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PM congratulates Liek Hou for his victory

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has congratulated national shuttler, Cheah Liek Hou, for contributing Malaysia’s second gold medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games today (Sept 4). In a posting on Facebook, he described the six-time world champion’s performance as outstanding. “Gold medal for Malaysia! Paralympic athletes continue to contribute medals for […]

Liek Hou wins Malaysia’s historic badminton gold

TOKYO: Six-time world champion Cheah Liek Hou made history today (Sept 4) when he became the first Paralympic badminton men’s singles champion. The 33-year-old world number two was in devastating form as he crushed his nemesis and Games favourite Anrimusthi Dheva of Indonesia 21-17, 21-15 in the men’s singles SU5 (physical impairment) final at the […]

Soniia’s Olympic debut ends in tatters

TOKYO: National women’s singles ace Soniia Cheah Su Ya gave it everything she had against world number six Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand, but it still wasn’t enough to prevent her from making an early exit from the Tokyo Olympics today. Soniia, 28, who received a walkover from Hungary’s Laura Sarosi in her first Group N […]

Mei Kuan-Meng Yean bow out of Tokyo Olympics in style

TOKYO: National women’s doubles shuttlers Chow Mei Kuan-Lee Meng Yean ended their Tokyo Olympic campaign on a winning note although it failed to stop them from making an early exit. The world number 11 outlasted Great Britain’s world number 14 Chloe Birch-Lauren Smith 21-19, 21-16 in 44 minutes in their final Group A match at […]

I was ‘stubborn’ in chasing my dreams

KUALA LUMPUR: Sometimes it pays to persevere or, in national women’s singles shuttler Soniia Cheah’s case, to be “stubborn”. It’s thanks to her dogged pursuit, or stubbornness as she calls it, that she will be making her Olympic debut in Tokyo, Japan on Tuesday (July 26) — eight years after suffering a ruptured right Achilles […]

Aaron-Wooi Yik lift the gloom in Malaysian camp on Day 2

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TOKYO OLYMPICS 2020 DAY Two of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games proved to be quite underwhelming as far as Malaysia is concerned after the national athletes failed to make much of an impact in their respective events today. The shuttlers, who are being banked on to deliver medals at the world’s biggest multi-sports Games, performed […]

Four badminton players fined RM2,000 each

KUCHING: Four men were fined RM2,000 each on Monday (July 12) for playing badminton in a court during the movement control order (MCO) at Lorong Foochow 11Y, Tabuan Jaya. Meanwhile, the caretaker of the premises was compounded RM10,000. The men were detained around 7.45pm by a team from the Tabuan Jaya police station carrying out […]

Eight shuttlers qualify for Tokyo Olympics

KUALA LUMPUR: Eight Malaysian shuttlers have booked their place at the Olympic Games in Tokyo from July 23 to Aug 8. Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM), in a statement today, said the players that will be competing in the Olympic Games are national men’s singles ace, Lee Zii Jia, Soniia Cheah (women’s singles), Aaron Chia-Soh […]

Mixed reaction from badminton fraternity over maintaining point system

KUALA LUMPUR: The current 3×21 point scoring format is here to stay but it has drawn mixed reaction from the local badminton circle. While some welcome the move, others want to see a scoring system of 5×11 being implemented instead. Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) coaching director, Wong Choong Hann is relieved that the 3×21 […]

BAM yet to decide on proposed new scoring system

KUALA LUMPUR: The Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) is yet to take a stand on the proposed new scoring system post-Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games. Its president Tan Sri Mohamad Norza Zakaria said although BAM members had discussed the proposal, no decision was made at the 76th BAM Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday. Mohamad […]