Several badminton shuttlers whose first or second Olympics were in Tokyo, where there were no crowds, are struggling to see the shuttlecock while playing in Paris amid distracting, lively fans and ...

The mean age of the top 100 male players rose to about 26 in 2020 from around 23-1/2 in 1994, according to a 2021 study by authors including Spain's Pablo Abian, who is making his fifth Olympics ...

Lam said badminton doesn’t get the same recognition as other Olympic sports in the U.S. but it has still cultivated a network in some states, like California, producing top-notch players.