DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - DECEMBER 13: Kento Momota of Japan celebrates in the Final Men,s Single match against Jan Viktor Axelsen of Denmark during day five of the BWF Dubai World Superseries ...

Japanese badminton star Chiharu Shida has told Chinese fans to "stop stalking" her and said she was "very scared" by the unwanted attention. Shida, who won women's doubles bronze at the Paris Olympics ...

The Badminton World Federation Tour resumes after its break for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games with the Japan Open Super 750, that begins on Tuesday. However, due to the event in Paris, the event in ...

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 ...

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 ...

The second day of the Japan Open 2024 Super 750 tournament on Wednesday, August 21, saw the Indian shuttlers face some unfortunate setbacks. The day ended with only one Indian player, Sathish ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese badminton player Kento Momota has been given an indefinite suspension for gambling, denying him a spot on the team for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Momota, who is second in the ...

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 ...

The losers of the bizarre badminton play-to-lose cheating scandal were clear when the four women's doubles teams involved were abruptly disqualified on Wednesday. The winners less so. But if there's a ...

TOKYO (AFP) – Women's world number one Li Xuerui pulled out of the Japan Open on Wednesday with a sore knee and men's number two Chen Long suffered a shock defeat to cap a miserable day for China. The ...

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 ...