Kuala Lumpur: Four-time champion Lin Dan of China will defend his World Championship title in August, courtesy a wildcard given by the the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Thursday. The BWF's Committee of Management (COM) for the World Championships voted unanimously to award the legendary men's singles player a wildcard for the Aug 5-11 event to be held in Guangzhou, his homeland. Exercising its prerogative to nominate a wildcard entry in...
04:25 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: World No.1 shuttler Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia is aiming to reclaim his title at the forthcoming India Open which he won in 2011. The two-time Olympic silver medallist said he is excited about playing the Indian leg of the BWF World Super Series starting here at the Siri Fort Complex from April 23 to 28. "I'm training extra for India Open and hoping to win the tournament....
05:12 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Chinese badminton superstar Lin Dan is almost sure to miss this year's All England Badminton Championships due to a lack of training after retaining the Olympic gold in London. ...
12:28 PM, Feb 01, 2013
London: Lin Dan of China has become the first man to retain the Olympic badminton singles title after winning a final that lived up the hype with Malaysian arch rival Lee Chong Wei. Lin, the most decorated male player ever, won 15-21, 21-10, 21-19, winning the last two points. When Chong Wei's final shot landed long, Lin took off around Wembley Arena until he was tackled by his coaches. Chong...
07:38 PM, Aug 05, 2012
London: Currently ranked World No.1, Chinese shuttler Lin Dan is seeded second in the Olympic badminton tournament as the draw will take place on Monday at the Olympic Park. Across the five medal events - men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles - there will be a total of 172 players in the draw, evenly split between men and women. The London Games will witness the...
11:48 PM, Jul 22, 2012
Wuhan: Lin Dan led hosts China to an emphatic victory over South Korea in the Thomas Cup final on Sunday, sending a message that he and his team-mates are in peak form for the London Olympics. Widely regarded as the best player of all time and a sporting hero in China, Lin threw his t-shirt into the Wuhan crowd after his side were far too good in seeing off the...
05:24 PM, May 27, 2012
Birmingham: Lin Dan won his record fifth All England Open badminton title in anticlimactic fashion when defending champion Lee Chong Wei retired with a shoulder injury in the final on Sunday. Lin was leading 21-19, 6-2 after 31 minutes when Chong Wei summoned the medical trainer for a third time and quit, holding his right playing shoulder. Lin became the first man in the 33-year Open era to win five...
11:49 PM, Mar 11, 2012
Birmingham: Lin Dan blasted his way past old rival Taufik Hidayat 21-18, 21-8 on Friday to earn a place in the semi-finals of the All England badminton championships. The Chinese is the world and Olympic champion, titles held by Hidayat at his peak in the mid-2000s, but time has marched on and the Indonesian has not beaten Lin in seven years. Friday's defeat took their head-to-head record to 10-3 in...
05:13 PM, Mar 10, 2012
Ghangzhou: Four-time world champion Lin Dan of China suffered his third loss in this season as he was stopped by compatriot Chen Jin in the semi-finals at the China Masters here on Saturday. Earlier, the only non-Chinese top four in men's singles Peter Hoeg Gade of Denmark was ousted by Chinese Chen Long. Therefore, Chinese shuttlers had secured the one-two in men's singles irrespective of the result of the Lin-Chen...
08:17 PM, Sep 17, 2011
London: China's Lin Dan captured the world title for a fourth time on Sunday, surviving two match points before beating old foe and world number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia 20-22 21-14 23-21 in an exciting final at the Wembley Arena. It was more heartache for Chong Wei who had lost heavily to Lin in the Olympic final in Beijing in 2008. Though the Malaysian extracted some revenge in...
10:02 PM, Aug 14, 2011
London: Former winner Taufik Hidayat was unceremoniously ousted from the world championships in the second round on Wednesday, beaten 21-17, 21-14 by unseeded Zi Liang Derek Wong from Singapore. It was an unwelcome 30th birthday present for the Indonesian who reached last year's final in Paris but played some way below his best at a modestly-attended Wembley Arena. Wong, 22, thoroughly deserved his victory, his agility round the court and...
02:07 PM, Aug 11, 2011
London: China's Lin Dan eased into the second round of the world championships with a 21-11, 21-10 success over Lithuanian Kestutis Navickas on Tuesday. The Chinese suffered a surprise quarterfinal exit in last year's tournament in Paris after three world titles in a row but looked in good shape at the Wembley Arena against his world-ranked 40 opponent. Lin's return of some heavy smashing coupled with sharp reflexes took him...
11:46 AM, Aug 10, 2011
Singapore: China's Olympic badminton champion Lin Dan insists he has no plans to follow rival Lee Chong Wei into retirement after next year's London Olympics. "So long as the national team does not kick me out, I will play on," Lin was quoted as saying in Thursday's China Daily. Malaysia's world number one Lee, who has failed to win an Olympic or world singles title, plans to walk away after...
02:12 PM, Jun 16, 2011
Birmingham: A safety-first approach paid off handsomely for world number one Lee Chong Wei when the Malaysian downed old foe Lin Dan of China 21-17, 21-17 to retain his All England badminton title on Sunday. Third seed Lin was seeking a fifth success at the prestigious tournament but Chong Wei had too much in the locker. The pair are the outstanding duo of the last decade but Lin has generally...
10:21 AM, Mar 14, 2011
