PETALING JAYA: Women’s doubles shuttler Go Pei Kee has expressed her desire to part ways with her partner Teoh Mei Xing after one year and six months of playing together. The 23-year-old Pei Kee said the thought had been on her mind for some time, but it became harder to suppress after she contracted influenza … Read more
PETALING JAYA: The Thailand Masters quarter-finals between Lee Zii Jia and Alwi Farhan of Indonesia on Friday (Jan 29) promises to be a fascinating contest, with more than just a place in the semi finals at stake. For Zii Jia, the match carries added significance as he faces his former coach, Indra Wijaya, who guided … Read more
PETALING JAYA: Veteran men’s doubles pair Tan Wee Kiong-Nur Mohd Azriyn Ayub proved they are still a force to be reckoned with when they produced a dramatic comeback to book a quarter-final spot at the Thailand Masters. Wee Kiong and Azriyn were expected to have little trouble against Taiwan’s Lai Po-yu-Tsai Fu-cheng, having won all … Read more
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Tan Yee Khan, a member of Malaysia’s 1967 Thomas Cup-winning team, passed away on Monday (Jan 26) at the age of 85. Yee Khan was part of the national badminton squad that reclaimed the Thomas Cup in Jakarta in 1967, ending a 12-year title drought. Competing in men’s doubles, Yee Khan formed … Read more
PETALING JAYA: Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) president Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz praised mixed doubles pair Chen Tang Jie-Toh Ee Wei for rising above the noise to capture the Indonesian Masters in style. The reigning world champions staged a superb comeback to beat Denmark’s world No. 10 pair Mathias Christiansen-Alexandra Boje 15-21, 21-17, … Read more
PETALING JAYA: Women’s singles shuttler K. Letshanaa pulled off the biggest upset of her career after stunning world No. 12 Michelle Li to book her place in the quarter-finals of the Indonesian Masters. Despite being ranked No. 42 in the world, Letshanaa produced a commanding performance to dispatch the Canadian 21-14, 21-14 in just 36 … Read more
Jan 21 (Reuters) – The Gerard Pique-founded Kings League said on Wednesday it achieved record audience numbers across social media and livestream for its Kings World Cup Nations tournament in Brazil. The second edition of the annual competition generated 1.6 billion impressions on social media and over 120 million livestream viewers, setting all-time records for … Read more
LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Tottenham Hotspur shrugged off their domestic gloom with a 2-0 victory over Borussia Dortmund that took the heat off head coach Thomas Frank and put them within touching distance of the Champions League knockout stages on Tuesday. First-half goals by captain Cristian Romero and Dominic Solanke gave Tottenham control against … Read more
BODO, Norway, Jan 20 (Reuters) – After a Cinderella run to the semi-finals of last year’s Europa League, many in Norwegian football thought that might be as good as it got for Bodo/Glimt, but the team from inside the Arctic Circle proved their doubters wrong with a stunning 3-1 Champions League win over Manchester City … Read more
The Basque pelota team will continue as a full member of the International Federation and participating in its competitions. The Court of Arbitration for Sports ( … TAS by its acronym in French) resolved yesterday that it lacks the power to arbitrate the lawsuit filed by the then acting president of Española, Julián García Angulo … Read more