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...
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...
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...
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...
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: 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...
