YOUNGSTER Kunlavut Vitidsarn (pic) won Thailand’s first SEA Games men’s singles gold in nine years after stunning Singapore’s reigning world champion Loh Kean Yew in the final yesterday.
HANOI: Chen Tang Jie-Peck Yen Wei and Hoo Pang Ron-Cheah Yee See have assured a gold in the SEA Games badminton competition by making it an all-Malaysia affair in the mixed doubles final.
ALL ENGLAND 2021 Preview – Anomaly in the evolution narrative
The All England tournament shall stoically carry on inside a stadium sans spectators while Britain cautiously embarks on easing its second COVID-19 lockdown. Our preview specialist, Aaron Wong, continues charting the evolution of the sport against the backdrop of troubled times.
By Aaron Wong. Photos: Badmintonphoto
Birmingham COVID-19 numbers for February 5th, 2021
As of the entry deadline for the 2021 All England, February 9, an athlete’s decision on whether to participate was informed by knowledge that 3328 confirmed new COVID-19 cases were detected in the preceding week for the city of Birmingham, where the venue is. Granted that was remarkably down from a scary weekly total of 1100 cases higher seven days prior.