Tze Yong taking spine injection to be fit for Olympics qualifying race

PETALING JAYA: Men’s singles shuttler Ng Tze Yong is exploring every avenue he has in an attempt to save his Paris Olympics dream. Tze Yong faces a tough battle to qualify for the Olympics after injuring his spinal disc during the Asia Team Championships recently. The 23-year-old now faces a race against time to be fit for...

Back injury forces Tze Yong to withdraw from French Open, All-England

PETALING JAYA: National men's singles shuttler Ng Tze Yong has withdrawn from the back-to-back French Open (March 5-10) and All-England (March 12-17) as he is set to undergo minor surgery to fix his back injury. Tze Yong suffered an injury to his spinal disc in the Asia Team Championships last week and had hoped to recover...

Rexy rues misfortune of Malaysian doubles collision in first round

PETALING JAYA: The luck of the draw was not in favour of men’s doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik and Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani in the All-England from March 12-17 in Birmingham after both pairs were pitted against each other as early as the first round. National coaching director Rexy Mainaky rued his charges’ misfortune...

Going overseas to train won’t help Pearly-Thinaah’s dwindling form

SHAH ALAM: Overseas training stints is not the answer to the problem faced by struggling women’s doubles shuttlers Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah. Instead, national coaching director Rexy Mainaky believes that Pearly-Thinaah should continue with their current training programme at the Academy Badminton Malaysia (ABM). The world No. 14 pair have come under fire recently for their disappointing performances...

Hafiz: India’s progress in badminton is not a surprise

PETALING JAYA: Indian women shuttlers have now joined their men counterparts as champions in the Asian region. They were the surprise winners at this year’s Asia Team Championships in Shah Alam, following the men team’s breakthroughs at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou and the 2022 Thomas Cup Finals in Bangkok. These achievements are enough to show...

Chong Wei drops stinging shot on country’s state of badminton

PETALING JAYA: It’s sometimes hard to be honest without being harsh, but former badminton great Datuk Lee Chong Wei knows someone has to do it. And yesterday, the singles legend admitted he was fearful about the future of Malaysian badminton after the national team’s mixed fortunes in the Asia Team Championships at the Setia Alam Convention...

Malaysia beat Japan 3-1 to storm into Asia Team Championships final

SHAH ALAM: The Malaysian shuttlers smashed into the men's team final of the Asia Team Championships with a 3-1 win over Japan on Saturday (Feb 17). Lee Zii Jia got the team off to a good start with a 21-18, 21-15 win over Kenta Nishimoto in the first singles at the Setia City Convention Center. Men's doubles...

Singles blues as Tze Yong retires, Zii Jia down with sinus

SHAH ALAM: Men’s singles shuttler Ng Tze Yong was forced to retire from his match against Singapore’s Jason Teh in the quarter-finals of the Asia Team Championships at the Setia Alam Convention Center on Friday (Feb 16) after experiencing pain in his back. The 23-year-old has been playing after making his comeback from a lower back...