Badminton

"I believe the Chong Wei leadership will inspire and motivate the national squads in Macau," he told reporters at a Chinese New Year open house in the Bukit Jalil Stadium Saturday. Apart from Chong Wei, Muhammad Hafiz, Liew Darren and Mohd Arif Abdul ...  

Wimbledon’s Toby Penty felt he was lacking self-belief at the English National Badminton Championships last week – but is convinced he is not far away from the big guns. The 19-year-old fourth seed eased his way into the semi-finals at Bolton Arena but ...  

NUNEATON pair Ben Stawski and Rhys Walker left the National Badminton Championships ... and a quarter-final victory over Matthew Nottingham and Ian Palethorpe 21-19 21-17. In the mixed doubles event, Stawski had earlier missed out in another ...  

Malaysia must beat South Korea and Hong Kong to book a ticket to the Thomas Cup final in Wuhan, China (May). Chong Wei said he would work hard to earn the first point and remained confident that the others would contribute the points as expected.  

India’s Saina Nehwal hits a return to Indonesia’s Firdasari Drianti during their women’s singles badminton match at the Aviva Open Singapore Super Series 2008 badminton championships June 13, 2008. REUTERS/Vivek Prakash (SINGAPORE)  

Rajiv Ouseph boosted his chances of qualifying for the Olympics with a fifth consecutive victory in the English National Badmintion Championship. Ouseph is a Commonwealth silver medalist as well as five-time English champion (Photo: Getty Images) The world ...  

Top Indian junior shuttler Sameer Verma put up a spirited performance before going down to higher-seeded Malaysian opponent in straight games in the boys' singles final of the Asia Youth Under-19 badminton championships here today. Unseeded Sameer lost 15 ...  

World number one Lee Chong Wei equalled a badminton legend's record of eight Malaysia Open titles on Sunday, trouncing his opponent in the final and declaring he had his sights set on Olympic gold. The Malaysian emulated compatriot Wong Peng ...  

She is the brightest young star in Indian badminton now. Just 16, P.V. Sindhu is already the women's World No. 30 and the second best Indian in the list, behind World No. 4 Saina Nehwal. The Andhra Pradesh girl is also in the second rung in the newly ...  

IF badminton was the World Game there would probably be just as many riots as there are now with soccer. The graceful swoop of the goose-feathered shuttlecock would not calm the madding crowds. If only badminton had the power to invoke the passion, it ...  

Lee Chong Wei has his sights set on a record eighth Malaysia Open title when he takes on Kenichi Tago in the final on Sunday. This prestigious Super Series event kicked off on January 10 and continues until the Sunday, January 15 with the world's best ...  

KAMPALA, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Top foreign players have arrived in the Ugandan capital Kampala for the 2012 Uganda International Badminton Championship which starts Thursday. Top seed for the women's singles Jeanine Cicognini from Switzerland arrived on ...  

WORLD No. 1 badminton player Datuk Lee Chong Wei demolished Japan's Kenichi Tago in straight sets 21-6, 21-13 to win the Maybank Malaysia Open on Sunday. Tago advanced into the finals after playing only eight minutes in the semi-finals against China's Chen ...  

It claims to be the fastest racquet sport in the world, with smashes clocked at speeds exceeding 420km/h. But while badminton captivates millions of fans in Asia and Europe, it remains a minor sport in Australia with limited funding and public support.  

LEE CHONG WEI’s book ‘Dare to be a Cham­pion’ will be launched on Wednesday. Here is an excerpt from the book. ON Aug 14, 2011, the BWF World Championship, the most prestigious tournament in badminton was held at London’s Wembley Arena Indoor ...