Badminton

The II Juegos Inclusivos is held under the honorary presidency of HM King Felipe VI in which the athletes with and without disabilities compete side by side.

Sen, who lost out on a maiden Olympic medal in Paris after defeat in the bronze medal play-off contest, will be up against the winner between seventh seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei and qualifier Arnaud Merkle of France in the next round.

India delivered a stellar performance in Indonesia, winning as many as 34 medals in the International Level 2 tournament including Vikram's gold in the SL3 event.

Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj beat Sukant Kadam 21-17, 21-12 in the semi-final to assure India another medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Manisha Ramdass and Thulasimathi Murugesan will face-off in the the SU5 category women's single semifinals to assure India another medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

Since the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Sindhu won the Singapore Open Super 500 title and Commonwealth Games gold in 2022, but a left ankle injury she suffered in Birmingham took six months to heal.

China's Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang are the new men's doubles No.1s followed by Denmark's Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen, who jumped two places.

In women's singles, Treesa and Gayatri suffered a huge setback as they went down to the Chinese Taipei pair of Sung Shuo Yun and Yu Chien Hui, going down 21-18, 20-22, 21-14 in a 70-minute marathon.

While Sindhu and ace singles men's shuttlers HS Pranoy and Lakshya Sen had sealed their Olympic spots long back, the formality was completed on Monday, the cut-off date set by the BWF.

Tarun got the better of compatriot Kadam 21-13, 16-21, 21-16 in the final of the SL 4 category to claim the yellow metal in Spain on Sunday.

Satwik has been troubled by his right shoulder which seems to have flared up a bit following the European leg of the year. The pair decided to sit the tournament out with an eye on the larger picture of the season.

Despite PV Sindhu missing, India will field a strong squad with a perfect mix of youth and experience in the upcoming BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals 2024.

India defeated Hong Kong 3-0 to book their place in the semifinal, assuring the country's maiden medal at the Badminton Asia Team Championship.

Kidambi Srikanth lost 22-24 13-21 to world no. 18 Lee Cheuk Yiu of Hong Kong in the first round of the India Open.

HS Prannoy defeated Chou Tien Chen 21-6 21-19 to book his spot in the second round of the India Open.

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty booked their place in the second round as HS Prannoy crashed out of the Malaysia Open.