After narrowly beating India’s Srikanth Kidambi in his quarterfinal match, Lin Dan knew he’d have to perform much better if he wanted to beat the world’s current #1 player, Malaysia’s Lee Chong Wei.

LONDON — Lin Dan lived up to the hype, and China lived up to the expectations. The top-ranked Lin led the way as China swept all five badminton gold medals at the Olympics, defending his title Sunday ...

The dust and the shuttlecocks have hardly settled on London 2012 but badminton’s great rivals could meet once again at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia narrowly missed out on the ...

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Lin Dan underlined his renewed determination to win the All England Championships for a seventh time with a fluent and at times brilliant performance which ended the title ...

Moving into the quarterfinals at the world championships, Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan looked poised to add another chapter to their rivalry. No. 1 seed Lee is doing what he was expected to do at this ...

In badminton, there are few bigger names. Lin was a two-time Olympic champion and five-time world champion, while Lee holds the record for most weeks spent as world number one at an astounding 349 ...

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) Title holder Lee Chong Wei survived a scare in the last 16 of the All-England Open Thursday to set up an eagerly-awaited quarterfinal showdown with double Olympic champion Lin ...

TOKYO, Sept 25 Men's world No 1 and top seed Lee Chong Wei breezed past Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand on Saturday to set up a final showdown with old foe Lin Dan at the Japan Open badminton tournament.

One might wonder the attitude and spirit of Lin Dan coming into this match, having suffered a very tough loss in his classic semfinal match with Lee Chong Wei. For the first time, he will not be ...

Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei sweats as he waits to return a serve against Vietnam during the men's singles quarter final badminton match at Gyeyang Gymnasium, at the 17th Asian Games in Incheon, Sept 27, ...

NEW DELHI: Defending champion Saina Nehwal and two-time World Championship bronze medallist PV Sindhu advanced to the quarterfinals but it turned out to be a dismal day for star shuttlers Lin Dan and ...