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An easy gold for China's world champ Posted Sunday, August 17, 2008 6:46 AM ET
Lin Dan win's the gold medal in badminton for men's singles after beating Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei in straight sets.
Golden upset: South Korea beats No. 1 Indonesia Posted Sunday, August 17, 2008 5:18 AM ET South Korea's Lee Hyo-jung and Lee Yong-dae have won the gold medal in mixed doubles badminton at the Olympics, defeating Indonesia's Liliyana Natsir and Nova Widianto in straight sets.
China takes mixed doubles bronze Posted Sunday, August 17, 2008 4:51 AM ET China's Yu Yang and He Hanbin have won the bronze medal in mixed doubles badminton at the Olympics, defeating Indonesia's Flandy Limpele and Vita Marissa.
Have questions about badminton? Posted Sunday, August 17, 2008 2:17 AM ET
If you have questions about the game of badminton, we'll direct you to an expert who can answer them for you. Daryl Jones, NBCOlympics.com's live-blogging commentator wants to hear from you. Just go to our "ask the expert" forum!
Watch finals LIVE for breakfast Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 8:05 PM ET
On center court tomorrow morning beginning at 6:30a ET, watch badminton's mixed doubles medal matches LIVE. Then at 8:48a ET see the biggest (and lfinal) badminton match of all. Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei takes on China's celeb-champion Lin Dan (also known as "Super Dan") for the gold.
Indonesia wins men's doubles gold Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 8:19 AM ET Markis Kido and Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia have won the gold medal in men's doubles at the Olympic badminton tournament, defeating China's Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng in three sets. China takes the silver.
China's Chen beats Korea's Lee for bronze Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 7:13 AM ET
China's Chen Jin has won the bronze medal in men's singles at the 2008 Olympic Games. Chen defeated Lee Hyunil of Korea 21-16, 12-21, 21-14. It was China's seventh medal of the Olympic badminton tournament.
Korea wins mixed semifinal Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 5:53 AM ET
An unseeded mixed doubles team from Korea (Lee and Lee) has defeated the #3 seeded Indonesian team, 21-9, 12-21, 21-17. Korea will now move on to play for the gold. Up next: the men's singles bronze-medal match between Chen Jin of China and Lee Hyunil of Korea. Watch it here LIVE.
Indonesia defeats China Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 4:48 AM ET In a semifinal match that went to three games, Indonesia defeated China in mixed doubles: 15-21, 21-11, 23-21. The winner of the next LIVE match (Korea vs Indonesia) will play Indonesia for the gold. Watch it here.
South Korea wins bronze in badminton Posted Saturday, August 16, 2008 12:43 AM ET By the Associated Press
South Korea's Lee Jae-jin and Hwang Ji-man have won the bronze medal in men's doubles at the Olympic badminton tournament, defeating Denmark's Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen in three sets.
Bronze for Yulianti in women's singles Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 11:25 PM ET
Indonesia's Maria Kristin Yulianti has won the bronze medal in women's singles in the Olympic badminton tournament by defeating China's Lu Lan in three games. This denies China's hopes of a medal sweep in the event.
Zhang Ning wins badminton gold Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 10:42 PM ET China's Zhang Ning has defeated Xie Xingfang for the gold medal in women's singles, 21-12, 10-21, 21-18. Xie Xingfang takes the silver, earning China both the gold and silver in women's badminton singles.
A golden day for China Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 7:34 AM ET China's women's doubles team (Du Jing and Yu Yang) has won the first badminton gold of the Olympics, Korea takes the silver. Earlier today China also won the bronze in women's doubles.
China wins bronze medal in badminton Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 6:10 AM ET By the Associated Press
BEIJING (AP) - China's Wei Yili and Zhang Yawen have won the bronze medal in women's doubles in the Olympic badminton tournament, defeating Japan's Miyuki Maeda and Satoko Suetsuna.
Malaysia's Lee beats Korea's Lee Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 4:15 AM ET Winning a spot in the men's singles final, Chong Wei Lee of Malaysia beat Hyunil Lee of Korea 21-18, 13-21, 21-13. At 8:30a ET a second semifinals match will determine whether Lee goes on to play China's Lin Dan or China's Chen Jin for the gold. Watch it here LIVE.
China dominates semifinals Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:48 PM ET By Bess Kargman
Recap of tonight's matches: Chinese teams beat Denmark and Korea in men's doubles. China's Zhang Ning and Xie Xingfang will play each other for the gold in women's singles.
Semifinals: mens doubs, women's singles Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 6:52 PM ET WATCH TONIGHT at 10p ET. Men's doubles semifinals and women's singles semifinals. Indonesia takes on Malaysia in men's doubles and in singles, China's Xie Xingfang plays Chinese Taipei's Shao-Cheih Cheng.
Danes, great; Indonesians, better Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 7:11 AM ET
Lin Dan too strong for Peter Gade Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 5:57 AM ET Denmark's Peter Hoeeg Gade put up a good fight against Chinese celeb-champ Lin Dan in the badminton singles quarterfinals but lost the match in straight games. Lin will now go on to compete in the semifinals.
Brits can't get by Koreans in mixed semis Posted Thursday, August 14, 2008 5:11 AM ET
America's 'lonely sport' Posted Wednesday, August 13, 2008 9:47 AM ET By Alan Paul; NBCOlympics.com
It was a match that would be a daunting enough challenge anywhere in the world, but of course American badminton doubles team of Howard Bach and Bob Malaythong were playing against one of China's best doubles teams, in China.
Chinese too strong for U.S. shuttlers Malaythong and Bach Posted Wednesday, August 13, 2008 4:00 AM ET By the Associated Press
China's second-seeded pair of Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng in the quarterfinals of the Olympic badminton tournament.
Britain's Emms & Robertson defeat Chinese duo Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 8:22 PM ET By the Associated Press
Badminton matches continue on center court at 10pm ET Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 6:44 PM ET By Bess Kargman
Badminton's billionaire fan Posted Monday, August 11, 2008 1:27 PM ET By the Associated Press Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist, watched badminton on Monday at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium.