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Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng put their nation on the verge of a badminton gold medal sweep while Mathias Boe / Carsten Mogensen beat the world #1’s to set up, […]

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Lee Hyun Il lost out to Lin Dan, who now seeks to repeat his golden performance from Beijing against Lee Chong Wei.  One all-China final finished, with another in the […]

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Just as in Beijing, it is again two Lees, one Lin and one Chen in the Olympic men’s singles semis, only this time, Lee Hyun Il has already thwarted the […]

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On a day where all four quarter-final women’s singles matches went with the seedings, the young Thai player Ratchanok Intanon offered a ray of hope for an upset, with a […]

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The semi-final line-up for the Olympic men’s doubles competition will feature the usual suspects after a quartet of  wins for the four favoured pairs on Thursday morning.  All in straight […]

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Day 6 saw the beginning of the semi-final bouts and the start of the mid-day session saw both mixed doubles matches played at once.  Possibly distracted by the controversies of […]

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Away from the disciplinary sideshow, Day 5 of the badminton competition at the London Olympics saw Zhao Yunlei play true to her status as the now overwhelming favourite in women’s […]

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