Badminton: Shake-up in Singapore's women's doubles team

Kuala Lumpur, May 20 (IANS) Japan showed all-round strength by sweeping aside Singapore 5-0 in their group match at the Sudirman Cup here Monday.Hiroyuki Endo and Kenichi Hayakawa made it 1-0 for Japan in the men's doubles by beating Chrisnanta ...

Singaporean shuttler Vanessa Neo is gunning for glory at the 2016 Rio Olympics. The 25-year-old might be vying for honours in two categories, in both the women's and mixed doubles categories. Shuttlers Vanessa Neo andDanny Bawa Chrisnanta. (Photo: ...

The new-look national team will face its toughest challenge yet at the Li-Ning Singapore Open from June 18 to 23. -TNP Since his appointment in January, Singapore Badminton Association technical director (doubles) Yoo Yong Sung has been ...

Shuttler Fu Mingtian will not defend her crown at the Games this December in Myanmar. -TNP SINGAPORE - She created a slice of local sporting history at the 2011 South-east Asia (SEA) Games when she won the Republic's first-ever badminton women's ...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20: Underdogs Taiwan thrashed European champions Germany 5-0 to top Group C of the Sudirman Cup on Monday and sail into the quarter-finals. Former champions Indonesia also reached the quarter-finals with a comprehensive 4-1 victory ...

Source: D5 Sports Image D5 Greysia Polii (in front) and Nitya Krishinda Maheswari of Indonesia celebrating after winning the women's doubles tie against India during their Sudirman Cup group stage match on 20 May 2013. KUALA LUMPUR, (D5) - Former ...

HOPES now lie on two backup shuttlers, Goh Soon Huat and Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin (picture), who face each other in tomorrow's Yonex Sunrise Malaysia Grand Prix Gold men's singles semifinal. Either way a finalist is guaranteed. Both players who ...

It was a day of mixed fortunes for Malaysia when local hope Liew Daren crashed out while back-up shuttlers Goh Soon Huat and Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin assured the hosts a place in the mens singles final. The 25-year-old Daren was sent packing ...

Kuala Lumpur: National men's singles player Liew Daren led Malaysia's challenge into the third round of the Malaysian Open Grand Prix Gold badminton championships, Wednesday. Liew cruised into the next round beating China's Huang Yuxiang 21-18, ...