It may not have been the result they wanted but Marcus Ellis believes he and Chris Langridge can take heart from their battling defeat to Olympic silver medallists Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen. Ellis and Langridge made their long-awaited Olympic Games bow in Rio on Thursday, marking the occasion [...]
Gabby Adcock insists she and husband Chris have momentum on their side after a hard-fought victory over Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen in their second mixed doubles group match at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The pair, ranked seventh in the world, lost to Chinese duo Ma Jin [...]
Rajiv Ouseph couldn’t have wished for a better start to his Rio 2016 campaign after a straight-game win over the Czech Republic’s Petr Koukal. The 29-year-old, appearing at his second Olympics, dominated proceedings to win 21-14 21-18 in just 44 minutes on Thursday evening. A late comeback from the [...]
Kirsty Gilmour can add a first Olympic win to her resumé after she defeated Switzerland’s Sabrina Jaquet at Rio 2016. It was a fairly route win for the 11th seed, who took the first game 21-17 in 24 minutes before taking the second 21-15 in more comfortable fashion to seal [...]
Gabby Adcock was quick to draw on the positives despite her and Chris Adcock falling agonizingly short of opening their Rio 2016 Olympic Games mixed doubles campaign with a win. Ranked seventh in the world, the Adcocks have been drawn in a tough group which also includes Danish fourth [...]
GB's Harley Towler writes about his experience in Rio helping the Team GB players prepare for their opening Olympic matches. "The time has come. The players are ready to embark on what will be one of the biggest highlights of their career – competing in an Olympic Games. There’s [...]
Rajiv Ouseph insisted he will leave the Olympics with his head held high despite his history-making run coming to an end with defeat in the quarter-finals of the men’s singles. Ouseph became the first British man to reach the last eight of the Olympic badminton men’s competition when he [...]
Olympic silver medallist Gail Emms MBE has called on badminton's GB players to savour every moment of the Rio Olympic Games. The badminton competition starts on August 11 at the Riocentro Pavilion 4. It is the first time badminton has been scheduled in the second week of an Olympic [...]
Our eight Team GB athletes left the National Badminton Centre to set off on their journey to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games today. The squad received an official send-off from staff, Board members, and the players' friends and family. The players and coaches left for Heathrow airport and will [...]
On Thursday, 11 August, the Rio 2016 badminton competition gets underway and here we tell you all you need to know if you want to follow our Team GB stars. The eight British players will have been dreaming of this moment for years and for the last week have had [...]
