It was a departure of a legend, and the end of an era. On Saturday, the world's undisputed greatest badminton player, double Olympic champion Lin Dan, announced his retirement through Chinese social ...

LONDON (AP) -- Lin Dan became the first man to retain the Olympic badminton singles title after winning a final that lived up to the hype. Lin, the most LONDON (AP) -- Lin Dan became the first man to ...

FILE- In this Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016 file photo, China's Lin Dan returns a shot to Denmark's Viktor Axelsen during the men's badminton singles bronze medal match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de ...

World No. 1 Shi Yuqi of China is still unsure how he will spend the 1.2 million yuan (RM692,600) prize money after claiming ...

Former world No. 1 Kento Momota has revealed that his lingering desire to compete on court was the main reason he accepted an ...

BEIJING --There is an international truism when it comes to bad boys: Girls love them -- even the ones who play badminton. Around these parts, Lin Dan has been tagged as the Bad Boy of Badminton. He ...

GUANGZHOU (AFP) – Badminton superstar Lin Dan moved effortlessly through to the second round of the world championships in China's Guangzhou on Monday, putting in a powerful performance after a year ...

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Lin Dan, widely regarded as the greatest badminton player of all time, closed in on his seventh singles title at the All-England Open by reaching the final with a 21-14, ...

Chinese badminton star Lin Dan bid an early farewell to the 2018 BWF French Open after losing to Japan's Kazumasa Sakai in men's singles first round action on Wednesday. Lin won the first game 21-9 ...

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The old man has still got it. When Lin Dan came out of a long hiatus as the Olympic and world badminton champion, he was determined to show the king was not dead. Two years ...

NEW DELHI -- Badminton great Lin Dan is opposed to a change in the points system being contemplated by the world federation in a bid to make the sport more attractive. ''I feel changing the points ...