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In the end, as always and for far too long, every Thomas Cup campaign exposes the same glaring, fundamental shortcoming: depth. The tragedy is that it's entirely self-inflicted. Years of neglect have brought us here, and this has been a recurring reality for too many campaigns. <a target="_blank" hr...
Only two years ago, we were close to having two MS players together in the Top 10, and set to have both lead our Thomas Cup campaigns. Within a year, we lost both to long-term injuries. Prior to injuries, one was about to break back into Top 5; the other was on his way to Top 10. ...
In Appreciation of Ong Yew Sin & Teo Ee Yi: Their Greatest Victories Ong Yew Sin & Teo Ee Yi were one of our best MD pairs over the past 10 years. Here's a look back at many of their greatest match victories in an excellent partnership that spanned a superb and memorable decade....
But that's the whole fundamental point of team competitions like this: to put the players in positions where they develop into more than just passengers. To thrust them forward and trust them to lead. To put them in the driver's seat. To hand them the keys and let them drive. <a target="_blank" href...
The same can be said for Justin. Who among the Malaysian MS players aged 21 or younger is objectively better than him? He has won the most titles of anyone at junior and senior levels. Eogene is the 2nd best. In fact, no one else has won IC and IS tournaments besides those two. <a target="_blank" hr...
With Malaysia Open 2026 about to start, ushering in a new year and a new season, we take a look at every Malaysian player scheduled to compete in the tournament, offering some context and perspective on each of them. They are presented in no particular order....
Kenneth Jonassen: "Quite early on, I made changes to a few things. People may think we are still following the European training style, but actually we are not." <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nst.com.my/sports/badminton/2026/01/1349151/jonassen-finds-asian-methods-better-fit-national-shuttl...
While 2025 featured exceptional individual results in Malaysian badminton, it was also about collective achievements shared by two or more players or pairs in each discipline. Some were historic, others more modest. Here are the best collective achievements from each discipline:...
Don't think Syed Modi has ever had two bigger names headlining the tournament than these two. It will be a debut for Zii Jia, as he has never played in the tournament before. Axelsen hasn't played the tournament in 10 years. ...