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Badminton Korea Association dismisses 7 coaches, abolishes age restriction

Seoul: The Korean badminton squad, which has suffered a significant decline in performance the last two years, had made sweeping changes to fire seven of its coaches through text messages last Thursday. Continue reading Badminton Korea Association dismisses 7 coaches, abolishes age restriction

Ratchanok Intanon beats Akane Yamaguchi to lift Denmark Open title

Odense: Thailand’s unseeded Ratchanok Intanon couldn’t hold back the tears after she ended an 18-month BWF title drought on Sunday by beating Japan’s No. 4 seed Akane Yamaguchi 14-21, 21-15, 21-19 in an inspirational 2017 Denmark Open women’s singles final. Continue reading Ratchanok Intanon beats Akane Yamaguchi to lift Denmark Open title

PV Sindhu gets her revenge, defeats Nozomi Okuhara at Korea Open final (3 pics)

Seoul: PV Sindhu and Nozomi Okuhara have faced-off in an epic World Championships final three weeks ago that was rightly considered as one of the greatest women’s singles final in badminton history which lasted 110 minutes in favor of Okuhara. Continue reading PV Sindhu gets her revenge, defeats Nozomi Okuhara at Korea Open final (3 pics)

Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir win Indonesia Open

Jakarta: Olympic champions No. 6 seeds Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir held their nerves to secure a narrow victory against No. 1 seeds Zheng Siwei/Chen Qingchen of China at the Indonesia Open final in Jakarta on Sunday, winning 22-20, 21-15 in 45 minutes. Continue reading Tontowi Ahmad/Liliyana Natsir win Indonesia Open

South Korea shock China to win first Sudirman Cup since 2003

Gold Coast: Besides Sung Ji-hyun, the South Korea has chosen a young and relatively inexperienced team to take on badminton powerhouse China in the Sudirman Cup final. The gamble paid off when Korea came from 2-1 down to beat China 3-2 to win their first Sudirman Cup since 2003 at Australia’s Gold Coast on Sunday. Continue reading South Korea shock China to win first Sudirman Cup since 2003

Tai Tzu Ying becomes first Taiwanese to win All England

Birmingham: In the All-England Open badminton women’s singles final between Taiwan’s top seed Tai Tzu-ying and Thailand’s No. 5 seed Ratchanok Intanon, the World No. 1 Taiwanese ended the match with a gutsy 21-16, 22-20 win over the former World Champion from Thailand.Tai Tzu Ying (L) poses the All England trophy with Ratchanok Intanon. (photo: AFP)

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P.V Sindhu clinches China Open as China fail to capture any title

Fuzhou: For the first time in China Open’s 30-years history, Chinese shuttlers had failed to capture a single title at the China Open finals that concluded on Sunday.

P. V Sindhu who became star athlete of India after being the first Indian woman to win an Olympic silver medal, was crowned at the women’s singles final after she fought back from dropping a set to beat local shuttler Sun Yu 21-11, 17-21, 21-11 in 69 minutes to win her first ever career Superseries title.Congratulations to P.V. Sindhu for winning the 2016 China Open women's singles title. (photo: AP)

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Indonesia confident of doing well in Thomas Cup qualifiers (BATC)

Jakarta: Indonesia remained optimistic it will emerge as the group champion in the Badminton Asian Team Championship (BATC) to be held in Hyderabad, India, from February 15-21.Tommy Sugiarto's (behind, third right) inclusion is a big boost to the 2016 Indonesian men's team in Hyderabad.

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