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PETALING JAYA: Soniia Cheah has struggled for more than eight years just to play in the Olympics – and when the time finally came, she did not disappoint. The 28-year-old gave former world champion Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand a scare before going down 21-19, 18-21, 10-21 in 62 minutes in Group N at the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza yesterday. Even when Ratchanok ran away with 8-0 lead in the second game, she did not give up. She won the next seven points and put herself back in contention before Ratchanok came charging back to win the second and eventually the match. Soniia had mixed respo...

Busanan tops group, faces world No 8 in quest for Olympic badminton glory. Busanan tops group, faces world No ... World No 13 Busanan Ongbamrungphan lived up to expectations in her final Group D match with a 21-16 21-12 win over Estonias Kristin Kuuba in the Olympic Games TOKYO 2020 badminton singles at the Musahino Forest Plaza on Tuesday. The 2015 SEA Games singles gold medalist relied on her superior all-court game to deal with the challenge from the 51st ranked Estonian, winning the match in 44 minutes to remain unbeaten in the group action.   "I'm very happy. I know Kuuba is very strong...

To activate the text-to-speech service, please first agree to the privacy policy below. Taiwanese badminton ace Tai Tzu-ying swings her racket in a women's singles group match at the Tokyo Olympics Wednesday Tokyo, July 28 (CNA) The true test now begins for Taiwan's top-ranked badminton star Tai Tzu-ying (戴資潁) at the Tokyo Olympics. Tai clinched a spot in the final eight of the Olympic badminton women's singles Wednesday after completing a sweep of her preliminary round group matches with a comfortable 21-10, 21-13 victory over Chinese-born French player Qi Xuefei (齊雪霏). Tai was b...

Thailand launches Olympic campaign with wins in badminton, boxing and table tennis Thailand launches Olympic campaign ... 24 July 2021: Badmintons world No 13 Busanan Ongbamrungphan and mixed doubles No 2 Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Sapsiree Taerattanachai began their campaigns in the Olympic Games TOKYO 2020 in style with comfortable wins at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza in Tokyo on Saturday. In her Games debut, the Orleans Masters World Tour Super 100 winner Busanan had to overcome her nerves before outclassing unfancied Daniela Macias of Peru 21-4 21-9 in  31 minutes in the women's singles...

Published on: Friday, July 16, 2021 By: AFP NEW DEHLI: India’s badminton superstar PV Sindhu (pic) has her eye on gold at the Olympics but warned the road to the final in Tokyo will be tough in a wide-open women’s singles featuring most of the world’s top players. The 2016 Olympic silver medallist Sindhu, who turned 26 this month, won one of only two Indian medals in Rio. She is determined to go one better five years on and become just the second individual Olympic gold medallist for India in the history of the Games. ADVERTISEMENT Sindhu said that apart from Spain’s Carolina Marin, ...