Badminton

Delhi-based Omaxe Ltd announced Monday that the realty firm's wholly owned subsidiary and SPV - Worldstreet Sports Center - will be developing India's first integrated multi sports facility consisting of an international cricket and football stadium, an indoor stadium along with a retail and hospitality hub spread across an area of 50.40 acres in Delhi's Dwarka area for around Rs 1,500 crore ($180 million). 

The cost of construction will be funded through internal accruals and the company is expecting a revenue of around Rs 2,500 crore through the sale of retail units. 

Nov 26, 2019 18:11
NEW DELHI: The players auction for the fifth season of the Premier Badminton League here Tuesday saw world champion PV Sindhu and world number 1 women's singles player Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei fetching the highest prices of Rs 7.7 million each. Incidentally, while each franchise had a purse of Rs 20 million, Rs 7.7 million was the maximum a team could bid for a player. 
Nov 25, 2019 16:11
MUMBAI: The upcoming Premier Badminton League has lost one of its big draws after 29-year-old shuttler announced via twitter on Sunday that she needs to recover after a difficult year that has seen her hampered by a series of injuries as well as illness. The fifth edition of the PBL is scheduled to start next month.
Nov 20, 2019 15:11
MUMBAI: 250 shuttlers from India and 12 other countries are battling it out at the 12th annual edition of India International Challenge tournament, taking place at Mumbai's Cricket Club of India (CCI), from Wednesday, running through to November 24.  The event, which has been conducted every year since 2008, has been re-christened as the Infosys Foundation India International Challenge 2019 from this year. 
Nov 16, 2019 13:11
MUMBAI: Sports management companies ProSportify and SportzLive have "come together" to form Emerging Sports & Media Technologies.  Through this partnership, ESM aims to create an array of sports products which will include a range of sports in the urban, rural, and luxury, and E Games sector, the companies jointly declared.
Nov 14, 2019 12:11
SAN FRANCISCO: Visa, the worldwide payment technology partner of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, has announced its most diverse roster of athletes on Team Visa Tokyo 2020.  Representing 43 countries, the most in Team Visa history, the current roster is comprised of 70+ athletes across 30+ sports, including new additions to The Games: Surfing, Skateboarding and Sport Climbing.
Nov 13, 2019 19:11
BANGKOK: More than 150 delegates from 14 countries are taking part in the inaugural Special Olympics Asia Pacific Unified Badminton Championship, which kicked off here Wednesday and runs till 16 November.
Nov 13, 2019 15:11
NEW DELHI: The fifth edition of the Premier Badminton League (PBL) will start from January 20, 2020 and will continue till February 9. Sportzlive, commercial license holders of PBL under the aegis of the Badminton Association of India will host the league this time in four cities - Chennai, Delhi, Lucknow, and Bengaluru.
Sep 24, 2019 18:09
SOUTH KOREAN badminton coach Kim Ji Hyun, who played a pivotal role in PV Sindhu's march to the world title recently, has resigned as India's women's singles coach citing personal reasons with less than a year to go for the Tokyo Olympics. The 45-year-old from Busan has rushed to New Zealand to care for her husband Ritchie Marr, who suffered a stroke a few days ago. 
Sep 18, 2019 16:09
HYDERABAD: V Chamundeswaranath, vice-president of Telangana Badminton Association, who has long had a yen for gifting cars to talented athletes, has just organised one at the Annapurna Studios in the Telengana capital in honour of the newly anointed world badminton champion PV Sindhu. 
Sep 09, 2019 10:09
ITANAGAR: Taking a leaf out of In a major step towards promoting badminton in Arunachal Pradesh, the Arunachal State Badminton Association (ASBA) has decided to introduce a badminton league in the state soon.