FORMER great Datuk Misbun Sidek will reveal his new ‘’home’’ as a coach when the time is right but while the negotiation process is going on quietly, he is keeping himself busy and cooking up some plans. What have you been doing while waiting to decide on the offers you have received to coach abroad? I’ve been...
PETALING JAYA: National mixed doubles coach Nova Widianto has set top pair Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei a semi-final target in the French Open. Nova wants world No. 9 Tang Jie-Ee Wei to bounce back after the duo exited last week’s Denmark Open in the second round after going down 15-21, 12-21 to Thailand’s 2021 world...
PETALING JAYA: It’s happening again. Even as the Malaysian League season winds down, it has come to light that several clubs have not paid their players and staff for months. Kedah, Kelantan, Negri Sembilan and even Kuala Lumpur are caught in their perennial problem. A source close to the Kedah team revealed that the team have not...
PETALING JAYA: Losing in every World Tour tournament since 2017 must have been frustrating for men doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Sooh Wooi Yik. But no matter how much they were ridiculed, they never gave up. And it was their dogged determination over the last six years that saw the former world champions beating Indonesians Bagas Maulana-Shohibul Fikri 21-13,...
PETALING JAYA: Rexy Mainaky’s recent promotion as the national coaching director may have come at the right time as Malaysia enjoyed one of their best weeks in badminton. Just a month into his new role and the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) players have smashed their way to three titles through doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi...
PETALING JAYA: China’s shuttler Weng Hongyang is always associated to his senior Lin Dan as both are left-handed. And on Sunday, the 24-year-old Hongyang showed no mercy as he outplayed Lee Zii Jia 21-12, 21-6 in the men’s singles final of the Denmark Open in Odense and spoiled the professional shuttler’s hope of winning back-to-back titles. Zii...
PETALING JAYA: Indian shuttler P. V. Sindhu (pic) is determined to take the positives despite going down in the women’s singles semi-finals of the Denmark Open. In an ill-tempered clash, world No. 12 Sindhu lost 18-21, 21-19, 7-21 to Spain’s world No. 6 Carolina Marin at the Jyske Bank Arena in Odense on Saturday. Both players were...
PETALING JAYA: Shuttlers Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani have captured the men's doubles title at the World Tour Super 100 Abu Dhabi Masters. Sze Fei-Izzuddin had to dig deep to overcome Thailand's Pharanyu Kaosamaang-Worrapol Thongsanga 18-21, 21-17, 21-12 in the final in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday (Oct 10). It was world No. 24 Sze...
PETALING JAYA: Shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik raised their hands in sheer happiness and then hugged each other. It was a special moment for the duo as the former world champions finally lifted their first World Tour title. World No. 4 Aaron-Wooi Yik were in a league of their own as they crushed Indonesia’s world No. 14...
PETALING JAYA: Finally, the long wait for a World Tour title is over for shuttlers Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik. The world No. 4 Aaron-Wooi Yik rose to the occasion magnificently to beat Indonesia's world No. 14 Shohibul Fikri-Bagas Maulana 21-13, 21-17 in the men's doubles final of the Denmark Open at the Jyske Bank Arena in...
