World number one badminton player Kento Momota has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the withdrawal of all Japan's players from this month's tournaments in Thailand, the Badminton World ...

Feb 8 (Reuters) - World number one Kento Momota will be out of action for at least three more months following surgery for a fractured right eye socket sustained in a road accident in Malaysia last ...

Japan's Nozomi Okuhara returns a shot during the women's team badminton finals against China at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) Japan's ...

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese shuttlers had won 15 straight matches at the Tokyo Games but that incredible streak came to a halt on Tuesday with losses in both men’s and women’s doubles, leaving ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan had looked a genuine threat to China's dominance coming into the Tokyo Olympics but despite having home-court advantage and nearly twice as many top-five players in their ranks ...

(Reuters) - Kento Momota feared he would be unable to play badminton again after a road accident in Malaysia left him with serious injuries last year, but having returned to full fitness the world ...

In a thrilling display of skill and determination, Malaysian women’s doubles shuttlers Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah have captured their first Arctic Open title, marking a significant milestone in their ...

China defeats Indonesia to win 15th World Junior Mixed Team Badminton Championship title in a thrilling final.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Former world number two Kento Momota will be restored to the top tier of Japan's national badminton team next season as he continues his long rehabilitation from a gambling scandal ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese badminton player Kento Momota has been given an indefinite suspension for gambling, denying him a spot on the team for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Momota, who is second in the ...

Japan had won 15 straight badminton matches at the Tokyo Games, but that streak came to a halt on Tuesday with losses in both men's and women's doubles, leaving badminton superpower China as the only ...