Beijing: China’s former women’s doubles World No. 1, Luo Yu, shared a picture of herself cradling her baby bump with her husband, Zhang Wen, recently. Zhang was also a badminton player as he used to rank World No. 15 in men’s doubles partnering current World No. 3 mixed doubles player, Wang Yi Lyu. Continue reading Luo Yu, Li Xuerui – China’s Former World No. 1 Ranked Players Are Expecting Babies
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Hong Wei, Bao Yixin, Luo Ying and Luo Yu retire from badminton
Kuala Lumpur: Hong Wei, Bao Yixin, Luo Ying and Luo Yu have announced their retirements from professional badminton, confirmed by Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Tuesday. Continue reading Hong Wei, Bao Yixin, Luo Ying and Luo Yu retire from badminton
Lin Dan claims China National Games title over Shi Yuqi (5 pics)
Tianjin: A 34-year-old badminton player played through 15 matches in the last 19 days, Lin Dan, the greatest badminton player of all time, conjured perhaps his greatest trick of all here in Tianjin on Friday by beating 21-year-old and World No. 3 Shi Yuqi 21-12, 21-13 to claim his fourth China National Games title and extended his lead at the top of the all-time men’s winners’ list. Continue reading Lin Dan claims China National Games title over Shi Yuqi (5 pics)
Rio: Chen Long in quarters, Mathias Boe/Carsten Mogensen exit
Rio de Janeiro: Rio’s men’s singles No. 2 seed Chen Long has moved into the Olympic quarter-finals after easing past Adrian Dziolko of Poland 21-12, 21-9 in just 40 minutes on Saturday.
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Carolina Marin withdraws from Australian Open
Madrid: World No. 1 women’s shuttler Carolina Marin of Spain has withdrawn from the Australian Open as she had suffered some “discomfort” in Indonesia.
The Spanish badminton star was stunned by Wang Yihan of China in the Indonesia Open semi-final last Saturday, and has tweeted that she will not be playing at the Australian Open.
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Lin Dan remains as dangerous as ever, wins China Masters
Jiangsu: Two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan kicked off 2016 with a remarkable run of winning 2 consecutive titles at German Open and the All England Open, then he failed in India Open, Malaysia Open and Singapore Open.
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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.
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China Badminton Super League: Lin Dan leads Qingdao over Hunan
Qingdao: Chinese badminton superstar Lin Dan led the host team Qingdao for their fifth consecutive victory by defeating Hunan 4-1 and remained atop the China Badminton Super League on Thursday, but not without getting a tough fight from Zhou Zeqi in the men’s singles match.
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Kento Momota, Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan win World Superseries Finals
Dubai: No. 2 seed Kento Momota brought Viktor Axelsen’s great run at the 2015 Dubai World Superseries Finals to an end by clinching the men’s singles title in Dubai on Sunday.
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Greysia Polii/Nitya Krishinda Maheswari eyeing 2015 World Championship title
Jakarta: Greysia Polii/Nitya Krishinda Maheswari are carrying renewed confidence ahead of 2015 BWF World Championships which be held in Jakarta from 10 to 16 August 2015, as the Indonesians having enjoyed a particularly upbeat straight-sets victory over Chinese pair Luo Yu/Luo Ying in the Chinese Taipei Open women’s doubles final last Sunday.
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