HANOI - The Singapore men's and women's badminton teams had to settle for a sixth consecutive bronze at the SEA Games after their semi-final defeats yesterday. The men's team, led by singles world champion Loh Kean Yew, came agonisingly close to reaching their first final since 2007, but lost 3-2 to 2019 silver medallists Malaysia, who fielded a new-look team.
MANILA (Philippines), Apr 28: Star Indian shuttler PV Sindhu notched up a straight game win over lowly-ranked Yue Yann Jaslyn Hooi of Singapore in women’s singles competition to advance to the quarterfinals of Badminton Asia Championships here on Thursday. The Indian men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty also made it to the quarterfinals but it was curtains for London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal and world championships silver winner Kidambi Srikanth. Sindhu, seeded fourth, who had claimed […]
SINGAPORE - After breaking into the top 10 of the men's singles for the first time, Singapore's top shuttler, world champion Loh Kean Yew, is delighted but not satisfied. In the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released on Tuesday (Feb 22), he rose three spots to place ninth, thanks to points gained from being part of the Singapore team.