Tokyo (AFP) – Kento Momota suffered a career-threatening car crash and then flopped at the Tokyo Olympics, but the Japanese badminton star can end a turbulent two years on a high at this week's BWF ...

In his long overdue Olympic debut, men's badminton singles No. 1 Kento Momota of Japan easily beat the United States' Timothy Lam 21-12 21-9 on Sunday, even making the occasional trick shot behind his ...

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 ...

Just before the coronavirus pandemic took the world by storm, Kento Momota won the Malaysia Masters in January 2020. It was deemed to be a perfect preparation ahead of the Tokyo Olympics which was ...

It's an irresistible prospect for budding badminton players -- a chance to be coached by Japanese world number one Kento Momota, who has triggered thousands of responses by offering his services. His ...

Momota will compete at the All-Japan national championships in December Momota had suffered injuries in a car crash nearly a year ago Japan's badminton world number one Kento Momota on Wednesday ...

TOKYO -- Japanese badminton player Kento Momota has been given an indefinite suspension for gambling, denying him a spot on the team for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Momota, who is second in the world ...

Badminton world number one Kento Momota won the All-Japan championship on Sunday to complete the first step of his comeback, nearly a year after suffering serious injuries in a car crash. Momota came ...

Japan's badminton world number one Kento Momota shrugged off nerves to make a winning return to competition in Tokyo on Wednesday, nearly a year after suffering serious injuries in a car crash. Momota ...

Badminton world No.1 Kento Momota could be out for two months after being injured in a car crash that killed his driver just hours after he won the Malaysia Masters on Sunday. The 25-year-old Japanese ...