With the 2020 Tokyo Games postponed to next year owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, it will be the first time that the World Badminton Championships will be conducted in the Olympic year

Kim Hi Hyun, a former South Korea international and coach, sat by the courtside as PV Sindhu thrashed 2017 champion Nozomi Okuhara 21-7 21-7 in one of the most lop-sided finals in the history of the BWF World Badminton Championship to lift her maiden world title in a third straight attempt

Indian shuttler PV Sindhu recently defeated Nozomi Okuhara in the BWF World Championships final, winning the gold medal after having reached the final in 2017 and 2018.

Chief national coach Pullela Gopichand feels Saina Nehwal's London's Olympics bronze and PV Sindhu's world championships gold are both important in the lifecycle of Indian badminton

PV Sindhu, playing in her third straight BWF World Championships final, trounced Japan's Nozomi Okuhara 21-7, 21-7 in what turned out to be a one-sided summit clash in just 36 minutes

PV Sindhu faces Nozomi Okuhara in the BWF Badminton World Championships final at around 4:30 PM IST on August 25, in Basel. Meanwhile, Kento Momoto and Anders Antonsen face each other in the men's final, which will take place after the women's final.

PV Sindhu defeated China's Chen Yu Fei in the semifinals to progress to the BWF Badminton Championships. She will face Japan's Nozomi Okuhara at Basel, on Sunday, August 25. Here are the broadcast, live streaming, date, venue and other details.

PV Sindhu, who received a bye in the opening round, is likely to face USA's Beiwen Zhang, seeded ninth, in the pre-quarterfinals

B Sai Praneeth and HS Prannoy defeated 66th-ranked Jason Anthony Ho-Shue of Canada 21-17, 21-16 and Eetu Heino of Finland 17-21, 21-10, 21-11 in their respective men's Singles opening round matches at the Badminton World Championships in Basel on Monday.

Indian shuttlers P V Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, Kidambi Srikanth, B Sai Praneeth, HS Prannoy, Sameer Verma, etc represent Indian interests in the 2019 BWF World Championships at Basel, Switzerland