PETALING JAYA: Para shuttler Fareez Anuar (pic) is in danger of missing out on the Paris Paralympics after bowing out of the quarter-final in the World Championships. Fareez went down fighting 15-21, 21-17, 15-21 to Taiwan’s Fang Jen-yu in the men’s singles SU5 (upper body impairment) in Pattaya yesterday. The world meet is the last event offering...
PETALING JAYA: National bowlers Sin Li Jane and Natasha Roslan (pic) have assured medals after storming into the semi-finals of the women’s singles event in the World Championships. Both topped their respective groups in the second round to set up matches against South Korean bowlers at the Kuwait Bowling Sporting Club yesterday. Li Jane was tied at...
PETALING JAYA: Newly-crowned women’s singles world champion An Se-young (pic) is not planning to rest on her laurels as she wants to achieve more success. World No. 1 Se-young proved her dominance as the queen of badminton by nailing South Korea’s first world title in the women’s singles after outplaying three-time world champion Carolina Marin of...
PETALING JAYA: One down, two more to go. Thailand’s badminton ace Kunlavut Vitidsarn (pic) completed one of his three quests after nailing the men’s singles title at the World Championships on Sunday. And he has now set his sights on reproducing his superb form to win the Olympic Games and All England titles. World No. 4 Kunlavut survived...
PETALING JAYA: It was a victory in defeat for men’s doubles pair Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik at the World Championships as they had solved a seven-year riddle by overcoming their bogey player Liu Yuchen of China in Copenhagen last week. Personally, it may have been a disappointment as Aaron-Wooi Yik were unable to defend their title...
PETALING JAYA: Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei’s relentless push for excellence in the last nine months and a brilliant debut at the World Championships has catapulted them to become Malaysia’s top mixed doubles pair yesterday. Tang Jie-Ee Wei started the World Championships as the world No. 17 but a place in the last eight in Copenhagen...
PETALING JAYA: It was not the fairytale ending that shuttlers Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen were looking for in the World Championships final but both were still left savouring their biggest career success to date. The Danish men’s doubles pair came close to capturing the gold in front of 10,000 passionate fans at the Royal...
THERE were many thrills and spills in the just concluded World Championships in Copenhagen. History was created as young stars celebrated their biggest wins of their careers while established shuttlers fell and a few continued to excel. Here are some of the highlights of the tournament: Blood, sweat and tears Young star Kunlavut Vitidsarn fulfilled his childhood dream after...
PETALING JAYA: There’s no time to waste for Ng Tze Yong as he seeks to close the gap with the world’s best shuttlers. Tze Yong cannot afford to rest on his laurels as players younger than the 23-year-old shone in the just concluded World Championships in Copenhagen. Thai sensation Kunlavut Vitidsarn captured a historic gold for his...
PETALING JAYA: South Korea swept three world titles for the first time in the World Championships with Seo Seung-jae emerging as the big winner. The 25-year-old Seung-jae combined superbly with his younger partner Kang Min-hyuk, 24, to break the hearts of the fans in Copenhagen by beating home pair Kim Astrup-Anders Skaarup Rasmussen in the men's...
