Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TOKYO, Jan 17 (Reuters) - World number one badminton player Kento Momota was discharged from hospital on Friday, his sponsor ...

Badminton world number one Kento Momota (pictured competing in the singles semi-final on December 26, 2020) won the All-Japan championships nearly a year after suffering serious injuries in a car ...

Japan's Momota was once badminton's undisputed king, winning 11 titles in 2019 and losing just six of the 73 matches he played that year. But in January 2020 the vehicle taking him to Kuala Lumpur ...

Men’s singles world No 1 Kento Momota was among four people injured in a van crash in Malaysia on Monday which left their driver dead, the country’s badminton federation confirmed on Monday. Momota ...

Kento Momota will retire from badminton after the Thomas and Uber Cup this year Two-time world champion Kento Momota has announced that his international career will end with the 2024 Thomas & Uber ...

(Reuters) - Kento Momota feared he would be unable to play badminton again after a road accident in Malaysia left him with serious injuries last year, but having returned to full fitness the world ...

Two-time world champion Kento Momota said Thursday he is retiring from international badminton aged 29, admitting he had never been the same since a serious car crash four years ago. Japan's Momota ...

Kento Momota was banned from badminton for gambling in 2016. Fast forward to 2019 and the Japanese has enjoyed one of the most successful years in the sport’s history. Momota has cleaned up in men’s ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - World number one badminton player Kento Momota was discharged from hospital on Friday, his sponsor Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp, said in a statement, after being treated for ...

Tokyo (AFP) – Two-time world champion Kento Momota said Thursday he is retiring from international badminton aged 29, admitting he had never been the same since a serious car crash four years ago.