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  The Indian Badminton teams for the prestigious Thomas and Uber Cup 2026 to be played in Horsens, Denmark from 24 th April onwards has been announced. A total of 5 matches will be played in the tie including 3 singles and 2 doubles. Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, Kiran George, Kidambi Srikanth & Ayush Shetty comprises of men’s singles while Chirag Shetty & RankiReddy, Amsakarunan & MR Arjun consist of doubles category. Ayush Shetty earned his maiden call in the senior team after good performances in the BWF circuit. Indian team has been clubbed in Group A along with power-house China, Canada and Australia. Lakshya Sen led side created history when they became the champions of this prestigious tournament for first time in 2022. They reached quarterfinals stage in 2025, but lost to eventual champions China. Indian Team for Thomas Cup 2026 Lakshya Sen, HS Prannoy, Kiran George, Kidambi Srikanth, Ayush Shetty, Dhruv Kapila, Chirag Shetty, RankiReddy, Amsakarunan and M...

  It was another good day for Indian shuttlers as Tanvi Sharma and Ishrani Burah entered the semi-finals of the Super 300 Orleans Masters played at Orleans, France on 20 th March 2026. Tanvi Sharma produced a dominating display to defeat sixth seeded Nidara of Japan in two straight games. The first game saw Tanvi showing her class putting the Japanese under pressure. She made life tough for her opponent and won first game comfortably by 21-14. The second game saw closely fought affair initially before Tanvi put on excellent display of badminton and not allow any chances for her opponent. At the mid-game break, Tanvi takes a 11-8 lead. After the break, Japanese tried her best, but Tanvi stepped up her game to win with a comfortable 21-14 scoreline. She will face Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the SF. Ishrani Burah defeated counter-part Malvika Bansod in two straight games. It was one-way traffic for Ishrani who put on superb display of badminton keeping Malvika under pressure and...

  It was a good day for Indian shuttlers as 6 out of 11 made into the second round of Super 300 Orleans Masters 2026 played at France on 18 th March. Ayush Shetty defeated his counter-part Kiran George in a hard fought three games. Ayush began the first game on a positive note keeping pressure on George. It was a tremendous comeback by George with some attacking play and won the first game by 21-17. Ayush showed his domination in the second game putting George under pressure and never allowed sniff to win it comfortably by 21-10. The third and final game saw Ayush began on a positive note, despite George valiant effort, Ayush won with 21-17 scoreline to move into the second round. He will face Y Okimoto of Japan. Tanvi Sharma stunned 2 nd seeded Supinda Kathenong of Thailand in two straight games. Supinda began the first game with aggression keeping Tanvi under immense pressure with a commanding 9-3 lead. Tanvi fought back strongly with 6 successive points to level the scor...

  The Indian shuttlers will look to perform well in the Super 300 Orleans Masters 2026 to be played at France from 17 th March onwards. The men’s singles section would witness Tharun Mannepalli take on Wang T-w of Chinese Taipei. Srikanth will face M Johannesen of Denmark in the first-round tomorrow. After the withdrawal of Kenta Nishimoto, Ayush Shetty will face Kiran George in all India first round match. HS Prannoy withdrew from his first-round match against Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei due to injury. In the women’s singles section, Akarshi Kashyap will face Yeo Ji Min of Singapore. Akarshi came from the qualifiers winning against Shreyasi Valishetty in three sets by 21-19, 17-21, 21-13. She then defeated Y Lee of Chinese Taipei in two straight games of 21-17, 21-19 to move into main draw. Ishrani Burah will face qualifier A Schultz of Denmark in the first-round tomorrow. Malvika Bansod would take on Sung S-y of Chinese Taipei. Santosh Ramraj would take on M Suizu...

  The Indian women’s hockey team officially sealed their place in this year’s prestigious World Cup with a 1-0 win over Italy during the 2 nd semi-finals of qualifiers played at Hyderabad on 13 th March 2026. It was not an ideal start for the Indian team with Vaishnavi Phalke twisted her ankle and limped off the field while Italy defender pushed her from the back. Lola Brea hits the first shot which was saved by Bichu Devi. Indian team had few circle penetrations but did not yield anything. At the end of the first quarter, the scores remained 0-0. The second quarter saw Indian team began with aggressive intent but Italian defense thwarted the danger. India earned their first penalty corner as Navneet Kaur hit a powerful dragflick but Italian goalkeeper made a lovely save. It was an aggressive game by Indian team with 2 penalty corners in quick succession, but did not yield anything. At the end of the first half, scores still remained 0-0. India dominated with circle penetrati...

  It was a decent outing for the Indian shuttlers as 2 of them entered into the quarterfinals of Super 300 Swiss Open 2026 played at Basel, Switzerland on 12 th March. The number 1 seeded men’s doubles pairing of Satwik/Chirag Shetty edged past their Japanese opponents H Okamura and K Yamashita in three thrilling games. The Japanese pair started off brightly with 2 early point before both pairs fought for each point with lovely smashes. At the mid-game break, Satwik/Chirag moved to a 11-8 lead. After the interval, it was one-way traffic as Indian pairing won the first game with ease by 21-15. Okamura and Yamashita began the 2 nd game on an aggressive note putting Indian pairing under immense pressure. Despite a mini-game comeback by Satwik/Chirag, Japanese pair took a 11-6 lead at the break. After the interval, Indian pair fought back, but Okamura and Yamashita won second game comfortably by 21-15. Satwik/Chirag made a flying start to the third game putting Japanese pair un...

  It was a good day for the Indian shuttlers as 3 of them entered into the 2 nd round of the Super 300 Swiss Open 2026 played at Basel, Switzerland on 11 th March. Kiran George stunned former World champion Loh Kiean Yew of Singapore in two straight games. The first game was a closely fought affair as both players fought for each point. Loh had a slender 11-10 at the break. After the break, Loh had chance to take the first game before Kiran showed skills to win first game by 23-21. The second game also saw a closely fought affair with both players fighting for each point. It ebbed and flowed as George took the second game also with 21-19 scoreline to move into the 2 nd round. He will face Jason Gunwan of Hong Kong. Tharun Mannepalli stunned Kenta Nishimoto of Japan. The first game saw Nishimoto putting on excellent badminton display putting Tharun under immense pressure. It was a good performance by the experienced Nishimoto to take the first game away at 21-16. Nishimot...