Badminton in 2023, with a revamped World Tour calendar, has embarked on a new journey. The ongoing season accommodates an all-time high of 31 Super Series events, four more than last year’s 27, culminating with the World Tour Finals in December. With HSBC, the multinational bank headquartered in Britain, renewing its contract with Badminton World Federation, the sport’s governing authority, …
LOADING ERROR LOADING Mary Carillo’s on-air rant about badminton deserves a medal. With the Tokyo Olympics officially starting on Friday, the NBC sportscaster’s 17-year-old screed on the difference between how the sport is played on the world stage and at home has gone viral all over again. Carillo’s monologue during the 2004 games in Athens began innocuously enough as she …
The 113th edition of the All England Badminton Championships is set to go underway from March 17 to March 21 at the Arena Birmingham and is going to be highly competitive with the Japanese team including world number one Kento Momota participating in the tournament. However, Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen and Spain’s Carolina Marin, who have both been in top form …
Ashwini Ponnappa is not someone prone to exaggeration. “By Thursday, I was dead,” says India’s premier doubles badminton player in a matter-of-fact tone. When India’s doubles coach Tan Kim Her recently quit, citing personal reasons, the Badminton Association of India rushed to fill the void by roping in the Indonesian duo of Flandy Limpele and Namrih Suroto. “I haven’t been …