Badminton world No. 1 Kento Momota discharged from Tokyo hospital
Kento Momota, the world's top-ranked men's badminton player, was discharged from a Tokyo hospital on Friday, four days after he was injured in a car crash in Malaysia. Other than three facial lacerations and bruising all over his body that had been diagnosed in Malaysia ...
Men's badminton world No. 1 Kento Momota returned to Japan on Wednesday after being injured in a car crash in Malaysia earlier this week. Momota left a hospital in Putrajaya, Malaysia's federal administrative capital, on Tuesday evening, according to a hospital source. He landed at Narita ...
Badminton world No. 1 Kento Momota slightly injured in crash in Malaysia; driver dies
A van carrying Japan's Kento Momota, the world No. 1 men's badminton player, crashed into a truck early Monday morning, killing the driver, while Momota and three other passengers escaped with only slight injuries. The accident came just hours after Momota won the Malaysia Masters. ...
Kento Momota, the world's No. 1 men's badminton player, opened his year by winning the Malaysia Masters on Sunday. Momota beat Denmark's Viktor Axelsen 24-22, 21-11 in the men's singles final to win his first title of the year ahead of this summer's Tokyo Olympics. ...
Kento Momota trumps badminton greats with record-smashing year
Kento Momota was banned from badminton for gambling in 2016. Fast forward to 2019, and the star is enjoying one of the most successful years in the sport's history. Momota has cleaned up in men's badminton over the past 12 months, winning a record 11 titles, ...
Kento Momota wins second straight title at national championships
World No. 1 Kento Momota won his second straight badminton national championship after defeating Kenta Nishimoto in the men's singles final on Sunday. The two-time reigning world champion Momota earned his third national crown, cruising past Nishimoto 21-14, 21-12 at Komazawa Gymnasium in Tokyo in ...
No. 1 Kento Momota defends Fuzhou crown for 10th title of 2019
Kento Momota won the 10th title of his remarkable year as the world No. 1 defeated Chou Tien-chen to retain his Fuzhou China Open crown on Sunday. China's Chen Yufei successfully defended the women's title with a gritty victory over Nozomi Okuhara. Reigning two-time world ...
Kento Momota, Wakana Nagahara and Mayu Matsumoto become Japan's first repeat world badminton champs
Kento Momota, Wakana Nagahara and Mayu Matsumoto became the first Japanese to repeat as badminton world champions on Sunday. On the final day of the world championships, Nagahara and Matsumoto made history by defending the women's doubles title they won last year in China. The ...
No. 1 Yamaguchi upset by No. 32 Yeo during world championships
World No. 1 Akane Yamaguchi suffered an upset defeat to 32nd-ranked Yeo Jia-min of Singapore 2-0 in the second round of the women's singles at the badminton world championships on Tuesday. Playing in her opening match, Yamaguchi, who is recovering from a lower back injury, ...
Kento Momota and Akane Yamaguchi capture titles at badminton's Japan Open
World champion and world No. 1 Kento Momota defended his men's singles title with a straight-sets win, while Akane Yamaguchi beat Nozomi Okuhara in an all-Japanese women's singles final at the Japan Open on Sunday. Playing in front of a cheering home crowd, Momota won ...
Lee Chong Wei's retirement ends legendary rivalry with Lin Dan
Lee Chong Wei's tearful retirement was not just a sad conclusion to one of badminton's great careers, it also ended his remarkable rivalry with China's Lin Dan. The duo reigned over the sport for more than a decade and have only relinquished that hold in ...
Shi Yuqi stunned world champion Kento Momota as hosts China whitewashed Japan for an 11th Sudirman Cup title on Sunday. Japan has never won the badminton world mixed-team championship and its search will go on after it was well-beaten 3-0 in the Chinese city of ...
