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  The schedule for the 2026 Thomas Cup quarterfinals has been announced after draw took place today to be played from 1 st May onwards at Horsens, Denmark. Group A saw China winning all the three matches against Canada, Australia and India. On the other hand, India finished as runners-up winning against Canada and Australia. They went down fighting to defending champions China by 2-3. In Group B, Japan registered victories over Finland, England by 5-0 scoreline. They won a closely fought affair against Malaysia by 3-2. Malaysia finished second place in Group B winning against Finland and England before losing to 2-3 against Japan. Chinese Taipei, Denmark and South Korea finished on 2 points each, but Chinese Taipei and Denmark finished in top 2. Chinese Taipei dominated Sweden by 5-0 before losing to South Korea 2-3. They registered closely fought affair against Denmark by 3-2 to finish as table topper. On other hand, Denmark won by 4-1 against South Korea and Sweden. Despit...

  The Indian Men’s Badminton finished runners-up of Group A as they went down fighting to defending Champions China by 2-3 in last league game played at Horsens, Denmark on 29 th April 2026. Lakshya Sen suffered a thrilling 3 game loss to Li Shifeng in the first singles tie. It was a very close affair right from the word go as both players fought for each point. At the mid-game break, Li took a commanding 11-9 lead. After the break, both players fought for each point before Sen committed unforced error as Li took first game 21-19. The second game saw Lakshya coming all gun’s firing putting on brilliant badminton display not allowing any chances to his opponent. At the mid-game break, Sen took a commanding 11-2 lead. After the break, it was one-way traffic as Indian won it easily by 21-8 to force the match into decider. It was a closely fought affair in the initial stages of the decider till 7-7 before Li dominated the play to take a 11-7 lead at the break. After the interval...

  The Indian badminton team reached the quarterfinals of Thomas Cup with a resounding 5-0 win over Australia in second Group A game played at Horsens, Denmark on 27 th April 2026. Lakshya Sen began with an emphatic win over E Stephen Ram in two straight games. It was a dominating performance by Sen keeping his opponent under pressure winning with 21-14, 21-16 scoreline. The second game was a closely fought affair with Ram providing some fight, but Sen showed his class to win it in 37 minutes. Ayush Shetty completely decimated S Dhand in the second singles. It was an impressive performance by Shetty keeping Dhand under pressure and did not allow any chances to his opponent winning with 21-8, 21-6 scoreline in just 26 minutes to make it 2-0 in the tie. The men’s doubles pairing of Satwik/Chirag defeated R Hidayat and J YU in two straight games. Hidayat and Yu gave some fight to the Indian pairing in both games. The Indian pairing put on superb display winning by 21-14, 21-16 s...

  The Indian men’s team started their Thomas Cup journey with a 4-1 win over Canada in Group A fixture at Forum Horsens Court 2, Horsens on 24 th April 2026.   The first match of the day saw Lakshya Sen suffering three game loss to Victor Lai. It was a closely affair between these two quality players. Sen showed glimpses of his brilliance keeping Lai under pressure. At the mid-game break, the Indian had commanding 11-5 lead. After the interval, Lai fought back strongly before Sen took a commanding 17-11 lead. Lai showed fighting spirit to reduce the scoreline at 18-19. Sen held his nerves to seal the first game by 21-18. Lai started the second game with attacking mindset keeping Sen under pressure. Despite Sen efforts, Victor took a commanding 11-7 lead at the interval. After the break, Sen fought back strongly keeping Lai under pressure with smashes and making life. Lai held onto his nerves this time to win the 2 nd game at 21-19. Lai looked in great touch right from ...

  The group stage schedule for the upcoming Thomas Cup 2026 has been announced that will be played at Horsens, Denmark from 24 th April onwards. Thomas Cup 2026 Group A China India Canada Australia Schedule India vs Canada (Forum Horsens Court 2)- 24 th April China vs Australia (Forum Horsens Court 3)- 24 th April India vs Australia (Forum Horsens Court 3)- 27 th April China vs Canada (Forum Horsens Court 1)- 27 th April Canada vs Australia (Forum Horsens Court 3)- 28 th April China vs India (Forum Horsens Court 1)- 28 th April Group B Japan Malaysia England Finland Schedule Malaysia vs England (Forum Horsens Court 2)- 25 th April Japan vs Finland (Forum Horsens Court 3)- 25 th April Malaysia vs Finland (Forum Horsens Court 3)- 27 th April Japan vs England (Forum Horsens Court 1)- 27 th April England vs Finland (Forum Horsens Court 3)- 28 th April Japan vs Malaysia (Forum Horsens Court 2)- 28 th April Group C Chines...

  Ayush Shetty became the first Indian after a gap of 61 years to win a sliver medal at the prestigious Badminton Asia Championship 2026 played at Ningbo, China on 12 th April. Shetty lost to 2 nd seeded and local favorite Shi Y Q in two straight games. Both players began on even keel before Shi Y Q looked in sublime touch not allowing any chances for the 20 year Indian. At mid-game interval, Shi took a 11-6 lead. After the break, it was one-way traffic as Shi completely dominated winning first game by 21-8. The second game saw Ayush Shetty putting pressure on Shi with smashes and drop shots with 7-3 lead. Shi then showed his class making life tough for the Indian with lovely shots. At the mid-game interval, Shi led 11-8. After the break, the Chinese maintained the momentum winning by 21-10 and winning title. Ayush Shetty brilliant run in his debut Badminton Asia Championship 2026 Before this tournament, Ayush Shetty struggled with his form and fitness. He stunned the 7 t...

