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: 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...
PETALING JAYA: Another Indonesian coach - Muhammad Miftakh - has been roped in as national women's doubles coach. Miftakh was appointed by the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) to fill the void left by the former coach Lee Meng Yean and to assist the current head coach Hoon Thien How. He started training on Thursday. National director of...
PETALING JAYA: Professional singles shuttler Cheam June Wei got off to a good start but it was a low blow for Leong Jun Hao in the Thailand Masters. The world No. 61 June Wei showed he had been slowly finding his feet again as he stormed into the second round after beating world No. 50 Jan...
PETALING JAYA: The road is still long for national doubles shuttler Go Pei Kee but the 21-year-old is steadily finding her footing in the mixed doubles category. Paired up with doubles player Choong Hon Jian, Pei Kee said the pair are doing the best they can despite the relatively short duration they have been teammates. “The both...
PETALING JAYA: Make sacrifices today and spare yourself from regrets in the future! Badminton legend Datuk Lee Chong Wei has called on the country’s top players to step up and give their all in their preparations for the upcoming Paris Olympics. The players still have three months remaining before the qualification period ends and there is a...
PETALING JAYA: There is still hope for mixed doubles shuttlers Tan Kian Meng-Lai Pei Jing in the race to qualify for the Paris Olympics if their battling performance in the Indonesian Masters is anything to go by. World No. 25 Kian Meng-Pei Jing’s chances looked bleak at the beginning of the year and that was compounded...
PETALING JAYA: Wong Tat Meng’s tireless work in turning world No. 10 Lee Zii Jia into an all-rounder has started taking shape on the court. Zii Jia proved that he is not just a stylish performer but equally effective in attack and defence as he dismantled Hong Kong rival Angus Ng Ka Long to storm into...
