Kento Momota looks on after Japan’s defeat to Malaysia in the quarterfinals of the Thomas Cup in Chengdu today. (AP pic) Two-time world champion Kento Momota bowed out of international badminton today ...

Two-time world champion Kento Momota said on Thursday he is retiring from international badminton aged 29, admitting he had never been the same since a serious car crash four years ago. Japan’s Momota ...

Japan’s two-time world champion Kento Momota said on Thursday he is retiring from badminton, after the former world number one failed to qualify for the Paris Olympics. Momota won the world ...

Two-time gold medallist at the World Badminton Championships, Kento Momota has stunned the fans of the sport around the world with his sudden retirement from the international circuit. The 29-year-old ...

Japan's Momota was once badminton's undisputed king, winning 11 titles in 2019 and losing just six of the 73 matches he played that year. But in January 2020 the vehicle taking him to Kuala Lumpur ...

Two-time world champion Kento Momota said Thursday he is retiring from international badminton aged 29, admitting he had never been the same since a serious car crash four years ago. Japan's Momota ...

Two-time world champion Kento Momota said on Thursday he is retiring from international badminton aged 29, ending a top-level career that never recovered from a car crash four years ago. Momota, who ...

Japan’s Kento Momota struggled to return to top form after being injured in a fatal vehicle accident in Malaysia in 2020. (Wikimedia Commons pic) Japan’s two-time world champion Kento Momota said on ...

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 ...

Momota was badminton's undisputed king, winning 11 titles in 2019, before a deadly crash TOKYO: Two-time world champion Kento Momota said Thursday he is retiring from international badminton aged 29, ...