KUALA LUMPUR -- Growing up around Kuala Lumpur with several brothers, sports have been part of Ika Hashim's life since she was little. Tennis became her focus at age 6. By the time she was a ...

With his aura and intensity, Virat Kohli could bend anything to his will. But, at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Thursday, his mere presence was enough to "inspire" and "overwhelm" his teammates and ...

Tonight will continue to be cloudy throughout with gentle southerly breezes. It will stay mainly dry throughout the night. Sunday Tomorrow will have a mostly cloudy start. In the afternoon, the ...

Initially, Gauff’s forehand looked to need a grip adjustment, too. Like Swiatek, she basically grips her racket from underneath the handle — a heavy western grip. Changing a forehand grip ...

Over 580 shuttlers of all categories will be in action at the Northern Province Badminton Association (NPBA) All-Island Open Badminton Championships which will be held from January 18 to 21 at the ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The global badminton stage could soon witness the rise of Hong Kong as a formidable contender, following their successful assembly of a impressive line-up of high-calibre coaches.

The second BWF World Tour 2025 tournament, the India Open is being played at the K.D. Jadhav Indoor Stadium in New Delhi from Tuesday, January 14 to Sunday, January 19. Among the home players, the ...

PETALING JAYA: The first impression matters and singles head coach Kenneth Jonassen got what he wanted from the Malaysian Open – precious and valuable insights. Not even a week into his job as ...

MELBOURNE – When you meet the future and feel its charming, ferocious force, it’s best just to laugh at the ridiculousness of it all. And so when Andrey Rublev, the No. 9 seed, gets flattened ...

The prototype was all athleticism and attack. Then the forehand turned wobbly and Gauff 2.0, the winning-ugly version guided by Brad Gilbert, came out in summer 2023. Putting high, heavy topspin ...

Well, her reconstructed forehand played an important role ... and seemed to have regressed to the safety-first “semi-Western” grip that she used during much of her junior career.

Gauff hired Matt Daly, a renowned grip specialist, as her new coach in September after parting ways with Brad Gilbert and has significantly improved both her forehand and serve, two shots that had ...