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Park Joo-bong: At least 1 gold in Tokyo Olympics
Tokyo: In the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Japanese Misaki Matsutomo/Ayaka Takahashi won the women’s doubles gold and Nozomi Okuhara won the women’s singles bronze.…
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BadmintonPlanet’s top 10 badminton news events in 2019
Kuala Lumpur: As 2019 comes to an end, BadmintonPlanet has selected the badminton stories that drew the most attention from our readers in 2019.
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Kento Momota’s former coach Izuan Ibrahim Passes Away at 35
Kuala Lumpur: The Malaysian coach – Izuan Ibrahim who helped shaped World No. 1 Kento Momota’s badminton path during his youth has sadly passed…
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Ayane Kurihara to retire after 2019 season, wins 2019 S/J League title
Tokyo: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, Ayane Kurihara who was regarded as Japan’s most beautiful female badminton player, is set to…
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Kento Momota becomes highest prize money earner of 2019 in badminton
Kuala Lumpur: The World Badminton Federation (BWF) announced the top 10 highest prize money earners in 2019 on Wednesday, and World No. 1 Kento…
2019 BWF World Tour Finals
Kento Momota, Mohammad Ahsan/Hendra Setiawan win 2019 BWF World Tour Finals
Guangzhou: Japan’s World No. 1 came back from dropping the first set and was trailing by 5-12 in the decider to outclass Indonesia’s World…
2019 BWF World Tour Finals
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting, Kento Momota advance to BWF World Tour Finals semis
Guangzhou: Indonesia’s Anthony Sinisuka Ginting enjoyed a great deal of luck playing his final Group B match at the 2019 BWF World Tour Finals…
2019 BWF World Tour Finals
BWF World Tour Finals: Kento Momota, Chou Tien Chen, Chen Long win opening matches
Guangzhou: World No. 1 men’s singles player Kento Momota from Japan got off to a strong start by playing a lot of long rallies…
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Kento Momota, Huang Ya Qiong Named 2019 BWF Players of the Year
Guangzhou: Japan’s Kento Momota who won a total of 10 World Badminton Federation (BWF) World Tour men’s singles titles in 2019, including the World…
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Kento Momota clinches Japan’s national championships
Tokyo: World No. 1 Kento Momota won his third Japan national badminton title after defeating World No. 15 Kenta Nishimoto in the men’s singles…