Love, tears, upsets: Badminton had it all at Paris Olympics

IMAGE: Bronze medallist at the Tokyo Olympics, PV Sindhu lost the women’s singles pre-quarter-final against China's He Bing Jiao, in Paris, last week, bringing the curtains down early in her......

Badminton: India's challenge ends at Hong Kong Open

IMAGE: Gayatri Gopichand Pullela and Treesa Jolly lost in straight sets in their round of 16 match at the Hong Kong Open. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty Images from the Rediff Archives ......

Tokyo Olympics: Sindhu, Praneeth get easy draws

IMAGE: PV Sindhu will face Hong Kong's world number 34 Cheung Ngan Yi and Israel's Ksenia Polikarpova, ranked 58th, in the league stages. Photograph: Naomi Baker/Getty Images Reigning World......

China Open: Srikanth pulls out; Sindhu, Saina eye title

IMAGE: Srikanth was pitted against Kento Momota of Japan in his opening round but he pulled out of the tournament. Photograph: Kidambi Srikanth/Twitter Kidambi Srikanth has decided to give China......

Sports Shorts: World record weightlifter Lin gets eight-year ban

A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Thursday   IMAGE: Taiwan's Lin Tzu Chi reacts after setting a new Asian Games record of 116kg in the women's 63kg snatch weightlifting......