World Number one Taiwanese shuttler Tai Tzu Ying has announced that she would be retiring from the sport altogether after Tokyo Olympics next year regardless of her winning a medal or not. The 24-year-old has won gold medals in the 2018 Asian Games and the 2017 and 2018 Asian championships.

Numerous Indian badminton players are facing a cash crunch to finance their international commitments, courtesy the BAI’s bizarre informal rule of funding players, who are placed in the top 25 of BWF World rankings. This had led to them writing a letter to the BAI President to seek funding.

Indian CWG stars Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth and B Sai Praneeth, all managed to secure a spot in the next round at the ongoing BWF World Championships in China. But in the men’s doubles event, India suffered defeat as Tarun Kona and Saurabh Sharma lost to Hong Kong's Chin Chung and Tang Chun Man.

HS Prannoy started off his World Championship campaign by beating Kiwi Abhinav Manota in straight sets of 21-12, 21-11 in 28 minutes in the opening round in China. The mixed doubles duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy also made to Round 2 after beating Niclas Nohr and Sara Thygesen.