The right-handed middle-order batsman has already left for the UK and will be a part of the Birmingham based county side for at least three games this season.

Sindhu won 16-21, 21-16, 21-19, in one hour and 16 minutes in the Super 1000 tournament.

The world number 30 pair of Ashwini and Sikki took just 33 minutes to see off the 13th ranked duo of Gabriela and Stefani 21-17 21-10 in the second-round match on Thursday night.

Lakshya Sen, who had claimed five titles in 2019, saw off France's Thomas Rouxel 21-18 21-16

The withdrawal of the Indonesian players will deplete the field, which has already been affected after Chinese, Koreans and Chinese Taipei shuttlers decided not to compete

World no 15 Praneeth saw off France's Toma Junior Popov 21-18 22-20, while HS Prannoy, a former top 10 player, brushed aside Malaysia's Daren Liew 21-10 21-10.

Playing Against Denmark’s Mia Blichfeldt, Nehwal was trailing 21-8, 10-4, when she was forced to quit the match due to an injury

The Indian women's duo of Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy and men's doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also progressed to the second round

Srikanth lost to Ireland's unseeded player Nguyen Nhat, while Kashyap went down in straight games to top seeded Japanese Kento Momota

"No positive tests in the team anyone. We are ready for All England," India's Danish foreign coach Mathais Boe informed on Instagram.

The tournament is scheduled to be played in Birmingham from March 17-21.

Ollie Watkins scored for the first time in 10 matches to set Villa on its way to all three points

A heavy police presence remains in the area as officers urged people to remain calm and stay away from the area as cordons remain in place.

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) Executive Board has approved the minor change for the Games, which will now be held between July 28 and August 8

Former top 10 player HK Vittinghus of Denmark on Friday shared a Taiwanese media report that a 10-year-old sports student, who was at the All England Championship, was diagnosed positive for COVID-19

The season's first Super 1000 World Tour tournament is the last event before the Badminton World Federation's (BWF) suspension of all World Tour and sanctioned tournaments

PV Sindhu squandered a sparkling start as Nozomi Okuhara produced a rearguard action to outwit the Indian 12-21 21-15 21-13 in a 68-minute last-eight encounter of All England Badminton Championships

Kiren Rijiju said that Indian players who had taken part in competitions held at the 'seven notified countries,' as well as athletes from those nations coming for events in India, will have to be compulsorily quarantined

Lakshay Sen went down to world number seven Victor Axelsen 17-21 18-21 in a hard-fought All England Championships second-round battle

PV Sindhu will now clash with Korean Sung Ji Hyun for a place in the quarterfinals of the All England Badminton