Shuttler Letshanaa wants to use Asiad lesson to reach greater heights

HANGZHOU: National woman singles shuttler K. Letshanaa hopes to use her Asian Games debut as a springboard to achieve greater heights. This comes after the 20-year-old was sent packing 13-21, 10-21 by former world number 10 Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand in the second round of the quadrennial Games at the Binjiang Gymnasium yesterday. “The match […]

Malaysian shuttlers beat Austria at World Junior Mixed Team C’ship

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia continued its excellent performance at the 2023 World Junior Mixed Team Championships in Spokane, United States, by defeating Austria 5-0 in their second Group C match on Monday. The national squad earned their first point for Malaysia through the mixed doubles pair Low Han Chen-Chong Jie Yu, who defeated Jakob Rinner-Sarah Dlapka […]

Shuttler Anna hopes to be back in full swing in two months

KUALA LUMPUR: National women’s doubles shuttler, Anna Cheong Ching Yik hopes to return to full training sessions within the next two months. Anna said she was pleased with her recovery process after suffering from an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury on her right knee last October. “Everything is slowly getting better and I just hope […]

Mhd Amin clinches gold in SL4 badminton at 2023 APG

PHNOM PENH: National para singles shuttler Mhd Amin Burhanuddin today created an upset when he defeated Indonesian Hikmat Ramdani who is ranked seventh in the world in the final of SL4-physical disability badminton at the 2023 Asean Para Games (APG) today. The player ranked 20th in the world had to deploy all his resources to […]

Gold medal drought continues as men shuttlers lose to Indonesia

PHNOM PENH: Eighteen years and counting…yet there seem to be no light at the end of the tunnel. National shuttlers once again failed to bring home a gold medal after losing 1-3 to bitter rivals, Indonesia and had to settle for the silver in the men’s team final at the 2023 Cambodia SEA Games, here […]

Malaysia fall to mighty Japan

KUALA LUMPUR: Eighteen years on, Malaysia are still unable to end their losing streak to Japan as the national shuttlers went down 4-1 to the team from the Land of the Rising Sun in the mixed team Sudirman Cup tournament in Vantaa, Finland on Thursday. The heavy defeat saw Malaysia, who last beat Japan 3-2 […]