23 articles
Education
Hong Kong advises teens to play badminton instead of having sex in new guidelines
Hong Kong’s new sex education guidelines, which include advising teenagers to avoid premarital sex by engaging in activities like badm...
Michelle De Pacina
Home
Marriage proposal during Chinese Olympian’s gold medal win sparks debate
Chinese badminton star Huang Yaqiong’s Olympic mixed doubles gold medal victory was immediately followed by a surprise marriage propos...
Ryan General
China
Chinese badminton star honors injured opponent at Paris Olympics
Chinese badminton player He Bing Jiao held up a miniature Spanish flag during the Olympic award ceremony after clinching the silver medal in...
Taiwanese fans face restrictions in celebrating badminton victory over China
Taiwan beat China to secure its first gold medal at the Paris Olympics in men’s doubles badminton on Sunday. This triumph sparked celebratio...
Carl Samson
Thailand gets its first Olympic medal in badminton
Kunlavut Vitidsarn made history by becoming the first badminton player from Thailand’s national team to reach the finals on Sunday. Th...
Bryan Ke
Racist comments hit Instagram video of US badminton players at Paris Olympics
An Instagram reel featuring two of Team USA’s badminton players at the Paris Olympics has received multiple racist comments. Vinson Chiu, on...
Events
California teens win US’ first medal at Badminton World Junior Championships
USA Women’s Doubles pair Allison Lee and Francesca Corbett took home silver medals after making it to the finals of the 2023 Badminton World...
News
Asian Games: South Korean women’s badminton team wins 1st gold medal in 30 years
South Korea’s women’s badminton team took home the gold medal after defeating China 3-0 at the 19th Asian Games on Sunday, the first t...
Sports
Sportsmanship of Malaysian badminton coach who lent his shoes to rival Jamaican player hailed online
When a Jamaican badminton player’s shoes were damaged during a match at the Commonwealth Games 2022, a rival Malaysian coach lended the pla...
Rebecca Moon
Controversial 2-year ban on Malaysian badminton star Lee Zii Jia lifted
The Badminton Association of Malaysia has lifted the ban it imposed on local badminton star Lee Zii Jia. Lee and women's singles play...
Singapore
‘This feels like a dream’: 22nd-ranked Loh Kean Yew becomes Singapore’s first badminton world champion
Twenty-four-year-old badminton player Loh Kean Yew made history as the first Singaporean to win at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Worl...
Interviews
Free drinks 24/7 and endless goodies: US athlete Timothy Lam gives inside look at Olympic village
What’s it like to be an Olympic athlete? NextShark spoke with Timothy Lam, who represented the U.S. in the men’s singles badminton in Tokyo ...
‘I Like Asian Girls’ Calves’ Badminton Coach Fired After Numerous Reports of Sexual Misconduct
On December 4, Christine Chen wrote a Medium post that would change everything. She began thusly: “This has been on my mind for a long...
Elliot Sang
Feature
Badminton Player Prepares for Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020
This article was originally published on Shuttlers. Meet Tim Wong Chun-yim, a 30-year-old professional disabled badminton player who is now ...
India’s Rising Badminton Star Makes $165,000 a WEEK As World’s 7th Highest Paid Female Athlete
Pusarla Venkata Sindhu, also known as P. V. Sindhu, is a badminton star from India who has been making her country proud with her impressive...
Lifestyle
One of Asia’s Most Popular Sports Can Lower Your Risk of Heart Disease By 56%
Regularly playing racket sports like badminton can help you live longer, according to a new study. Compared to other activities, racket spor...
Editorial Staff
Asia
Danish Olympian Gives an Interview Entirely in Chinese Like It’s Nothing
Growing up, my mother forced me to go to Chinese school every weekend. “It will be useful for you in the future!” she would say....
Benny Luo
Malaysian Olympian Writes a Heartwarming Message After Not Winning a Gold Medal
Malaysia’s dream of an Olympic gold has cast a tremendous expectation of an entire country upon mixed doubles shuttlers Chan Peng Soon and G...
Why Badminton is Way More Badass Than Tennis Ever Will Be
In the West, badminton is seen as a backyard sport played during BBQs and social events. In other parts of the world however, particularly i...
Max Chang
Aussie Olympian Gorges on Free McDonald’s After Losing Badminton Match
Following his loss in the badminton men’s doubles event on Saturday, Australian Olympian Sawan Serasinghe went straight to McDonald...
We Need to Relive The Time This Olympics Reporter Went Crazy Over Badminton
While known as a backyard sport in America, few know that badminton is the second most-played sport in the world next to soccer. It’s ...
China Just Unleashed a Revolutionary Robot That Plays Badminton
Students and professors from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China have built a badminton-playing robot that is proba...
Japanese Badminton Star Kento Momota Ruins His Olympic Dreams After Gambling at a Casino
A Japanese badminton star has ruined his chances of competing at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro after admitting to gambling at an illegal ca...
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