By Suhrid Barua
P V Sindhu is in seventh heaven after having won her second consecutive World Badminton Championship bronze in Copenhagen, Denmark. The 19-year-old climbed two places to 10th spot in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings, following her exploits in the 2014 World Badminton Championship. Sindhu spoke to Sportskeeda in an exclusive interview about her exploits in the marquee event and future aspirations.
Continue reading P.V. Sindhu hopes for top-7 by end of 2014
Madrid: The winner of 2014 BWF Badminton World Championships Carolina Marin, received Sport Merit Royal Order medal during a reception held at the headquarters of the Spain Sports Council on Tuesday.
Continue reading Carolina Marin Receives Sport Merit Royal Order
Copenhagen: After hosting the 2014 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships successfully, Copenhagen is now eyeing for a possible bid of the 2021 badminton event.
Continue reading Copenhagen bids to host 2021 World Badminton Championships
Copenhagen (AFP) – Spain’s Carolina Marin pulled off a monumental upset as she beat Chinese world number one Li Xuerui to win the women’s singles title at the Badminton World Championships in Copenhagen on Sunday.
Continue reading Carolina Marin, Chen Long win World titles
Women’s Doubles
Tian Qing-Zhao Yunlei bt Wang Xiaoli-Yu Yang 21-19 21-15
Copenhagen: On Saturday, top seed Li Xuerui of China ended the run of Japanese dynamo and 16th seed Minatsi Mitani to seal a return to the women’s singles final.
Continue reading Li Xuerui vs Carolina Marin in women’s singles final
Copenhagen: World number one Lee Chong Wei barely broke a sweat in the World Championships semi-finals seeing off the world number sixteen Viktor Axelsen of Denmark to secure his place in Sunday’s final.
Copenhagen: With a dominant display of superb badminton, Lee Chong Wei kept up his bid for his first World Championships title by beating Wang Zhengming of China in straight sets 21-8, 21-11 on Friday to reach the semi-finals at the World Championships in Copenhagen.
Continue reading World Champs: Lee Chong Wei powers into semi-finals
Copenhagen: On Friday, P.V. Sindhu outlasted second seed Wang Shixian of China 19-21 21-19 21-15 with her gritty and gutsy performance to reach the women’s singles semifinals at the World Championships. Interestingly, Sindhu defeated the same opponent at 2013 World Championships to become the first Indian woman to win a medal at the prestigious tournament.
Continue reading P.V. Sindhu reaches semis, Saina Nehwal crashes out
Copenhagen: The sole men’s doubles representative of Malaysia, Hoon Thien How and Tan Wee Kiong crashed out in the quarter-finals of World Championships to 12th seeds Ko Sung-hyun-Shin Baek-cheol of South Korea 18-21, 13-21 on Friday at the Bellarup Super Arena.
Continue reading World Champs run ends for Hoon Thien How/Tan Wee Kiong
