Malaysia – With a 3-0 victory against reigning champions Indonesia on February 20, the Malaysian men’s team won their first Badminton Asia Team Championships (BATC) championship. Malaysia’s victory against Indonesia’s second stringers ended their arch-rivals’ hopes of winning the BATC for the fourth time since it started in 2016. Malaysia’s All England champion Lee Zii Jia had a shaky start …

Malaysia – For the second consecutive year, Indonesia have denied Malaysia a spot in the Thomas Cup semi-finals, defeating Lee Zii Jia and Co 3-0 in the quarterfinals at the Ceres Arena. Indonesia, who have won the Thomas Cup a record 13 times, defeated five-time champions Malaysia 3-1 in last year’s edition in Bangkok. Malaysia was relying on world number …

Malaysia – The young Malaysian badminton team lost 1-3 to Japan in the semi-finals of the Sudirman Cup 2021 in Vantaa, Finland. Japan had already beaten Malaysia 4-1 in the last Group D match. Despite beating arch-rivals Indonesia in the quarterfinals, Malaysia failed to break a 16-year skid against Japan. Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik, the national men’s doubles team and …

Malaysia – Eighteen years later, Malaysia’s national shuttlers remain winless against Japan, falling 4-1 to the team from the Land of the Rising Sun at the mixed team Sudirman Cup competition in Vantaa, Finland. Malaysia, who previously defeated Japan 3-2 in the group stage of the 2003 tournament in the Netherlands, finished second in Group D, while Japan finished first. …

Malaysian athletes’ achievements at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as the sacrifices made by the country’s frontline fighters in the fight against Covid-19, were lauded in Parliament today by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. When he opened the fourth session of the 14th Parliament today, His Majesty showed his gratitude by also requesting Members …