Badminton

The World Badminton Federation has awarded hosting rights for the next edition of the Thomas & Uber Cup Finals and World Junior Championships to Denmark and India respectively.

As already reported, Guwahati’s newly christened National Centre of Excellence will host the World Junior Championships 2025. As for the Thomas & Uber Cup Finals, they have been awarded to the Danish city of Horsens.

It is just the second time that Denmark will stage the BWF World Men’s and Women’s Team Championships following Aarhus in 2021.

Jan 15, 2018 14:01
HYDERABAD: "Home team" Hyderabad Hunters won the third edition of the Vodafone Premier Badminton League championship with a hard-fought 4-3 win over Bengaluru Blasters in the final at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday night to land their maiden title in the event.
Jan 10, 2018 12:01
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Jan 06, 2018 15:01
HYDERABAD: Ace Spanish shuttler Carolina Marin, along with players of the Hyderabad Hunters franchise in the Premier Badminton League, has launched 'Mera Hoardings', a billboard advertising marketplace mobile app here. The app allows multiple hoarding companies and agencies sign up and register themselves to sell their vacant billboard/hoardings on online, a release from Mera Hoardings states.
Jan 02, 2018 12:01
NEW DELHI: The Union Sports Ministry on Monday announced Star Sports as the broadcast and production partner for its flagship initiative Khelo India School Games (KISG) for the next five years from 2018 until 2022. Starting from 31st January, these Under-17 annual games will in its first edition have 16 different sports disciplines.
Dec 28, 2017 13:12
NEW DELHI: The Vodafone Premier Badminton League took a giant step towards consolidating itself further, with leading cement manufacturing company Dalmia Cement joining the family as the owners of the Delhi franchise.
Dec 23, 2017 12:12
MUMBAI: Leading grassroots sports development company SportzConsult has been assigned the venue management operation mandate for the Delhi and Lucknow "chapters" of Premier Badminton League's (PBL) third edition, which kicks off later Saturday.
Dec 23, 2017 12:12
MUMBAI: Ahead of the launch Saturday of the third edition of Premier Badminton League, title partner Vodafone is offering its subscribers a chance to be an integral part of the tournament.
Dec 22, 2017 11:12
MUMBAI:  A ‘bigger, meaner and stronger’ Premier Badminton League will kick off in Guwahati on Friday. The league in its third edition this year, will have eight teams and will culminate with a finale in Hyderabad during the Pongal weekend in January 2018.
Dec 22, 2017 09:12
MUMBAI: Columbus India, the agency from the stable of Dentsu Aegis Network, will handle digital duties for this season's Premier Badminton League (PBL), commercial rights for which rest with Sportzlive. This is the second sports property that Columbus India will be handling for Sportzlive after having won the digital duties for the sports management firm earlier this year.
Dec 20, 2017 11:12
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