Following the postponement of the India Open (May 11-16), Saina and Srikanth's qualification for the Tokyo Games hinged on the Kuala Lumpur event followed by the Singapore Open (June 1-6).
Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth's last hopes of Olympic qualification hang in balance as BAI negotiates for their participation in the Malaysian Open amid a ban on flights from India in that country.
Prakash Padukone had shown Covid symptoms and tested positive 11 days ago
Prakash Padukone has taken his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and he is currently awaiting the second.
As part of the campaign, India's PV Sindhu and Canada's Michelle Li will be engaging with the badminton athlete community through online webinars and social media messages.
Her sub-junior nationals win over Nehwal was a bit part in the film 'Saina'. But the scene sent Aditi Mutatkar reeling down a flashback to when Saina's shadow over her career never quite left her.
Travel bans written in cold, bureaucratic argot script have turned into quivers of anxiety for Indian athletes chasing Olympic qualification across sports.
The India Open Super 500 tournament was scheduled to be held behind closed doors in New Delhi from May 11 to 16.
Kidambi Srikanth is now solely focussed on his performance in the last three Olympic qualifiers, starting with the India Open.
Affected deeply by the virus, star badminton duo Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy find a new perspective to their sport and a new approach to their Olympic quest.
On the court, three-time world champion Marin will lead the women's singles category along with other Top-10 shuttlers such as Akane Yamaguchi, 2019 world champion PV Sindhu, Korea's An Se-Young and Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong.
Kadam, a 2018 Asian Para Games bronze medallist, took to twitter to express his disappointment to Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on the Mission Olympic Cell's decision.
Pramod Bhagat and Sukant Kadam sailed into the semifinals of the Dubai para-badminton tournament after winning their respective matches.
Even though she reached the finals at Swiss Open or the semifinals at All England, Sindhu suffered demoralising losses to Olympic champion Carolina Marin and Thailand's Pornpawee Chochuwong.
Krishna Prasad Garaga and Vishnu Vardhan Goud, the only ones left in contention from India on the final day, lost 21-19, 14-21, 19-21 to England's Ben Lane and Sean Vendy in the summit clash.
Saina Nehwal lost 17-21, 17-21 to Denmark's Line Christophersen in 28 minutes, while women's duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy also faltered in the semifinals.
This attempt at presenting the blood, sweat, tears and grit of an athlete is far better than the all-white clad, dancing and singing badminton players of old Bollywood.
Saina Nehwal, who had withdrawn from the All England Championships last week, had to dig deep to script a 21-19, 17-21, 21-19 win over Iris Wang in a gruelling quarterfinal that lasted an hour.
Covid-19 protocols ended nation's All-England hopes; scorn was supposed to be for doppelganger service judge.
Saina Nehwal crushed Ireland's Rachael Darragh in straight games in the women's singles opening round to make a winning start to her campaign at the Orleans Masters in Paris on Wednesday.
PV Sindhu, the Olympic silver medallist, couldn't match the pace, power and precision of Pornpawee Chochowong and lost 17-21, 9-21 in a match that lasted 43 minutes.
All England 2021 Semifinal Highlights: PV Sindhu was up against Pornpawee Chochuwong in the All England semifinal on Saturday.
The world number 30 pair of Ashwini and Sikki took just 33 minutes to see off the 13th ranked duo of Gabriela and Stefani 21-17 21-10 in the second-round match on Thursday night.
Yamaguchi's deceptive returns and attacking counters can pose problems to PV Sindhu
Lakshya Sen progressed to his maiden quarterfinals at the prestigious All England Championships but it was curtains for compatriot HS Prannoy after he went down in straight games in the men's singles second round on Thursday.