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Jakarta: The Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI)’s legendary men's doubles coach, Herry Iman Pierngadi remained confident that the world number one men’s pair of Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya will be included as part of Indonesia's final Thomas Cup team roster. PBSI will send four men's doubles pairs to the 2018 Badminton Asia Championships that will take place at Wuhan Sports...

Kuala Lumpur: One week after he handed the World No. 1 position to the Commonwealth Games silver medalist Kidambi Srikanth of India, reigning World champion Viktor Axelsen of Denmark was back to the top of the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) world rankings released on Thursday. In this week's world ranking calculation, Kidambi fell four places to World No. 5...

Wuhan: The China men's and women's national badminton team have arrived in Wuhan, preparing for the 2018 Badminton Asia Championships that will be held from April 24th to April 29. On April 16th, the Chinese Badminton team conducted their first training in Wuhan. Fans hoping to see Lin Dan and Chen Long were disappointed because the two top men's singles...

Tokyo: Japan's women's singles ace Akane Yamaguchi is expected to become the new World No. 1 player when the Badminton World Federation (BWF) releases its weekly rankings on Thursday (April 19, 2018), overtaking the reigning World No. 1 player Tai Tzu Ying of Taiwan. The 20-year-old, who managed to enter the finals at five Superseries tournaments last year was able...

Jakarta: A total of 32 players, including former men's doubles world champions Hendra Setiawan/Mohammad Ahsan, and former Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI) player Tommy Sugiarto and Sony Dwi Kuncoro have been named to the preliminary roster for the 2018 Indonesia Thomas & Uber Cup teams. In addition to those old faces, young Indonesian women's singles and doubles players such...

Gold Coast: At 35, Malaysian badminton superstar Lee Chong Wei is still defying his age and beating the badminton odds. Badminton is a grueling and fast-paced sport that rarely sees shuttlers in their mid-thirties still competing at world-class levels. Facing the 25-year-old World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth of India in the Commonwealth Games final on Sunday, Lee's 19-21 first set...

Lingshui: The London Olympic women's singles champion Li Xuerui of China had made an astonishing comeback in the Lingshui China Masters final after she tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and injured her lateral meniscus in the Rio Olympic women's singles semi-finals in 2016. Li turned to tears after she fought back from a set down to beat Kim Ga...

Gold Coast: Congratulations to Lee Chong Wei (men's singles), Chow Mei Kuan/Vivian Hoo (women's doubles), Saina Nehwal (women's singles) and Chris Adcock/Gabrielle Adcock (mixed doubles) for winning gold medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia!  

Lingshui: Li Xuerui has the chance to win her first women's singles international tournament since claiming the 2016 China Masters, as she advanced to the women's 2018 China Masters final by beating compatriot Wang Zhiyi 21-19, 21-17 in the semi-finals. Li hoped to make her competitive return in Lingshui after she tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and injured her...

Gold Coast: The last time Lee Chong Wei and Kidambi Srikanth faced off was in the Commonwealth Games mixed team final last Monday, where the World No. 1 Kidambi Srikanth seemed to be gathering steam and force to beat Lee 21-17, 21-14. Lee and Srikanth will meet each other again in the Commonwealth Games men's singles final on Sunday. While...