Badminton
On the afternoon of January 5, Denmark’s Olympic badminton champion Viktor Axelsen expressed his excitement on his personal account in three languages for being awarded Denmark’s Athlete of the Year on his birthday.
According to new medical regulations released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) last November, players are not allowed to receive treatment during matches and must wait for the interval to do so.
Chinese badminton star Zhou Haodong has just updated his social media with significant news, announcing that he has submitted his resignation from the national team.
China’s top women’s singles badminton player Chen Yufei has just announced significant news on social media: she will be making her long-awaited comeback in February.
Petronas Malaysia Open 2025 (Super 1000) will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from January 7 to 12, with a total prize pool of up to $1.45 million.
Recently, the selection trials for the Chinese national badminton team have begun.
At last year’s BWF World Tour Finals, the duo of Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong proclaimed “We will never fade away” after winning the championship.
The first event of the 2025 BWF World Tour will be the Super 1000 series Malaysia Badminton Open, which will be held from January 7 to 12.
In the women’s singles final of the All Japan Badminton Championships, 18-year-old Japanese prodigy Tomoka Miyazaki defeated Nidaira Natsuki with scores of 21:18, 21:14, securing her first career championship.
Reports last October indicated that several players from the Malaysian national team requested a salary increase from the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM), hoping to raise their annual salaries to 2 million ringgits.
World No. 2 Danish player Anders Antonsen will head to the Malaysian Badminton Academy (ABM) for training with his coach in preparation for the Asian regional events.
Chinese badminton Olympic champion Wang Yilu announced on social media that his wife is pregnant, writing, “In 2025, we are welcoming a little one.”