New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- Former champion PV Sindhu and India's top doubles duo Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty will lead the home challenge at the BWF World Championships 2026, which gets underway here on Monday.
The BWF World Championships, held annually except in Olympic years, returns to India aftera 17-year gap since Hyderabad hosted the tournament in 2009.
The championships offer the highest number of badminton ranking points, alongside the Olympics.
The 30th edition of the badminton tournament will be held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi from August 17 to 23, with India fielding two entries in each of the men's and women's singles and doubles events, and three in mixed doubles.
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