DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - DECEMBER 13: Kento Momota of Japan celebrates in the Final Men,s Single match against Jan Viktor Axelsen of Denmark during day five of the BWF Dubai World Superseries ...
Jan 3 (Reuters) - 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Badminton star An Se-young beat Wang Zhiyi of China 2-0 in the women's singles final at the Denmark Open on Sunday, winning ...
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 ...
TOKYO (AP) A Japanese badminton has admitted to gambling at an illegal casino, damaging his chances of competing at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Kento Momota gambled at a Tokyo casino which was ...
TOKYO (AP) A Japanese badminton player has admitted to gambling at an illegal casino, damaging his chances of competing at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. TOKYO (AP) A Japanese badminton player has ...