FORMER doubles ace Tan Boon Heong knows how to inspire a dejected Lee Zii Jia. World No. 16 Zii Jia was left frustrated after squandering two match points before going down 16-21, 23-21, 20-22 to H.S. Prannoy of India in the men’s singles quarter-finals in the Hangzhou Asian Games on Thursday. “It was a very exciting men’s...
HANGZHOU: It's game over for Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik as their campaign in the Asian Games badminton competition ended with a 17-21, 12-21 defeat to India's world No. 3 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy-Chirag Shetty in the men's doubles semi-finals on Friday (Oct 6). The hard smashing Indian pair took the first game 21-17 and continued their relentless assault...
FOR once, Malaysia have done better than their archrivals Indonesia in badminton. While Malaysia were assured of a medal with Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik reaching the men’s doubles semi-finals on Thursday, Indonesia suffered their worst ever showing in the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, by firing blanks. It’s the first time in history that they have failed...
PETALING JAYA: Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT) continued their fiery form when they downed BG Pathum United 4-2 in their AFC Champions League match in Pathum Thani on Tuesday (Oct 3). Young winger Arif Aiman Hanapi struck twice in the sixth and 78th minutes while goals from their leading striker Bergson Da Silva (14th) and midfielder Juan...
MALAYSIAN shuttlers will be out to avoid a Thai wipeout in the early rounds of the Asian Games. Almost all the representatives - Ng Tze Yong, Lee Zii Jia (men’s singles), Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik (men’s doubles), Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah (women’s doubles) and Goh Soon Huat-Shevon Lai Jemie (mixed doubles) will be facing opponents from Thailand...
THE tears just flowed – immediately after the competition, during the interview and then on the podium. After a 13-year-wait, Pandelela Rinong finally won a second Asian Games individual medal in her pet event – the women’s 10m platform individual. And the joy she felt – in her fourth and probably final Asian Games outing – was...
THEY have a proven record in major events and this will still make men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik as Malaysia’s best bets for a medal in the Asian Games although they have a testing draw in the individual events starting today at the Binjiang Gymnasium today. Aaron-Wooi Yik, the world No. 5, will play...
THE mighty charge came to an end, but it’s only a battle lost. The war is still there to be won. That was the rallying cry by Malaysia hockey team manager Datuk Mirnawan Nawawi as the Speedy Tigers prepare to take on host nation China in a do-or-die match. Malaysia need to win their final Pool B...
PETALING JAYA: National men’s doubles pair Goh Sze Fei-Nur Izzuddin Rumsani clinched their second title of the year after triumphing in the Kaohsiung Masters badminton tournament on Sunday (Oct 1). The world No. 29 Sze Fei-Izzuddin stunned the home pair and world No. 19 Lee Jhe-huei-Yang Po-hsuan 21-14, 21-10 in the men’s doubles final match at...
Keiho Takahashi, whose dad is Iranian and mum, Japanese, is also an undergraduate at the prestigious Hosei University in Tokyo. At the 19th Asian Games currently happening in Hangzhou, the cheers at the volleyball courts have been deafening. And we suspect that part of the cheers were reserved for a certain good-looking spiker for the Japanese men’s volleyball...
