Akane Yamaguchi and Shi Yu Qi (AP Photos) NEW DELHI: Winning a world title is one thing. Defense is an even bigger challenge. As the BWF World Championships return to India after 17 years, the focus will be firmly on the five reigning champions who arrive in New Delhi with the pressure to stay on…
(L-R) Pabitra Margherita, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of India; Sanjay Mishra, General Secretary BAI; Himanta Biswa Sarma, President, BAI and CM of Assam; Mansukh Mandaviya, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports; Pullela Gopichand, Chief National Coach, BAI; and Hari Ranjan Rao, Secretary, MYAS & DG, SAI with the official mascot of the BWF…
India’s PV Sindhu (AP/PTI) New Delhi: Fifty days from now, the world’s best badminton players will enter New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi (IG) Indoor Stadium for the BWF World Championships from August 17-23, returning to Indian soil for the first time since Hyderabad hosted the event in 2009. For the country’s badminton, this is much more…