As the victorious Chinese Olympic squad indulge in the adoration of their home fans on their victory tour of China, the European tour lands in Belgium for the first event of this new season. The tour heads to Mechelen, Belgium where a strong field has assembled for this International Challenge-ra...
Four top-seeded Indonesians lived up to expectations by taking titles at the Surabaya Indonesia International Challenge on Saturday. Most notably, Shendy Puspa Irawati and Fran Kurniawan (pictured) took two doubles titles each. Singles saw a couple of firsts with local shuttler Andre Kur...
Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson have played their last match under the British flag as a pair, losing to the eventual Olympic gold medallists in China. Now, Gail has announced her retirement from international badminton while Nathan Robertson is still hungry for more...but needs a new partner. R...
Lee Chong Wei may have lost tamely his final of the Olympics but his return to Malaysia is similar to the one he would have had if he had grabbed gold. He is still bringing home Malaysia’s only medal from the Games. By Raphael Sachetat. Photo: Badmintonphoto
For the first time of its history, the Japanese brand YONEX conquered every single medal won at these Beijing Olympics, with all 24 medals won by shuttlers under contract with them. “It is a dream come true. We’ve been waiting for 20 years for this to happen. We had barely missed it...
33-year-old Zhang Ning won a second Olympic crown to add to her title in Athens and her world championship Gold medal 2003 to enter the legend circle created by her former compatriots Ge Fei and Gu Jun...
After a frenetic start to the 2008 Olympic Games where defending champions and seeds fell way too early, the 7th day of the 29th Olympiad in Beijing was truly sabbatical, as the remaining seeds at the...
One surname has stood out at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Four 'Lee's have made a convincing statement of their presence on the 6th day of the 29th Olympiad: Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, Lee Hyun-Il,...
With all the talk about Tine Rasmussen's chance of wreaking havoc in the Chinese-dominated women's singles event at the Olympic Games, it's true that no one would have raised a brow to the name Maria Yulianti....
The Japanese miracle at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games ended at the hands of 4 Koreans. Korea's world number 4 women's doubles pair of Lee Hyo Jung/Lee Kyung Won and world number 13 men's doubles pair...
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