Badminton star An Se-young beat Wang Zhiyi of China 2-0 in the women's singles final at the Denmark Open on Sunday, winning ...
Feb 8 (Reuters) - World number one Kento Momota will be out of action for at least three more months following surgery for a fractured right eye socket sustained in a road accident in Malaysia last ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Former world number two Kento Momota will be restored to the top tier of Japan's national badminton team next season as he continues his long rehabilitation from a gambling scandal ...
Jan 3 (Reuters) - World number one badminton player Kento Momota has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the withdrawal of all Japan's players from this month's tournaments in Thailand, the ...
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese shuttlers had won 15 straight matches at the Tokyo Games but that incredible streak came to a halt on Tuesday with losses in both men’s and women’s doubles, leaving ...
Japan's Nozomi Okuhara returns a shot during the women's team badminton finals against China at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Japan's ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan had looked a genuine threat to China's dominance coming into the Tokyo Olympics but despite having home-court advantage and nearly twice as many top-five players in their ranks ...
TOKYO (AP) A Japanese badminton has admitted to gambling at an illegal casino, damaging his chances of competing at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Kento Momota gambled at a Tokyo casino which was ...
India's Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty's Denmark Open campaign concluded in the semifinals after a hard-fought ...
Japan had won 15 straight badminton matches at the Tokyo Games, but that streak came to a halt on Tuesday with losses in both men's and women's doubles, leaving badminton superpower China as the only ...