The 2026 BWF World Championships will take place in New Delhi from August 17-23, marking India's first hosting since 2009. The Grade 1 event awards no prize money but offers a maximum 14,500 ranking points.
Ashmita Chaliha, ranked 50th, wins Korea Masters women's singles title, defeating China's Han Qian Xi 14-21, 21-14, 21-14, becoming the first Indian to achieve this and set to break into the world's top 40.
Indian badminton player Tanvi Sharma, 17, secured her first BWF World Tour title by defeating Vietnam's Thuy Linh Nguyen in the women's singles final of the Taipei Open Super 300. Sharma, coached by Park Tae-sang, also became the youngest finalist in the tournament's history and the first Indian woman to win the singles title since Saina Nehwal in 2008.
Indian badminton player Tanvi Sharma, 17, won her maiden BWF World Tour title at the Taipei Open Super 300, defeating Vietnam's Thuy Linh Nguyen. She became the youngest finalist in the event's history and the first Indian woman to win the singles title since Saina Nehwal in 2008.
India's Kidambi Srikanth lost the US Open Super 300 badminton final to Chinese Taipei's Su Li-yang, 15-21, 21-16, 9-21, after a hard-fought match.
India's top men's doubles pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, have withdrawn from the Indonesia Open 2026 after Rankireddy sustained an injury during their opening-round match. The duo was forced to retire mid-game and will now focus on recovery.
India's Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy ended a 742-day title drought by winning the Singapore Open badminton tournament. The world No. 3 pair defeated Indonesia's Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Shohibul Fikri in the final.
