Olympic Badminton News

The competition for this weekend's prestigious Barbury International CIC three-star title is hotting up to be one of the strongest to date.

Kerry Williams has described her younger self as a "terror toddler" whose mother made her get involved in sport to calm her down.

AUSTRALIAN eventing international Brook Staples dominated a novice section at the Llanymynech BE one day event held on the Welsh border.

Crowning glory: Indonesian Open badminton champion Saina Nehwal with MP and president of APOA Lagadapati Rajagopal at a felicitation function on Wednesday.

Anthony Clark is brimming with confidence ahead of the world championships after recording the biggest win of his career.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 2 -- The National Sports Institute will sign a memorandum of understanding with the University of Bath, United Kingdom in October to enable Malaysian athletes preparing for the London Olympic 2012 to train there.

"Absolutely awesome" was how the visit to Hastings of Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms MBE was described by the event organiser.

Eric Beckman of Bay City is the founder and director the Lawn Sport Olympics. The 6th annual party-style event for college buddies and friends was held this past weekend for the first time in Bay City.

NATIONAL coach Misbun Sidek feels that Malaysian players need to be mentally stronger for the World Badminton Championships in Hyderabad on Aug 10-16 despite some good results in the just concluded Yonex Sunrise Malaysia Open Grand Prix Gold in Johor Baru.

Thousands of pupils in London are to have lessons about the Olympics as part of a revamped National School Sport Week starting today.

Badminton stars Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms are looking forward to visiting Hastings for the first time.

TYLDESLEY teenager Robyn Nicholls is on course to be a star of the London Olympics in 2012 as the goalkeeper of the Great Britain water polo team.

World champion Zhu Lin will not be able to defend her title in India this August after being left out of the China squad for the badminton World Championships, local media reported on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: For a couple of years now, Saina Nehwal has held the promise of being India's flag-bearer among the badminton elite.

The president of the world amateur boxing association has described London 2012's plans to shift the sport to Wembley Arena as "unfair" and insisted that the sport remain in its original venue, the Excel Centre in east London.

The Olympic project's claims about job creation in the East End and a switch of the boxing venue do not add up Seb Coe and Tessa Jowell enjoy a visit to the Olympic site.

Anybody know an indoor venue which 2012 can use for boxing? Olympic bosses are still struggling to persuade the sport to move away from the Excel complex in east London and move to Wembley .

The emergence of Saina Nehwal as a world class shuttler has given India reason to be optimistic of strong performances from the 19-year-old and her teammates when the country hosts the world badminton championships in August.

Nick Faldo has received a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for services to golf.

When Simcoe Composite School hands out its athlete of the year awards, they look at several factors ---the least of which is actual skill.