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Actor Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, along with her father R. Sarathkumar, visited the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple on Friday morning to offer prayers.

Recently, stars Vivek Oberoi and Shamita Shetty paid a heartfelt visit to the iconic Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Tirumala, seeking divine blessings. This esteemed pilgrimage site, venerated among the masses, has seen a flurry of celebrity visitors such as Tamannaah Bhatia and Mithali Raj, showcasing its perennial appeal and significance in the cultural tapestry of spirituality.

The celebrations continue on the badminton courts of Hyderabad as srikanth kidambi shot up to the fourth position from 48 in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) after his grabbing the India Open title, his second Super Series win.

srikanth kidambi was recently a guest on Times of India's sports podcast Sportscast and talked about his badminton journey so far, family support, the roller coaster ride he has had since 2018, the upcoming Commonwealth Games and much more.

Just like his compatriots, fatigue seemed to have caught up with the seventh-seeded srikanth kidambi as he squandered a game's lead to lose 21-19, 16-21, 18-21 against Korea's Lee Dong Keun in a duel that lasted an hour and 19 minutes in the USD 700,000 Japan Open badminton tournament.

Badminton sensation PV Sindhu was the top searched athlete in Google India, followed by bronze medal winning wrestler Sakshi Malik, as the country is gripped by Olympic fever.

The Chinese are beatable. This is the enduring message of Saina Nehwal and srikanth kidambi's triumph at the China Open in Fuzhou, according to badminton legend Prakash Padukone.

Top Indian shuttler PV Sindhu will have to find a way to battle fatigue if she has to continue her consistent run in international circuit and regain the China Open, beginning on Tuesday.

After tying the knot in an intimate ceremony in Kakinada on Sunday, the ace shuttler hosted a lavish reception for his badminton buddies in the city on Monday

With the plummeting form of the top international men's shuttlers, Indians like Parupalli Kashyap and srikanth kidambi can fancy their chances at next year's Rio Olympics.

And guess what, they are all Hyderabadis

Ace India shuttler Saina Nehwal moved one place up to occupy the fifth spot while PV Sindhu remained unchanged at 10th in the latest Badminton World Federation Rankings issued on Thursday.

Had Chennai Smashers fielded a club-level player against table-toppers Ahmedabad Smash Masters, he would have won too. It was that kind of a day for the Chennai team as they won all five rubbers in their Premier Badminton League match at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Balewadi on Sunday.

Kidambi Srikanth notched up a thrilling win over Ajay Jayaram as Bengaluru Raptors edged out Pune 7 Aces 4-3 in a Premier Badminton League (PBL) match on Sunday.

Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth registered hardfought victories to advance to the quarterfinals of the French Open BWF Tour Super 750 tournament in Paris on Thursday.

After the high of last year with Kidambi Srikanth winning four SuperSeries titles and PV Sindhu winning two, this year has been kind of a disappointment as far as titles are concerned. Apart from Saina Nehwal’s gold at the Commonwealth Games, Indian players haven’t won any singles titles. National badminton coach Pullela Gopichand however doesn’t want to dwell too much on it and insists it was a fruitful year for his wards.

Olympic medallists PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal will lead a strong Indian challenge at the Denmark Open badminton tournament which gets underway on Tuesday.

Fatigue caught up with India's premier shuttler P V Sindhu as she was upstaged in straight games but Kidambi Srikanth entered quarterfinals of the $700,000 Japan Open on Thursday.

A day after Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy knocked out world No. 13 Chinese Taipei pair, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa stunned world No. 12 pair of Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith of England in the China Open World Tour Super 1000 tournament at Changzhou on Wednesday.

The Maharashtra Badminton Association (MBA) will hold its annual general body meeting (AGM) at Hotel Hardeo on Sunday.

Former world number one Kidambi Srikanth slipped one place to be at the eighth spot but young Harsheel Dani jumped 22 places to reach the 89th position in the latest BWF ranking released Tuesday.

Saina Nehwal and Sameer Verma will look to put their best foot forward when they lead Indian challenge at the USD 600,000 Korea Open World Tour Super 500 tournament beginning on Tuesday.

A semifinal finish at the recent US Open Grand Prix Gold enabled Indian shuttler Ajay Jayaram to rise two places to be back into top 20 in the latest badminton world rankings issued on Thursday.