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Badminton

SEA Games 2025: Not recovered so Singapore’s Yeo Jia Min pulls out of badminton women’s singles

Singaporean shuttler Yeo Jia Min (centre row, right) cheering on her teammates in the women's team semi-final against Thailand at SEA Games.
Singaporean shuttler Yeo Jia Min (centre row, right) cheering on her teammates in the women's team semi-final against Thailand at SEA Games.

SEA Games 2025: Badminton star Ratchanok Intanon eyes fairy-tale Games swansong on home soil

Ratchanok Intanon celebrates with Steph Curry's night night pose after helping Thailand beat Singapore 3-0 in the SEA Games badminton women's team semi-final at the Thammasat University on Dec 8.
Ratchanok Intanon celebrates with Steph Curry's night night pose after helping Thailand beat Singapore 3-0 in the SEA Games badminton women's team semi-final at the Thammasat University on Dec 8.

11 athletes to watch at SEA Games 2025

(Clockwise from top left) Thai boxer Janjaem Suwannapheng, Malaysian mixed doubles pair Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei, and Philippine weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz.
(Clockwise from top left) Thai boxer Janjaem Suwannapheng, Malaysian mixed doubles pair Chen Tang Jie and Toh Ee Wei, and Philippine weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz.

ST Full-time Report: Soh Rui Yong cleared for SEA Games after ‘abnormal’ ECG | S’pore win first medal at Thailand Games

SEA Games 2025: Singapore clinch first medals with bronzes in badminton team events

Singapore's 146th-ranked Insyirah Khan put up a good fight against Thailand's world No. 6 Pornpawee Chochuwong before losing 21-14, 21-15 as the hosts romped to a 3-0 win.
Singapore's 146th-ranked Insyirah Khan put up a good fight against Thailand's world No. 6 Pornpawee Chochuwong before losing 21-14, 21-15 as the hosts romped to a 3-0 win.

SEA Games 2025: More good news for Loh Kean Yew after Singapore badminton teams guaranteed medals

Singapore's Loh Kean Yew cruising past Xayyalath Souksavat of Laos 21-8, 21-11  in the men's team event on Dec 7.
Singapore's Loh Kean Yew cruising past Xayyalath Souksavat of Laos 21-8, 21-11  in the men's team event on Dec 7.

In The Spotlight

Discipline the key to badminton queen An Se-young’s record haul of 10 titles this year

South Korea’s An Se-young could match Kento Momota's record of 11 titles in a single season.
South Korea’s An Se-young could match Kento Momota's record of 11 titles in a single season.

An Se-Young breaks her own record with 10th BWF World Tour title of 2025 in Sydney

South Korea’s An Se-young reacting after beating Indonesia’s Putri Kusuma Wardani 21-16, 21-14 in the women's singles final at the Australia Open badminton tournament in Sydney on Nov 23, 2025.  It is the South Korean world No. 1's 10th BWF World Tour title of the season.
South Korea’s An Se-young reacting after beating Indonesia’s Putri Kusuma Wardani 21-16, 21-14 in the women's singles final at the Australia Open badminton tournament in Sydney on Nov 23, 2025.  It is the South Korean world No. 1's 10th BWF World Tour title of the season.

Loh Kean Yew loses Kumamoto Masters q-final to Lakshya Sen, misses out on BWF World Tour Finals

Shuttler Loh Kean Yew was also pulled out of the Australian Open by the Singapore Badminton Association so that he could focus on the SEA Games.
Shuttler Loh Kean Yew was also pulled out of the Australian Open by the Singapore Badminton Association so that he could focus on the SEA Games.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2025 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.