Tag: Chen Long

  • Chen Long gets ‘worlds’ wild card

    Chen Long gets ‘worlds’ wild card

    Kuala Lumpur, May 4, 2017: CHEN LONG WILD CARD, Taking into consideration Chen Long’s status as reigning Olympic and World champion, the Badminton World Federation has granted the Chinese star a wild card to compete in the TOTAL BWF World Championships 2017. Exercising its prerogative to nominate a wild-card entry in each category, BWF determined…

  • Iconic’ players named Integrity Ambassadors

    Iconic’ players named Integrity Ambassadors

    Malaysia, Mar 9, 2017: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has welcomed Chen Long and Hendra Setiawan as its newest Integrity Ambassadors to promote clean, fair and honourable sport. Hailing the champion athletes as “two of badminton’s distinguished sons” at a ceremony on the sidelines of the YONEX All England Open yesterday, BWF President Poul-Erik Høyer…

  • Badminton World Champion CHEN LONG catches fast shuttle to Dubai

    Dubai, Oct 22, 2014: With less than two months to go until the season-ending BWF Destination Dubai World Superseries Finals, badminton fever hit Dubai yesterday with reigning World champion, China’s Chen Long visiting the city. Chen, who won the Men’s Singles title at the Li-Ning BWF World Championships in Copenhagen earlier this year by beating…

  • Dubai to host the BWF World Superseries Finals

    Kuala Lumpur, Apr 02, 2014: In December, the world’s best badminton players will head to the season-ending BWF Destination Dubai World Superseries Finals, as part of an exciting new multi-platform partnership signed between Dubai and the Badminton World Federation (BWF). Elite players such as Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia), Chen Long (China), Jan Jorgensen (Denmark), Saina…