Despite Asia’s dominance in the sport, Axelsen emerged to offer stiff competition. It started with his first European ...

PARIS — Viktor Axelsen is once again Olympic badminton champion. The 30-year-old from Denmark defended his men’s singles title Monday by beating Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand for the gold medal.

It only took 34 minutes for the pair to pull off one of the biggest upsets in Olympic badminton history, and they did it in dominant fashion. Lee and Wang only needed two games to defeat Li and Liu, ...

LONDON, July 15 (Reuters) - Tokyo badminton gold medallist Viktor Axelsen is not resting on his laurels ahead of the Paris Olympics but the Dane is being careful not to overdo it in training having ...

PARIS -- Viktor Axelsen is once again Olympic badminton champion. The 30-year-old from Denmark defended his men's singles title Monday by beating Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand for the gold medal.

Denmark's Victor Axelsen celebrates after winning against China's Chen Long during their men's singles gold medal Badminton match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.(AP ...

TOKYO (AP) — Viktor Axelsen underlined his red-hot form and confidence when he won his second world badminton championship after beating first-time finalist Kunlavut Vitidsarn 21-5, 21-16 on Sunday.

BIRMINGHAM – Dane Viktor Axelsen’s quest for a third All England title ended on March 12 as he lost 21-19, 13-21, 21-11 to Chinese Taipei’s Lin Chun-Yi in a big first-round upset. The 31-year-old ...

Dominant world number one Viktor Axelsen withdrew from badminton's Malaysia Masters starting Tuesday, saying he needed to "rest and recharge" after winning the Malaysia Open, Indonesia Open and ...