World No 1 women’s singled badminton player Tai Tzu-Ying of Taiwan lost the gold medal match to China’s Chen Yufei in a closely-contested match. After the medal ceremony on Sunday, Tai Tzu-Ying revealed how PV Sindhu’s words of encouragement made her cry a bit. “PV Sindhu hugged me and told me I know you are sick but you did very …
The Chinese Badminton Association on Wednesday announced its 14-player squad, including the 2016 Olympics champion Chen Long, for the Tokyo Olympic Games. Chen Long will defend the men’s singles crown in his third Olympics while Chen Yufei is chasing for her first ever Olympic gold in the women’s singles, and the same for Zheng Siwei/Huang Yaqiong in the mixed doubles, …
An Se Young appears indefatigable, is swift and decisive with her footwork, has a virtually impregnable defence, and an arsenal of accurate strokes. Rivas’ sober admission must be considered the biggest feather in in the cap of the raging new talent in the shuttle firmament — of far greater value than the paycheck of $52,500 that the unseeded Korean teenager …
Lin Dan’s 21-19, 16-21, 21-12 win against Shi Yuqi was only his second triumph in seven meetings, and came after four successive losses, including three last year alone Saturday at the Malaysian Open was as much a day of retribution as of resurrection. Later in the day, China’s living legend Lin Dan sent hard-core badminton-lovers into a frenzy of delight …
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