PETALING JAYA: South Korean shuttler An Se-young is unstoppable right now. And that makes the women’s singles interesting and competitive but also adds immense pressure on all others in the fray to narrow the gap quickly, says Malaysia’s former All-England men’s singles champion Mohd Hafiz Hashim. Hafiz, who is now coaching India’s P.V. Sindhu, knows he has...
PETALING JAYA: Never take sides when you do not have a complete picture of the incident. This was the view expressed by former great Datuk James Selvaraj following the dismissal of Datuk Misbun Sidek from his position as the national junior singles coaching director. Even though Misbun has a contract that runs until the end of this...
PETALING JAYA: Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah suffered a blow ahead of the World Championships from Aug 21-27 in Copenhagen after crashing out in the first round of the Australian Open. The duo went down fighting 20-22, 21-17, 17-21 to China’s world No. 6 Zhang Shuxian-Zheng Yu in the women’s doubles event at Quaycentre in Sydney yesterday. Pearly-Thinaah held...
PETALING JAYA: National doubles coaching director Rexy Mainaky’s (pic) job was spared as he had only taken over the junior squad five months ago. This is the response from Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) after recently ousted national junior development director Datuk Misbun Sidek said that he should not be the only one to be blamed...
PETALING JAYA: Taiwan men’s doubles pair Lee Yang-Wang Chi-lin ended their two-year barren run on the Badminton World Federation (BWF) world tour when they captured the Japan Open in Tokyo yesterday – at the same venue where they were crowned Olympic champions in 2021. Lee Yang-Chi-lin’s success at the Yoyogi National Gimnasium 24 months ago was...
PETALING JAYA: The dark days are over for women’s doubles player Anna Cheong as she will be back in action with partner Teoh Mei Xing in the China Open in September. Anna, 25, suffered the dreaded anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture on her right leg in October last year and underwent surgery a month later, which...
PETALING JAYA: Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik gave one of their best performances this year to march into the quarter-finals of the Japan Open and emerged as the only survivors for Malaysia. The national men’s doubles pair swept aside Indonesia’s world No. 14 Shohibul Fikri-Bagas Maulana 21-12, 21-10 in the second round at the Yoyogi Gymnasium in...
PETALING JAYA: National junior development director Datuk Misbun Sidek and the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) have decided to mutually part ways. Misbun, who rejoined BAM for a second stint in 2017, will continue working until Aug 1 before officially leaving. "Misbun has been exemplary in his role as development director," BAM deputy president Datuk V Subramaniam...
PETALING JAYA: National men's singles shuttler Ng Tze Yong has made it to the second round of the Japan Open but it was another early exit for independent player Lee Zii Jia. World No. 21 Tze Yong stunned Singapore's 2021 world champion Loh Kean Yew 21-16, 21-17 in the first round at the Yoyogi Gymnasium in...
PETALING JAYA: Chan Peng Soon-Cheah Yee See gave themselves a much needed boost after stunning world No. 7 Thom Gicquel-Delphine Delrue of France in the first round of the Japan Open. The independent mixed doubles pair have been struggling to find their best form this year but rose to the occasion to claim a superb 21-18,...
