badminton

BADMINTON/ Chinese miss Japan Open as diplomatic...
September 19, 2012
China has withdrawn its badminton players from this week's Japan Open and a Japanese cycling team has been kicked out of a race in China amid a worsening political crisis over...
OLYMPICS/ China's top paper says Chinese athletes...
China's Yu Yang, left, and Wang Xiaoli talk at the end of the women's doubles badminton match against Jung Kyun-eun and Kim Ha-na, of South Korea, at the 2012 Summer Olympics on July 31 in London. (AP Photo)
August 06, 2012
BEIJING -- Chinese athletes have been victims of double standards at the Olympics, the country's top official newspaper said on Aug. 6 while questioning the expulsion of two of ...
OLYMPICS/ BADMINTON: Chinese media also blame rule...
Unidentified official talks to world doubles champions Yu Yang, left, and Wang Xiaoli, as South Korea's Jung Kyung-eun, right, and Kim Ha-na, listen during their women's doubles badminton match at the 2012 Summer Olympics on July 31 in London. Wang and Yu and their South Korean opponents were booed loudly at the Olympics for appearing to try and lose their group match in Wembley Arena to earn an easier draw. (AP Photo)
August 03, 2012
BEIJING -- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Badminton World Federation must shoulder some responsibility for the match-throwing scandal at the 2012 Games,...
BADMINTON/ At 16, Okuhara Japan's youngest national ...
Nozomi Okuhara smiles with her gold medal and trophy after becoming the youngest national badminton champion in women's singles. (Toshiyuki Takeya)
December 24, 2011
Earlier this month, 16-year-old Nozomi Okuhara became the youngest women's singles champion ever at the All Japan Badminton Championships, scoring one for the underdog.
ON THE REBOUND: Badminton duo tweak game in bid to...
Miyuki Maeda, top, and Satoko Suetsuna play an Indonesian pair in the women's doubles at the World Championships in London in August. (AP)
October 24, 2011
This is Part 3 of a five-part series on how Japanese athletes plan to overcome some disappointing performances in pre-Olympic competitions heading into next year's London...
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