03/08/2024 - Badminton News

Pearly-Thinaah Fall to Japan in Bronze Medal Match

Ronnie4 months ago3 months ago04 mins

Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah made history as the first Malaysian women’s doubles pair to reach the Olympic semi-finals. However, they ultimately lost to China’s Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan with scores of 12-21, 21-18, 15-21. The world No. 12 fell 11-21, 11-21 to Japan’s world No. 4 Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida in 41…

Lee Zii Jia To Face Thailand’s Kunlavut in Semi Finals

Ronnie4 months ago4 months ago05 mins

Lee Zii Jia is playing the best badminton of his career at the Paris Olympics. Consequently, he reached the men’s singles semi-finals this morning (August 3) at the Adidas Arena in Port de la Chapelle. The independent shuttler survived a late fightback from Anders Antonsen of Denmark. As a result, he secured a 21-17, 21-15…