https://www.scmp.com/rss/523313/feed The latest news and top stories on Toh Ee Wei, a mixed doubles player player in the Malaysian national badminton squad. She achieved girls' doubles silver at the 2018 Asian and World Junior Championships, and mixed doubles bronze in 2016. Partnered with Chen Tang Jie, she holds a World Ranking of 4 and World Tour Ranking of 3 in mixed doubles. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com SCMP’s Asia desk SCMP’s Asia desk Malaysian badminton player Ong Yew Sin has been urged to make a police report after he and his doubles partner were threatened with physical harm for their perceived underperformance in a tournament, in the latest case of cyberbullying directed at the nation’s sports stars. The 30-year-old shuttler posted on social media that he had received online messages abusing him and threatening physical harm after he and his men’s doubles partner, Teo Ee Yi, crashed out in the first round of the Indonesia... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3340819/malaysian-badminton-player-threatened-knife-attack-online-over-performance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3340819/malaysian-badminton-player-threatened-knife-attack-online-over-performance?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 22 Jan 2026 08:07:55 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Akane Yamaguchi beat former world No 1 Chen Yufei of China 21-9, 21-13 on Sunday to win the women’s singles badminton world championship final. The Japanese fifth seed rarely looked troubled on court in Paris and needed just 37 minutes to add a third world title to her gold medals from 2021 and 2022. Chen, a Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallist, battled past top seed and reigning champion An Se-young of South Korea in a semi-final win marked by a nasty-looking ankle twist early in the second... https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3323829/badminton-world-championships-japans-yamaguchi-beats-chinas-chen-win-third-title?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/other-sport/article/3323829/badminton-world-championships-japans-yamaguchi-beats-chinas-chen-win-third-title?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 31 Aug 2025 14:29:58 +0000 Joseph Sipalan Joseph Sipalan Once, badminton was Malaysia’s undisputed racquet sport of choice, driven by the prodigious talent of Lee Chong Wei, whose dominance on the world stage made him a household name and a hero to millions. But in recent years, fresh challenges have emerged. The rise of pickleball and padel tennis has lured younger generations to air-conditioned courts and glossier facilities, threatening badminton’s long-held supremacy. Lee’s retirement in 2019 after recovering from nose cancer left the sport in... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3323283/malaysias-new-badminton-generation-takes-world-post-lee-chong-wei?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3323283/malaysias-new-badminton-generation-takes-world-post-lee-chong-wei?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Aug 2025 08:00:09 +0000