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Chong Wei hopes for happy ending to BAM-Misbun controversy

KUALA LUMPUR: National badminton legend Datuk Lee Chong Wei wants to see an amicable settlement to the spat between the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) and its former junior singles coaching director Datuk Misbun Sidek. However, Chong Wei said it was up to Misbun to decide whether to accept the olive branch extended by BAM. […]

BAM wants Chong Wei to be RTG shuttle team manager

KUALA LUMPUR: The Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) will propose to the Road to Gold (RTG) Committee to appoint national badminton legend Datuk Lee Chong Wei as the team manager of the RTG badminton team to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. BAM in a statement yesterday said it would be good if Chong Wei is […]

Don’t just support us when we win

KUALA LUMPUR: “It’s not beneficial and unhealthy.” That was diver Nur Dhabitah Sabri’s reaction to all the negative comments against national athletes competing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The 22-year-old, who is on a quest for her first Olympic medal in Tokyo, Japan, said national athletes need their support, especially when they are down. Recalling […]

Chong Wei hits out at online trolls targeting national shuttlers

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s 2020 Tokyo Olympics chef de mission (CDM) Datuk Lee Chong Wei is distressed by the online abuses targeting the national shuttlers. The three-time men’s singles Olympic silver medallist said that as a former teammate, he was dismayed by the number of online comments abusing the shuttlers who lost their matches in Tokyo. […]

Lee Chong Wei sees uncertainties in special Tokyo Olympics badminton competitions

KUALA LUMPUR: The upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games is very special due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has made it difficult to predict the outcome of the badminton competitions, said Malaysia’s badminton legend Lee Chong Wei on Wednesday. Malaysia’s Chef de Mission (CDM) for the Tokyo Olympic Games also said he is looking forward to the […]

Chong Wei in high spirits despite not travelling to Tokyo

KUALA LUMPUR: Despite not being able to join the Malaysian contingent at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, chef de mission (CDM) Datuk Lee Chong Wei is raring to perform his duties from home ground. Chong Wei said the responsibility and trust bestowed upon him by Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican and […]

Chong Wei says made right decision to retire

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s badminton legend Datuk Lee Chong Wei on Saturday night recounted his journey to retirement on June 13 last year, describing it as a heavy but right decision. “It was heavy, very heavy,” he said in a posting on his official Facebook and Instagram page in conjunction with a year of his retirement. […]

First Malaysian athlete in wax

Chong Wei to feature at Madame Tussauds Hong Kong KUALA LUMPUR: Badminton legend Datuk Lee Chong Wei has become the first Malaysian athlete to join the Madame Tussauds Hong Kong wax museum. Chong Wei in his Instagram account said he was so honoured to be the first Malaysian athlete to be part of the attraction […]