BWF World Championships 2025: All you need to know about Indian shuttlers’ campaign

The BWF World Championships 2025 is all set to take place in Paris, France, from August 25 to 31. Double-Olympic medalist PV Sindhu, men’s singles stars Lakshya Sen and HS Prannoy, and men’s doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty will lead India’s charge in the tournament.

The BWF World Championships will be held at the adidas Arena, the same venue where the Olympic badminton matches were conducted last year. Ahead of the opening game, let’s take a look at all the details related to the event, including live streaming, players, draws, and more.

How to watch live streaming & telecast in India?

The BWF World Championships 2025 will be available for fans across multiple platforms. In India, the matches will be telecast live on the Sports18 Network, while JioCinema will provide free live streaming through its app and website. Matches will also be streamed on the official BWF YouTube channel.

Players to watch from India

Indian draws

Men’s Singles

Women’s Singles

• PV Sindhu vs Kaloyana Nalbantova (BUL)

Men’s Doubles

Women’s Doubles

Mixed Doubles

It has been a tough year for India’s leading players with injuries and inconsistent form hampering their build-up. Sen, ranked 21, is returning to the French capital a year after the heartbreak of finishing fourth at the Olympics.

Since then, the 24-year-old from Almora, who claimed a bronze at the 2021 edition, has struggled for results with a quarterfinal at the All England being his best show in 2024.

He has often faltered in tight matches against Li Shi Feng, Kodai Naraoka and Shi, who leads their head-to-head 3-1. The Chinese world No.1, in red-hot form with three Super 1000 titles this season, had beaten Sen in three games in Indonesia earlier this year.

Meanwhile, Sindhu will have to recover from the shock defeat against fellow Indian Unnati Hooda at the China Open. She has endured a lean season, with a quarterfinal finish at the India Open her best result.

Prannoy, who claimed bronze in the 2023 edition, will open against Finland’s Joakim Oldorff, but a potential second-round showdown with world No. 2 Anders Antonsen of Denmark looms large for the world No. 34 Indian.

Men’s doubles spearheads Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, seeded ninth, have received a first-round bye and will play either compatriots Hariharan Amsakarunan and Ruben Kumar or Chinese Taipei’s Liu Kuang Heng and Yang Po Han in the second round.

In mixed doubles, 16th seeds Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto received a bye in the opening round, while Rohan Kapoor and Ruthvika Shivani Gadde will open against Macau’s Leong Lok Chong and Weng Chi Ng.

In women’s doubles, Priya Konjengbam–Shruti Mishra and Panda sisters — Rutuparna and Swetaparna — are in the fray.

(With agency inputs)