Badminton

Jones backing for new boy Hill

Express & Star (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008

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Hendry humbled by Lee in Belfast

BBC News (Free subscription) | 26/08/2008

Stephen Lee thrashes Stephen Hendry 5-1 at the Northern Ireland Trophy while Shaun Murphy, Peter Ebdon and Graham Dott also go out.

Injured All Blacks' status unclear

22dropout.com (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008

Injured All Blacks Leon MacDonald and Andrew Ellis. Remember them? We are delighted to inform you that both are alive, but have no idea if they are well.

Emms puts Bankier in doubles frame

Edinburgh Evening News (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008

GAIL EMMS believes Scotland's Imogen Bankier could be the solution to one of British badminton's biggest headaches.

Man uses baseball bat to fend off burglar

Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 20/08/2008

Police on Sunday arrested 24-year-old Alexander Hernandez in a hospital emergency room where he was being treated for a head wound.

Olympics: Rowers, badminton players and even hurdles coaches have all been reduced to tears at these Games

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 18/08/2008

The stakes for athletes are seldom higher than at the Olympics, and that's why so many tears have been shed in Beijing, writes Andy Bull

Ten Brit crews reach finals

Daily Star (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008

Great Britain will have a remarkable 10 crews in the Olympic rowing finals this weekend after the lightweight men's double scull and lightweight men's four both qualified on Friday.

Video: Dream badminton pairing out of Olympics

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008

Britain's badminton mixed doubles pair Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson go out of the competition at the quarter-final stage in Beijing

Badminton: Emotional Emms bows out as dream is dashed

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008

GAIL Emms faced up to the prospect of life without badminton and the tears began to flow.

• Badminton pair suffer loss - The Independent
• GB pair's hopes wrecked - Manchester Online
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Gail's dream ends in tears: Emms calls it a day as GB medal hopes crash

Daily Mail (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008

Water, water everywhere in Beijing on Torrid Thursday - and not a dry eye in the house, either. The tears of Gail Emms summed up Britain's day of despair.

End is a crying shame for Gail

Daily Express (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008

GAIL Emms was facing retirement from just over halfway in the quarter-final, but that did not stop the tears when confirmation came.

Gail Emms bows out of the badminton competition with tearful farewell

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008

It was a sad end to a beautiful relationship as Korean pair end British medal hopes in the Olympic badminton hall.

Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson bow out amid a sea of tears

Times Online (Free subscription) | 15/08/2008

We said goodbye to the Torvill and Dean of badminton yesterday. And just as your interest in figure skating has probably not been the same since the Bolero, it may be a long wait for the next Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson, a pair who have done so much for their sport with skill and charisma.

Gail's dream ends in tears: Emms calls it a day as GB medal hopes crash

thisislondon (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008

Water, water everywhere in Beijing on Torrid Thursday - and not a dry eye in the house, either. The tears of Gail Emms summed up Britain's day of despair.

Dream over for Emms and Robertson after British pair crash out in quarters

thisislondon (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008

Gail Emms and Nathan Robertson saw their Olympic dream wrecked when they lost their mixed doubles quarter-final to Korea's Yongdae Lee and Hyojung Lee 21-19, 21-12.