Olympic Badminton News

Top seed Saina Nehwal of India booked her place in the women s semi-finals yesterday, beating Thailand s Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 21-13, 21-19 at the BWF World Super Series Masters Finals.

Hitchin-born Gail Emms, one of Britain's greatest badminton players, has been awarded an MBE for a career that saw her win almost every top honour.

It was either in the first or second cartwheel that he felt his leg snap. John Kucera can't remember for sure.

Australia will be forced to send smaller teams to future Olympics, concentrating solely on athletes who have a chance of winning a medal, if the Federal Government adopts the rhetoric and spirit of the Crawford report.

LUCY WIEGERSMA is playing safe with her Olympic dream. Last year, the eventer from Highampton suffered the agony of having to withdraw from the Great Britain team a month before the Beijing Games.

World badminton's ongoing dispute over moving the sport to Wembley Arena for the 2012 Olympics will be put to one side this week when attention shifts to matters on court at the BWF Super Series finals, which starts on Wednesday in Malaysia.

After a tour of northern New Brunswick that included visits to a giant Atlantic salmon, a gushing waterfall and two First Nations ceremonies, the province bid farewell to the Olympic torch on Sunday as it continued its journey westward toward Vancouver.

The Olympic torch relay has been filled with inspirational moments, but on Saturday, as the flame spent its final full day in New Brunswick, there was a pause to reflect on one of this province's tragedies.

Wembley Arena has been chosen to be the venue for badminton and rhythmic gymnastics at the London 2012 Olympics.

London 2012 organisers were under pressure to resolve an ongoing row over its Olympic venues.

The focus of the camp is to educate young athletes on topics including nutrition and careers in sports, and provide an enriching cultural experience.

At an age when many people have slowed down, Joyce and Lloyd Woods are speeding up.

Success in sports is more than medals and wins. It is about making the nation proud, carving a global place of prominence for Malaysia and about inner growth through endurance and strength.

Riding Vettori, Stuart was 14th after dressage. But he put in the second quickest cross-country round to lead going into the show jumping.

Honorary doctorate for Bedford badminton star Olympic and Commonwealth badminton champion Gail Emms has been named as an Honorary Doctor of Science by Kingston University.

Two weeks after becoming the world number one, Wang Yihan is enjoying the view from the top and claims she feels no extra pressure.

Olympic medallist Mary King admitted she already has one eye on her London 2012 breed - but won't start thinking about them until after next year's World Equestrian Games.

A SUITE of niche Olympic sports - including fencing, archery, wrestling and synchronised swimming - face the loss of government funding as part of a radical plan to forge a new era of global success.

Britain will take "pre-emptive action" to stop sex traffickers from targeting the 2012 London Games.

Patrick Ryan will continue his efforts to expand Olympic sports in Chicago, even after the city lost its bid for the 2016 Games.