Defending champion Kento Momota heads into the World Badminton Federation World Badminton Championships as favourite to retain his crown in Basel, despite mixed fortunes throughout 2019.
Defending women’s singles champion Carolina Marin has pulled out of the 2019 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships due to injury.
Top seed Chen Yufei completed her perfect tournament at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Thailand Open by beating home hopeful Ratchanok Intanon at the Huamark Indoor Arena in Bangkok.
Unseeded Angus Ng Ka Long has reached the final of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Thailand Open after stunning seventh ranked Kanta Tsuneyama at the Huamark Indoor Stadium.
Top seed Chen Yufei eased into the last four of the women's singles at the Thailand Open as the higher ranked players all won today in this Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super 500 event.
Women's top seed Chen Yufei has avoided the fate of many of the other top ranked players at the Thailand Open following another day of shocks at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Super 500 event.
The withdrawal of many top seeds in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Thailand Open has left the field wide open in both the men's and women's events.
Top men's seed Kento Momota has withdrawn from the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Thailand Open as the qualifiers for the main draw got under way today.
World number one in waiting Akane Yamaguchi will begin her Badminton World Federation (BWF) Thailand Open account against Russia's Evgeniya Kosetskaya as she bids to earn a third major title in a row.
Akane Yamaguchi is set to be confirmed as the world number one after she clinched the women's singles title at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Japan Open in Tokyo, while Kento Momota defended his men's crown.
Third seed Nozomi Okuhara and fourth seed Akane Yamaguchi will meet in an all-Japanese women's singles final at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Japan Open in Tokyo, a competition doubling as a test event for next year's Olympic Games.
Canada's Michelle Li beat top seed Tai Tzu-ying of Chinese Taipei to reach the semi-finals of the women's singles at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Japan Open, which is this year doubling as a Tokyo 2020 test event.
Home hero Kento Momota breezed into the quarter-finals of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Japan Open, which is this year doubling as a Tokyo 2020 test event.
Akane Yamaguchi cruised into the second round on home soil on day two of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Japan Open, which this year is doubling as a Tokyo 2020 test event.
Reigning Olympic champion Chen Long was knocked out in round one of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Japan Open, which this year is doubling as a Tokyo 2020 test event.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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