SYAWAL Ismail shocked boys' singles top seed Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand to advance to the quarter-finals of the Asian Junior Badminton Championships at Juara Stadium in Bukit Kiara yesterday.
As a teenager in British Columbia, Jimmy Van Ostrand often entertained ideas of one day reaching the Olympics — in badminton. “I never considered going with a baseball team,” he admitted. But like a shuttlecock smashing over the net, Van Ostrand’s plans changed course quickly.
MUNICH (dpa) - As far as sports pairs go, seldom do the world number one ranked men's and women's players get together. But that is exactly the case for Chinese superstars Lin Dan and Xie Xingfang - just two of China's gold medal hopefuls in badminton.
Badminton will be played at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium and it consists of five events - men's singles and doubles, women's singles and doubles, and mixed doubles.
Malaysia's best medal hope at the Beijing Olympics, badminton star Lee Chong Wei, is primed to upset China's world number Lin Dan on home soil and win gold.
