Indian badminton in 2025: Sen, Satwik-Chirag deliver highs as youth offer hope in transition

In an otherwise stop-start year, Satwik and Chirag reaffirmed their status as India's premier doubles pair despite battling injury and illness early in the season.

India faces setback at the Open Badminton event 2025

None of the 44 Indians could manage to secure a podium finish, even as organisers copped blame for poor facilities

Thomas Cup triumph, a historic feat for Indian badminton

Indian badminton team rewrites history and registers itself as the most powerful team as they win the Thomas Cup by blanking (3-0) the 14-time winners, Indonesia, in Bangkok

Lakshya sets his aim higher and higher

The journey from the small town of Almora in Uttarakhand to the Utilita Arena in Birmingham, England, has made the 20-year-old Lakshya Sen a household name in the world of badminton.

She came, she played, she won

India’s sporting landscape is changing. The 15 Olympic medals won in the last century were all claimed by men. Then came Karnam Malleswari, the weightlifter who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. A glass ceiling was broken.