Just before the clock struck midnight in Jakarta to mark the end of Indonesia’s Independence Day on the 17th of August, Tontowi Ahmad / Lilyana Natsir presented their country with […]
For the fourth straight year, India’s Pusarla Venkata Sindhu blew away a top Chinese opponent in the biggest event of the summer, as she ousted 2nd-seeded Wang Yihan in two […]
The Olympic men’s doubles badminton semi-finals opened with Goh V. Shem / Tan Wee Kiong from Malaysia upsetting world #5 Chai Biao / Hong Wei from China in three gritting […]
After five straight Olympic women’s doubles badminton golds for China, Christinna Pedersen and Kamilla Rytter Juhl made sure there would be no sixth as they ousted Beijing winner Yu Yang […]
Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying made history by securing the first ever Malysian mixed medal in Olympic history with a brilliant win over London silver medallists Xu/Ma. By […]
3 matches to win before a gold medal, 3 courts, 3 games for the opening 3 matches, and 3 disappointing losses for fancied Korean pairs. By Kira Rin. Photos: Yves […]
Most of the singles favourites cruised to the end of the preliminary round robin but wins by Lin Dan, Akane Yamaguchi, and P. V. Sindhu were not without incident, all […]
The evening session of the 4th day of the badminton event in Rio proved once again that Asian badminton is on top of the mixed doubles event. Xu Chen and […]