to January 2021: BWF

The Hindu  

The Badminton World Junior Championships to be held in Auckland in September was on Friday rescheduled to January next year because of a disruption-hit international calendar owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. “There are new dates for the BARFOOT & THOMPSON BWF World Junior Championships 2020, which were scheduled to be held in Auckland, New Zealand in September this year,” the …

World Junior Championships rescheduled to January next year: BWF
4 years, 7 months ago

World Junior Championships rescheduled to January next year: BWF

India TV News  

The Badminton World Junior Championships to be held in Auckland in September was on Friday rescheduled to January next year because of a disruption-hit international calendar owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Badminton World Federation confirmed that the World Junior Championships will now be held from January 18 to 24 next year. "There are new dates for the BARFOOT & …

India to host Men's Junior World Cup in 2021
4 years, 10 months ago

India to host Men's Junior World Cup in 2021

The Hindu  

India would be hosting the 2021 Junior Men’s Hockey World Cup, making it the second big-ticket event awarded to the country for the second time on the trot. On Monday, the FIH named India as the host for the next edition as well, ensuring the marquee event in the sport remains within the country at both senior and junior levels. …

BWF World Junior Mixed Team C’ship: India beats USA
5 years, 3 months ago

BWF World Junior Mixed Team C’ship: India beats USA

The Hindu  

Meiraba Luwang and Tanisha Crasto guided India to a 4-1 victory over USA in its opening Group E encounter at the BWF World Junior Mixed Team Championships here on Monday. Playing alongside Chhattisgarh’s Ishaan Bhatnagar, Crasto delivered the first point to India by beating Jacob Zhang and Jessica Wang of the USA 22-20, 21-9. Luwang has been in scintillating form …

BWF World Junior Badminton Championships: Tough test awaits Indian colts
5 years, 3 months ago

BWF World Junior Badminton Championships: Tough test awaits Indian colts

The Hindu  

In 2018, Lakshya Sen earned India a bronze in the boys’ singles at the BWF World Junior badminton championships. “This is a whole new team,” said Junior National Coach Sanjay Mishra, who put his wards through the paces at the Karnataka Badminton Academy courts on Tuesday. If we repeat it this time, it will be big achievement.” With the likes …

Sajan Bhanwal, two-time Junior World Championships medallist, confident things are looking up for Greco-Roman wrestling
6 years ago

Sajan Bhanwal, two-time Junior World Championships medallist, confident things are looking up for Greco-Roman wrestling

Firstpost  

Sajan Bhanwal’s silver at the Junior World Wrestling Championships has sparked hope that the often neglected discipline of Greco-Roman wrestling maybe finally finding its feet. The real story lies in the three medals – Sajan Bhanwal’s silver in the 77kg weight class, Vijay’s silver in the 60kg weight class and a bronze in the 55kg category by another athlete coincidentally …

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