Amelia Alicia Anscelly becomes women’s doubles coach for BJSS

Kuala Lumpur: Amelia Alicia Anscelly who won the gold medal at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games with Soong Fie Cho, was appointed as the women’s doubles coach for Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) in Malaysia. Continue reading Amelia Alicia Anscelly becomes women’s doubles coach for BJSS

Amelia Alicia Anscelly calls it quits on BAM

Kuching: The 2015 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) women’s doubles champion Amelia Alicia Anscelly who was born in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, has announced her retirement from the Badminton Association of Malaysia on Sunday.Soong Fie Cho and Amelia Alicia Anscelly (right) win women's doubles gold medal at the 2015 SEA Games. (photo: Lawrence Loh)

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Goh Soon Huat/Shevon Lai Jemie upset top seed to win Scottish GP

Glasgow: The Malaysian started the finals day of the Scottish Open by chasing women’s doubles, men’s singles and mixed doubles titles on Sunday.Goh Soon Huat/Shevon Lai have a lot of potential in mixed doubles.

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Goh Jin Wei wins Celcom Axiata National Circuit First Leg

Kuala Lumpur: 16-year-old Malaysian women’s singles shuttler Goh Jin Wei barely broke a sweat as she was granted an easy victory at the Celcom Axiata National Circuit First Leg finals at Juara Stadium on Saturday.

The women’s singles final between the top 2 women’s shuttlers of Malaysia lasted only 5 minutes after Tee Jing Yi conceded a walkover when trailing 2-11 in the first set.Goh Jin Wei wins the Celcom Axiata National Circuit First Leg title. (photo: BAM)

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Malaysia’s women’s team loses to Thailand 3-0 in BATC quaterfinals

Hyderabad: The national women’s badminton squad will be returning home early after losing 0-3 to Thailand in the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asian Team Championships (BATC) at the G.M.C. Balayogi Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India Friday.Ratchanok Intanon leads Thailand women's team BATC semi-finals. (photo: GettyImages)

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BATC: Goh Jin Wei only bright spot as Malaysia lost to China 1-4

Hyderabad: The World No. 117 and 16 year-old Goh Jin Wei of Malaysia is only 1.58m in height, but she can certainly stand tall. Playing against a much taller and much experienced player World No. 11 Sun Yu from China with the height of 1.83m, the little Malaysian girl with big heart was charging up with energy attacks and pulling off one of the shocks of the tournament by beating Sun Yu 21-13, 21-16 in 42 minutes, scoring the only point won by Malaysia in the final Group A tie against China at the Badminton Asian Team Championships (BATC) in Hyderabad, India on Thursday.Goh Jin Wei is an amazing young shuttler with BIG heart and such a bright future ahead of her!

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BATC: Goh Jin Wei saves the day as Malaysia eliminate Hong Kong 3-2

Hyderabad: Malaysia women’s team capped off a stellar debut at the Badminton Asia Team Championships (BATC) on Tuesday as they marched on to a 3-2 victory over Hong Kong.Goh Jin Wei emerged as the hero for Malaysia with victory in the deciding encounter against Hong Kong on Tuesday.

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Soong Fie Cho’s Olympic dream in jeopardy due to injury

Kuala Lumpur: After suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) on her left knee in the first round of Thailand Masters in Bangkok last Tuesday, the 2015 Singapore SEA Games women’s doubles gold medalist Soong Fie Cho’s campaign to reach the 2016 Olympics could be in jeopardy.Wish Soong Fie Cho a quick recovery.

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The top 10 badminton news of 2015 in Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur: Badminton is undoubtedly one of the most famous and popular sports in Malaysia, due to world class star athletes such as Lee Chong Wei, Tan Boon Heong and Koo Kien Keat have brought a lot of exposure to the sport. Furthermore, large amount of media coverage devoted to badminton also attributed to large-scale expansion of its fan base in Malaysia.Happy New Year to Badminton fans all around the world!

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Iskandar Zulkarnain & Soo Teck Zhi through to Indonesian GPG quarters

Malang: Both Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin and Soo Teck Zhi of Malaysia were tested at the Indonesian Masters on Thursday.

With a spot in the quarterfinals at stake, No. 12 seed Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin pushed No. 8 seed R. M. V. Gurusaidutt of India and gave him a worthy fight. Iskandar got out to a huge lead with 12-3 in the third set to eventually push through No. 8 Gurusaidutt, winning 21-14, 17-21, 21-15.Hope Iskandar can finish the year strong!
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