London: Just two months before the Tokyo Olympics, the two-time Commonwealth and European mixed doubles champions, Chris & Gabby Adcock have announced their retirement from badminton. Continue reading Chris & Gabby Adcock, England’s “Golden Couple” Retire from Badminton
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Viktor Axelsen to meet Rajiv Ouseph in European Championships final
Huelva: Viktor Axelsen of Denmark once again has proven that the sport of badminton is slowing entering a new era of his dominance when he blew past Brice Leverdez of France 21-7, 21-9 to reach the European Championships final on Saturday. Continue reading Viktor Axelsen to meet Rajiv Ouseph in European Championships final
Lee Chong Wei, defying age, tops Kidambi Srikanth in Commonwealth Games final
Gold Coast: At 35, Malaysian badminton superstar Lee Chong Wei is still defying his age and beating the badminton odds. Badminton is a grueling and fast-paced sport that rarely sees shuttlers in their mid-thirties still competing at world-class levels. Continue reading Lee Chong Wei, defying age, tops Kidambi Srikanth in Commonwealth Games final
Gabrielle Adcock in doubt for season’s start with a sprained ankle (video)
Chennai: In the mixed doubles match which would have decided the outcome of the tie between defending champions Chennai Smashers and Delhi Dashers in the 2017/2018 Premier Badminton League (PBL) held at the Babu Banarasi Das U.P. Badminton Academy in Lucknow on Wednesday, World No. 5 mixed doubles pair Chris and Gabrielle Adcock have to retire after Gabrielle twisted her ankle while returning a shot. Continue reading Gabrielle Adcock in doubt for season’s start with a sprained ankle (video)
Help fund Badminton England
London: Despite winning the men’s singles gold – Rajiv Ouseph, and mixed doubles gold – Chris and Gabby Adcock in the recently concluded European Championships – England’s most successful Europeans in 29 years, the England badminton team’s road to Tokyo 2020 Olympic could be rocky due to lack of funding.
England badminton received £5.5m in the build-up to Rio 2016, where Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge won bronze in men’s doubles. However, England badminton saw it’s funding of about £5.7m completely wiped out by UK Sport alongside archery, goalball, fencing, powerlifting, table tennis, weightlifting and wheelchair rugby early 2017. All seven sports appealed to UK Sport but only powerlifting was successful.
Chan Peng Soon/Goh Liu Ying, Chris Adcock/Gabrielle Adcock in All England Semis
Birmingham: Chan Peng Soo/Goh Liu Ying of Malaysia continued the momentum that catapulted them to the victory against Zhang Nan/Li Yinhui of China on Thursday, though trailing 16-20 in the first set, the Malaysian pair reeled off four straight points forcing a deuce and subduing Wang Yilyu/Huang Dongping of China to eventually claim the first set 23-21 in the All England quarter-finals on Friday.
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Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong, Viktor Axelsen advance to final of Dubai World Superseries Finals
Dubai: After showing their grit in a narrow escape against Chai Biao/Hong Wei of China on Friday, playing their rematch in two days, Malaysia’s No. 2 seeds Goh V Shem/Tan Wee Kiong raised their intensity in the semifinal of 2016 Dubai World Superseries finals on Saturday, fighting to control rallies and settling quickly into rhythm to beat the Chinese pair twice in two days with 21-18, 21-16 in 37 minutes.
Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi advance to Bitburger final
Saarbrucken: World No. 45 men’s doubles pair Ong Yew Sin/Teo Ee Yi of Malaysia overcame a one set deficit in the semi-finals to barrel through World No. 20 men’s pair Chen Hung Ling/Wang Chi-Lin of Taiwan in 46 minutes to advance to the 2016 Bitburger Open final.
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Kirsty Gilmour, Chris & Gabby Adcock lead Britain’s Olympic badminton team
London: The Olympic badminton team that Great Britain is sending to Rio will have 8 shuttlers that include 22-year-old Kirsty Gilmour from Scotland, and the husband and wife mixed doubles pair Chris and Gabby Adcock.
Gilmour who won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow two years ago is currently ranked No. 15 in the world.
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Chen Long, Lee Chong Wei & Lin Dan to play at 2016 All England
London: Defending champion Chen Long who will be trying to capture his third All England in four years, has been seeded first for the upcoming 2016 YONEX All England tournament that will be held from March 8 to March 13 at Barclaycard Arena, in Birmingham, England.
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