Tag: Long Chen
HEARD AT HALFTIME: Koike crushes 21 others for re-election; AIBA-WBA tie-up coming? WADA’s Banka...
News, views and noise from the non-stop, worldwide circus of Olympic sport:
● Games of the XXXII Olympiad: Tokyo 2020 ● Incumbent Yuriko Koike won...
SCOREBOARD: Olympic champs Chen, Majlinda and Trstenjak claim wins
A good weekend for Olympic champions from 2016 at the Yonex French Open in badminton and in the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam on the...
THIS WEEK: Momota looks for seventh win in Paris; four Rio judo champs in...
This is another fairly light week in international sport, just before a heavy schedule of winter events starts to take over the calendar.
Among the...
BADMINTON Preview: World Champs to answer whether China is still the top power in...
A large field of 359 competitors from 45 countries are assembled in the St. Jakobshalle in Basel (SUI) for the 25th BWF Total World...
BADMINTON Preview: All five no. 1-ranked players and teams in Singapore Open
The BWF World Tour’s Asian swing continues this week at the Singapore Indoor Stadium for the Singapore Open, held continuously since 1987. It has...
BADMINTON: Four golds for China and one for Taipei in Malaysia Open
Depending on how you look at it., China won four or all five divisions at the Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur, including a remarkable...
BADMINTON Preview: Best in the world lined up for Malaysia Open
An outstanding field has gathered for the Celcom Axiata Malaysia Open in Kuala Lumpur (MAS), with the top three in the BWF World Rankings...
BADMINTON Preview: Two Olympic champs in Yonex Swiss Open men’s Singles field
After the thrill of the All-England Open, the BWF World Tour is a little calmer this week with a Level 300 Series tournament, the...
BADMINTON: Olympic champions defeated in finals of Malaysia Masters
China’s Long Chen and Spain’s Carolina Marin triumphed at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, but they were both on the losing end in...
BADMINTON Preview: Three Olympic champions in Malaysia Masters
While the Malaysian Prime Minister reaffirms his country’s anti-Semitic stance in swimming, Kuala Lumpur is the site of the $350,000 Malaysia Masters BWF World...
BADMINTON Preview: Three Rio champs in Fuzhou China Open
A strong field has assembled for the Fuzhou China Open, a tournament previously known as the China Masters. The top entries (and current world...
BADMINTON: Bad week to be no. 1 as three lose in French Open
The Yonex French Open in Paris (FRA) was loaded with all five of the no. 1-ranked players or teams in the world. But only...