Badminton federation to vote on post-Olympics scoring system change
Badminton's world governing body will vote in May on a proposal to change the sport's scoring system after this year's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, it said on Saturday. The Badminton World Federation said it had taken forward a proposal from Badminton Indonesia and Badminton Maldives ...
Nozomi Okuhara dominated the women's final at the All England Open.
Lee Zii Jia shocked two-time world champion Kento Momota to reach the semifinals of the All England Open on Friday. The Malaysian beat the world No. 1 21-16, 21-19 to end Momota's highly anticipated return to international action this week. The pair went blow-for-blow until the ...
Kento Momota returns to international competition with win at All England Open
Momota missed out on his planned comeback to the international tour in January after testing positive for COVID-19.
Japan to skip Thailand Open as Momota tests positive for COVID-19
The world No. 1 was looking to make his international comeback in Bangkok after almost a year out following a car crash that left him with serious injuries.
Kento Momota wins Japan title to cap comeback after car crash
Badminton's top men's player held off a spirited challenge by Kanta Tsuneyama to claim his third straight national championship.
World badminton No. 1 Kento Momota earns win one year after car crash
Japan's Olympic gold-medal hopeful won his first competitive match since suffering a fractured eye socket after the Malaysia Masters in January.
Yuki Fukushima, Sayaka Hirota win all-Japanese final to claim title at Denmark Open
Fukushima and Hirota outlasted the back-to-back world champions to claim a 21-10, 16-21, 21-18 victory in 71 minutes.
Olympic badminton gold medalist Ayaka Takahashi retires due to lack of fire
While the vast majority of Olympic hopefuls are continuing on for the Tokyo Games, which have been postponed until 2021, Takahashi has decided she will not.
Takahashi, half of Japan's historic gold-winning partnership at the Rio Olympics, faced an uphill battle in qualifying for the now-postponed Tokyo Games.
Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota, the world's No. 3 pairing, were crowned women's doubles champions on Sunday at the All England Open badminton tournament, one of the few sporting events that went ahead amid the coronavirus pandemic. Later Sunday, in the last of the day's ...
Yuki Fukushima, Sayaka Hirota headed to women's doubles final at All England Open
Yuki Fukushima and Sayaka Hirota booked their place in the final of the All England Open Badminton Championships with a straight-sets win over Ayaka Takahashi and Misaki Matsutomo in an all-Japanese women's doubles semifinal on Saturday. The world No. 3 pair overwhelmed Takahashi and Matsutomo, ...
