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Liu Yuchen surprised Huang Ya Qiong with flowers and a proposal after she won the gold medal in Badminton in Paris Athena Sobhan is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE since 2024. Her work has previously ...

A Chinese badminton star is apparently quitting the sport after she was one of eight players disqualified from the doubles tournament at the London Olympics for trying to lose. A comment on a verified ...

The teenager "loved badminton and was an outstanding athlete," China's badminton association said in a statement Sean Neumann is a reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2019. His ...

A 17-year-old badminton player has died after collapsing during a juniors tournament in Indonesia. China’s Zhang Zhijie suffered sudden seizures while playing opponent Kazuma Kawano of Japan on June ...

Huang Ya Qiong of Team People’s Republic of China celebrates after winning a Mixed Doubles Semifinal (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) Congratulations to Huang Yaqiong for winning it all — an ...

Chinese mixed doubles players Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin (left) compete in the mixed doubles match against Team Algeria at the Sudirman Cup in Xiamen, East China's Fujian Province, on April 27, 2025 ...

LONDON — The disgruntled crowd at Wembley Arena booed and loudly urged the now-dishonored badminton players to get off the court. Yu Yang of China apparently is going one step beyond that, putting ...

Zhijie died at a hospital later on. Badminton Asia said Zhijie was taken to an ambulance less than two minutes after he collapsed. "Badminton Asia, PBSI (Badminton Association of Indonesia) and the ...

As expected, the individual gold medals in the badminton events on either side have been won by the Chinese. You can find the top 5 favorites expected to win the gold on this B/R report. Lin Dan was ...

One of the Chinese badminton players disqualified from the Olympics for trying to lose a match has said she is quitting the sport, accusing the badminton governing body of ruining her dreams. “This is ...

South Korea plans to pursue a formal complaint in response to a Chinese Olympian who was heard repeatedly swearing during a badminton match between the two nations. Chen Qingchen, 24, could be heard ...