Men’s doubles shuttlers Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, who have successfully qualified for the World Tour Finals in Hangzhou on four occasions (2019, 2020, 2022, and 2023), are now facing a significant challenge to secure their spot for this year’s prestigious event. Currently, they are ranked 11th in the Race to Hangzhou rankings, partly…
Winning the men’s singles bronze at Paris Olympics would have left Lee Zii Jia mentally and physically drained. Hence, skipping the Hong Kong Open next week was likely a wise decision. Zii Jia participated in the Japan Open, a Super 750 event held from August 20-25 last month. He lost to France’s eventual champion Alex…
Badminton is one of the popular sport games in Malaysia. Players can play either individually or in doubles. The game involves hitting a feathered shuttlecock with a racket from one side of the net to the other. The objective is to keep the shuttlecock airborne and prevent it from landing on your side. Players can…
With the recent retirements of several prominent players in men’s doubles badminton, Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik find themselves in a prime position to capitalize on this shift. With few top competitors stepping away from the sport, Aaron and Wooi Yik are presented with a significant opportunity. This shift allows them to make their…
Para badminton star Cheah Liek Hou brought joy to the Malaysian contingent by securing the nation’s first gold medal on September 2 at Paris 2024 Paralympics. The 36-year-old, reigning as the world number one and top seed, successfully defended his title in the men’s singles SU5 event. He achieved this by defeating Indonesia’s Suryo Nugroho…
Cheah Liek Hou won’t be fighting alone in his title defense at the Paris Paralympics. This year, 28-year-old Fareez Anuar will also compete for a semi-final spot in the SU5 men’s singles. This marks the first time Malaysia have two shuttlers in the same category at the Paralympics. Three years ago in Tokyo, Liek Hou…
Men’s doubles pair Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin Rumsani achieved their biggest win on the BWF tour by claiming the Japan Open title in Yokohama on August 25. They defeated world champions Kang Min Hyuk and Seo Seung-jae from South Korea with scores of 21-19 and 21-15, earning their first Super 750 crown. Previously,…
National badminton players Lee Zii Jia, Aaron Chia, and Soh Wooi Yik each received RM100,000 and a Chery Tiggo 7 Pro as rewards for securing bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Chery Malaysia gifted the players an SUV valued at RM123,800. Zii Jia, currently at the Japan Open in Yokohama, missed the handover ceremony. New…
Pearly Tan and M Thinaah, Malaysia’s top women’s doubles pair, advanced to the quarter-finals of the Japan Open after defeating Denmark’s Mai Surrow and Julie Finne-Ipsen 21-11, 22-20. Consequently, they will face China’s Liu Sheng Shu and Tan Ning, the Olympic silver medallists, in the next round. In an all-Malaysian men’s doubles encounter, Man Wei…
Paris 2024 Olympic bronze medallist and world No. 6 Lee Zii Jia faced an unexpected setback on Tuesday (Aug 20). He was eliminated in the first round of the Japan Open in Yokohama. Zii Jia was defeated by the world No. 29 French teenager Alex Lanier with scores of 18-21, 13-21 in just 41 minutes….