Former world No. 1 Kento Momota has revealed that his lingering desire to compete on court was the main reason he accepted an ...

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 ...

Kento Momota suffered a career-threatening car crash and then flopped at the Tokyo Olympics, but the Japanese badminton star can end a turbulent two years on a high at this week's BWF World Tour ...

Following Japan's loss to Malaysia in the quarter-finals of the Thomas and Uber Cup in Chengdu, China, two-time world champion Kento Momota retired from international badminton without playing a ...

Kento Momota, a two-time world badminton champion, announced his retirement from international competition at the age of 29, citing physical and mental limitations exacerbated by a car crash four ...

Japan's Kento Momota and India's PV Sindhu put together dominant performances during Sunday's 2019 Badminton World Championships, winning the men's and women's tournament, respectively. Sindhu became ...

Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo of Indonesia in action against Japanese world No. 2 Kento Momota. TOP-SEEDS Akane Yamaguchi and Kento Momota suffered contrasting fates as the women's and men's singles main ...

Having waited until the age of 26 to finally play at the Olympics, Kento Momota's debut at the Tokyo Games is over after just two matches following his surprise exit from the badminton men's singles ...

Kento Momota suffered a career-threatening car crash and then flopped at the Tokyo Olympics, but the Japanese badminton star can end a turbulent two years on a high at this week's BWF World Tour ...

The world number one won the Indonesia Masters earlier this month -- his first international title since being badly injured in the January 2020 accident -- but then endured a shock defeat in the last ...