SHAH ALAM: Will doubles shuttler Soh Wooi Yik be playing two roles in the semi-finals of the Asia Team Championships today? Wooi Yik may be called up to play singles following setbacks to Ng Tze Yong and Lee Zii Jia. Zii Jia and Tze Yong, who are the country’s No. 1 and No. 2 singles players, could...
SHAH ALAM: The withdrawal of men’s singles shuttler Kodai Naraoka from the Asia Team Championships has not dampened the Japanese men’s team’s spirits. World No. 6 Naraoka was initially set to spearhead the team in the team meet which is set to get under way tomorrow at the Setia City Convention Centre in Shah Alam but...
SHAH ALAM: Hong Kong coach Wong Choong Hann (pic) is plotting a route out of the Group of Death in the men’s team event in the Asia Team Championships which starts tomorrow at the Setia City Convention Centre in Shah Alam. Hong Kong have been placed in Group A which is arguably the toughest group along...
PETALING JAYA: A rejuvenated P. V. Sindhu is keen to make a strong impression in the Asia Team Championships from Feb 13-18 at the Setia Alam Convention Centre. The Indian women’s singles shuttler has been stepping up her recovery from a left knee injury which she picked up in the French Open last October and is...
PETALING JAYA: Thailand’s women’s singles shuttler Ratchanok Intanon’s absence will not make the task any easier for Malaysia in the women’s team event in the Asia Team Championships. The team led by independent women’s singles player Goh Jin Wei are set to face Thailand in Group Y in the team meet from Feb 13-18 at home...
PETALING JAYA: The Year of the Dragon didn’t start well for Ng Tze Yong but the shuttler hopes that it will get better and also help him to qualify for the Paris Olympics. Tze Yong, born in 2000, was gaining momentum to make his maiden appearance for the 2024 Paris but a back injury in the...
PETALING JAYA: National director of coaching Rexy Mainaky has brought in two former Indonesian international shuttlers to spar with top women’s doubles pair Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah. Ade Yusuf, who was ranked world No. 16 with Wahyu Nayaka in 2015 in the men’s doubles, and Gerardo Rizqullah Hafidz, also a former Indonesian men’s doubles player, have started...
PETALING JAYA: He was a firm character and brooked no nonsense but for his friends and those loyal to him, he would do anything. That was former national footballer Khalid Ali, a key member of the national team that qualified for the 1980 Olympics. Khalid had also won numerous trophies as a Selangor player. Khalid was known...
PETALING JAYA: Former men’s singles shuttler Chia Jeng Hon has found a new way to stay involved in the sport after being dropped by the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM). He has returned ‘’home’’ as a sparring partner at Academy Badminton Association. The 21-year-old Jeng Hon was one of the players axed from the national set-up following...
PETALING JAYA: Mixed doubles shuttler Chen Tang Jie believes he needs to cover for his partner Toh Ee Wei better during matches when need to – just like Thailand’s Dechapol Puavaranukroh. Tang Jie-Ee Wei found home favourites and 2021 world champions Dechapol and Sapsiree Taerattanachai a tough nut to crack and went down 12-21, 18-21 in...
