PETALING JAYA: It is normal for athletes to be over the moon to compete at the Olympics but national men’s doubles coach Tan Bin Shen is also super charged to get a lifetime chance of being part of the Games in Paris. Bin Shen will be guiding world No. 5 Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik from July 26-Aug 11 and that marks an end to his wait for more than two decades to be at the Olympics stage. A silver medallist at the 2002 World Junior Championships with Jack Koh, Bin Shen had partnered the late Gan Teik Chai, Ong Soon…

New Delhi: Trailblazing Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal feels she would have perhaps excelled more as a sportsperson if she had picked a tennis racquet instead of playing badminton. Nehwal has an impressive resume as a badminton player. Not only she became the first Indian woman shuttler to be ranked No. 1 in the world, she was the first woman athlete from the country to win an Olympic medal.“I feel that it would have been good if my parents had put me in tennis,” Saina said during her “Her Story–My Story” talk at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. “There is more money and…

Home » Gallery » New Delhi: Badminton player Saina Nehwal during the series “Her Story – My Story,” sharing her inspirational journey with the audience at Rashtrapati Bhavan – #Gallery Posted By: Social News XYZ July 11, 2024 New Delhi: Badminton player Saina Nehwal speaks during the series “Her Story – My Story,” sharing her inspirational journey with the audience at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday, July 11, 2024.(IANS/Qamar Sibtain) New Delhi: Badminton player Saina Nehwal speaks during the series “Her Story – My Story,” sharing her inspirational journey with the audience at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday, July 11, 2024.(IANS/Qamar Sibtain)…

Satwik-Chirag are seeded third in the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024. The men’s doubles group stage draw for Paris Olympics 2024 has been delayed further due to the fresh development involving the French pair Ronan Labar and Lucas Corvee. Labar-Corvee successfully disputed a decision made by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) regarding their qualifying rankings for the upcoming Summer Games, scheduled from July 26 to August 11. Labar and Corvee pointed out that their qualifying rankings had been miscalculated by the BWF and that killed their chances of qualifying for the Olympics. The matter had to be escalated to the Court…

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian badminton team is determined to maintain its tradition of winning gold medals at the upcoming 2024 Olympics in Paris, said M. Fadil Imran, secretary general of national badminton association PP PBSI.”If asked about targets, athletes and teams will try their best following the expectations of the Indonesian people,” he added at a press conference at the PP PBSI Cipayung National Training Center, East Jakarta, on Thursday.”I hope that there will be results that match expectations; at least the tradition of winning gold medals can be maintained,” he said.The Indonesian badminton team has also undergone a…

Taiwan’s Badminton star Tai Tzu-ying. (Photo: Provided by the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee) Badminton star Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) is set to make her fourth and final appearance at the Olympic Games this year. After winning silver in the Tokyo Olympics, Tai planned to retire, but decided to return once more, aiming for a gold medal to conclude her nearly 20-year career. Since debuting on the world stage at 15, Tai achieved remarkable success, topping world rankings for 214 weeks and boosting badminton’s popularity in Taiwan.  Tai, who turned 30 this year, says that preparing for this competition has been especially…

It was the year 2021 when Adrian Teh watched a video interview with badminton player Cheah Liek Hou. The Malaysian sportsman had just won the first para-badminton gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, a historical win for the country. His coach, the legendary Datuk Rashid Sidek, also spoke at the interview of how proud he was of Cheah for getting the gold medal for Malaysia – something he came close to getting during his career as a national badminton player. Rashid won bronze at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The Paskal director immediately saw the Malaysian spirit captured in…

PETALING JAYA: Mixed doubles shuttler Toh Ee Wei has always been a fighter. Ee Wei successfully fought off tuberculosis (TB) for two years before she began partnering Chen Tang Jie in November 2022 and her battling qualities on court helped the pair to rise from scratch to world No. 9 when the Olympic qualifiers ended in April, 2024. However, Ee Wei is also being careful not to allow her over-enthusiastic nature to derail their Olympic campaign in Paris. The arrival of former Indonesian mixed doubles ace Nova Widianto has helped their cause as Tang Jie-Ee Wei became Malaysia’s highest ranked…

PHNOM PENH: From July 6 to 7, the final of the “People-to-people Exchange Cup • Amateur Badminton Competition” hosted by TNAOT News officially kicked off. After intense competition, the first, second and third prizes in each category have been confirmed. The awarding ceremony and closing ceremony of the People-to-people Exchange Cup • Amateur Badminton Competition were held at the Norea Badminton Club in Phnom Penh at 3:30 p.m. on the 7th, officially announcing the successful conclusion of the event.The event was organized by TNAOT News and received great support from many departments and institutions, including the Cambodian Ministry of Information,…

Text by Grace Cai – Photo Credit: NMBA 12 July 2024 – Shaunna Li, a standout New Zealand women’s singles and mixed doubles badminton player, has demonstrated remarkable success both on and off the court. With a BWF world ranking of 231 in women’s singles and 140 in mixed doubles with partner Edward Lau , Li balances her athletic career with impressive academic achievements. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Commerce and a Bachelor of Science at the University of Auckland, majoring in Marketing, Information Systems, and Statistics. Despite the demands of her roles as a student and an…