Olympic Badminton News

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Hockey Federation must be willing to give a free hand to the foreign experts if the programmes implemented by them are to bear fruit.

SINGAPORE: Nine months ago, Singapore's No 1 female shuttler Li Li sent shockwaves through the local badminton fraternity when she quit the sport, citing fatigue.

The Olympic Council of Malaysia has decided to accept the report submitted by Beijing Olympics Games Chef-de-Mission Datuk Ho Koh Chye Tuesday.

BEIJING -- For Tim Leiweke, president of the Los Angeles sports-marketing company AEG, the race for gold in China began after the Olympics.

MYSORE: Abhinav Bindra, gold medallist at the Beijing Olympics, was accorded a rousing reception on the inaugural day of the annual Dussera Games here at the Chamundi Vihar stadium on Saturday.

Nguyen Tien Minh took only 33 minutes to grab a Macau Grand Prix Gold's berth in the third round, beating Chinese Lu Qicheng 21-16, 21-18 yesterday.

"If everything works like it does on paper, it will be an amazing show," said Kyle Case, CEO of the Huntsman World Senior Games, describing plans for the opening ceremonies on Oct.

Dauntsey Park Horse Trials is returning to the eventing calendar after an 11-year break.

SURREY Police has said it will not foot the bill for the cost of security at locations in the county earmarked for use during the 2012 Olympics.

Seb champions bid for Games 'legacy' Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 10:20 FORMER Olympic champion Seb Coe has urged people to get behind the London 2012 Games.

Kuala Lumpur : World number one and top seed, Datuk Lee Chong Wei started his defence of the Japan Open badminton title in style with an easy 25-23, 21-8 straight sets first round win over China's Zhu Weilun at ...

SINGAPORE : The question of whether Singapore's Paralympians should be treated any differently from its Olympic athletes came up in Parliament on Tuesday.

Anna Rice, one of North Vancouver's Olympic heroes, will play an exhibition badminton match and speak about her experiences in Beijing tonight starting at 6:30 p.m. at Hollyburn Country Club.

WITHIN THE NEXT two weeks or so, the designs for the multi-purpose sports complex, in Waterford, St Michael, will be presented to Cabinet for consideration.

The lights in Beijing's Olympic sites have been turned off, the drummers and the fireworks have been stilled and Michael Phelps and the other athletes have gone home from the most politicized Olympic spectacle ...

Thursday, 11 September 2008, 1:40 pm Press Release: NZ Bloodstock New Zealand champion equestrian Mark Todd has delighted his supporters by confirming that he is continuing top level eventing and has set his ...

By Mark Woods PLANS are being drawn up to attract up to two of British sport's elite performance centres to Scotland ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games in a move designed to attract investment and provide a ...

China's Li Xiaoxia poses with her trophy after beating Hong Kong's Tie Yana 11-4, 11-3, 11-3, 14-12 to win the Volkswagen Women's World Cup at the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium in Cheras yesterday.

SQUASH has every reason to be part of the Olympic Games, Nicol David says, and the world number one plans to muster all her influence to ensure that outcome.

The visiting Chinese gold medallists displayed their superb sports skills again in Hong Kong on Saturday morning, whose performance impressed over 5,000 Hong Kong spectators face to face as well as tens of ...