The Latest Breaking News from World Championships

Tokyo (AFP) - Rising Thai badminton star Kunlavut Vitidsarn on Saturday set up a world championships final clash with Denmark's Viktor Axelsen and said he is looking to learn from the world number one.

The Indian duo flattered to deceive as it squandered an opening game advantage to go down 22-20 18-21 16-21

Having assured themselves of at least a bronze, Satwik and Chirag will now face the Malaysian pair of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik

The reigning Olympic champion is the man to beat in France this weekend

Unseeded H. S. Prannoy rose above expectations to shut the door on crowd favourite and two-time former world champion Kento Momota 21-17, 21-16 in a second round tie of the BWF World Championships

Pokémon – the highest grossing media franchise of all time – is hitting new peaks of popularity, with thousands of fans thronging to the World Championships in London

Nearly four decades after not getting picked for the Soviet Union’s badminton team, Svetlana Zilberman is playing on the sport’s highest stage and became the competition’s oldest-ever winner when she and her son, Misha, won their first-round mixed doubles match at the BWF World Championships

Ennis-Hill completed her golden comeback by winning her first major championship since London 2012.

Farah burst away from the twin Kenyan challenge of Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor and Paul Tanui down the home straight.

The Bothwell star is in Japan looking to bounce back from her bronze medal match defeat in Birmingham

The 20-year-old had finished runner-up at the Tokyo Olympics, World Championships and Commonwealth Games.