  There was some great moment for Indian badminton as Ayush Shetty stuns the top seeded Kulvanut Vitisdarn of Thailand in three thrilling games to enter finals of Badminton Asia Championship 2026 played at Ningbo, China on 11 th April. Top seeded Kulvanut Vitisdarn started the first game with aggression putting Ayush Shetty under immense pressure. It was a remarkable dominance by Vitisdarn in the first game right from the start winning with 21-10 scoreline. Ayush Shetty produced a dominating display in the 2 nd game with lovely smashes and drop shots keeping Vitisdarn under pressure. At the mid-game interval, Ayush had a commanding 11-4 lead. After the break, Vitisdarn fought back strongly with brilliant shots. Ayush Shetty was 20-15 ahead before the top seeded took 4 points in succession.   Shetty held onto his nerves to win the second game by 21-19.   The third game began with Ayush Shetty showing his class with smashes and drop shots not allowing any chances fo...

  Ayush Shetty continued his impressive run as he stunned World number 4 Jonthan Christie of Indonesia in two straight games to enter the semi-finals of the Badminton Asia Championship 2026 played at Ningbo, China on 10 th April. The first game began with Jonthan Christie showing class keeping Ayush Shetty under some pressure. Soon after, Shetty stormed back before Christie took a 11-8 lead at the mid-game break. After the interval, Shetty took 3 points in succession to level scores at 11-11. Christie looked good to take the game away with 20-18 scoreline. Ayush Shetty stormed back into the match level scores at 20-20. The match ebbed and flowed before Shetty won the first game with 23-21 scoreline. Christie committed lots of unforced errors while Shetty showed composure to fight back from tough position. The second game saw Shetty starting on a positive note with 5-2 lead. Christie stormed back into the match with successive points to level the scores at 6-6. Both players f...

  Ayush Shetty remained the sole survivor reaching the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Championship played at Ningbo, China on 9 th April 2026. Ayush Shetty produced a dominating performance winning against higher ranked Chi Yu Jen of Chinese Taipei in two straight games. The first game saw both players committing lots of unforced errors. Shetty stormed back with lovely shots keeping Chi under pressure. At the mid-game break, Chi led 11-9. After the break, Shetty upped his game not allowing any chances to his opponent winning by 21-16. Shetty began the 2 nd game on aggressive note taking an initial 4-0 lead. Chi stormed back taking 6 points in succession. Shetty showed his class with powerful smashes not allowing any chances to his opponent. At the mid-game break, the Indian had a decent lead. After the interval, it was one-way traffic winning with 21-12 scoreline to move into quarterfinals. He will face third seeded Jonthan Christie. In the women’s singles section, PV ...

  The Indian shuttlers had a good outing with PV Sindhu, Unnati Hooda, Ayush Shetty, HS Prannoy, Shruti Mishra and Konjbeam made it into the second round of Badminton Asia Championship event played at Ningbo, China on 8 th April 2026. Ayush Shetty produced a stunning performance with straight game win over higher ranked Li Shifeng of China in two straight games. It was a dominating effort by Ayush right from the word go and never allowed any chances for Shifeng to win by 21-13, 21-16 to move into round of 16. Shetty will face Chi Y-j of Chinese Taipei. HS Prannoy defeated qualifier NH Dang of Vietnam in two straight games. Dang showed class putting the Indian under pressure. Soon after, Prannoy made a stunning comeback and keeping his opponent struggling. After the mid-game break, both players took alternate points before Prannoy held onto his nerves to win first game 24-22. It was a dominating performance by Prannoy in the second game after an initial struggle. He did not a...

  The stage is set as all 48 teams and groups for the 2026 FIFA World Cup to be played in USA, Mexico and Canada starting from June 11 th to 19 th July. Group A Mexico South Korea South Africa Czech Republic Schedule Mexico vs South Africa (11 th June)-Estadio Azteca, Mexico City South Korea vs Czech Republic (11 th June)- Estadio Azteca, Mexico City Czech Republic vs South Africa (18 th June)- Mercedez Benz Stadium, Atlanta Mexico vs South Africa (18 th June)-Estadio Akron, Zapopan Czech Republic vs Mexico (24 th June)- Estadio Azteca, Mexico City South Africa vs South Korea (24 th June)- Estadio BBV, Guadalupe. Group B Canada (H) Bosnia and Herzegovina Qatar Switzerland Schedule Canada vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (12 th June)- BMO Field, Toronto Qatar vs Switzerland (12 th June)- Levi’s Stadium, Santa Clara Switzerland vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (18 th June)- Sofi Stadium, Inglewood Canada vs Qatar (18 th June)- BC Place, Vanco...