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Jakarta: Susi Susanti and Alan Budikusuma who both won women's singles and men's singles gold medal in the Barcelona Olympic, were known as the golden couple in badminton. They were married in February 1997 at a lavish wedding attended by 2000 guests and are now blessed with three children. Speaking to Indonesian media on Friday, both Olympic gold medalists passed...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian badminton team has set the target of winning at least two gold medals at the 2017 Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) that will be held in Kuala Lumpur from Aug 19, 2017 to Aug 30, 2017. Technical Director of Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) - Morten Frost told reporters that the Malaysian players could make a surprise...

Kuala Lumpur: Family, friends and staff from Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) bid farewell to members of the Malaysian badminton squad before they left for the World Championship in Glasgow, Scotland on Wednesday. Accompanied by his wife - Wong Mew Choo, Malaysian badminton superstar Lee Chong Wei arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) early Wednesday morning. After completed...

Jakarta: Indonesia Badminton Association's (PBSI) head of development and achievement, Susi Susanti who is also Indonesia's team manager for SEA Games, said Indonesia is ready to win gold medals in men's group, men's doubles, and men's singles categories at the 29th SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur. "Our shuttlers have completed the training and ready to take on the challenges in...

Jakarta: Susi Susanti, the head of development and high performance for the Indonesian Badminton Association (PBSI), admitted Indonesia has good chance of winning either the mixed doubles or men's doubles title at the 2017 Total BWF World Championship. "For mixed doubles, we are still relying on Owi (Tontowi Ahmad) and Butet (Lilyana Natsir), as they are our most senior players,"...

Kuala Lumpur: In last five years, the men's singles category of badminton has been through a period of dominance by the 'Holy Trinity' of Lin Dan, Lee Chong Wei and Chen Long. This year, they are the firm favorites for the world title at BWF World Champions to be held in Glasgow, starting August 21. However, the World Championship court...

Chengdu: The Chinese badminton team has stayed in Chengdu, in Sichuan province of China for their 1-month closed training to prepare for the 2017 BWF World Championships that will be held August 21–27 at Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. Last week, 5-time world champion and all players from the Chinese national men's and women's team got some time to relax...

Kuala Lumpur: Women's singles World No. 1 Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan has withdrawn from the 2017 World Championships that will be held at Emirates Arena in Glasgow from Aug 21 to August 27, to focus on World University Games (Universiade) in Taipei that runs from August 19 to August 30. "This year will be the first time the Universiade...

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia’s badminton superstar Lee Chong Wei says he goes to the 2017 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships to face the best, although he was drawn in the loaded bottom half, together with Chen Long and Tian Houwei of China, as well as rising young guns, Viktor Axelsen of Denmark and Chou Tien Chen of Taiwan. "It doesn't...

Kuala Lumpur: World No. 2 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia was drawn to potentially face defending champion Chen Long of China in the 2017 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships quarter-finals. The draw for the year’s biggest badminton tournament was conducted at the BWF headquarters in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. The Malaysian badminton superstar, who is bidding to win his...