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.

TOKYO (AP) — Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen won gold in men’s singles badminton, denying a repeat title to China’s Chen Long in convincing fashion, 2-0 on Monday night. Axelsen, who won bronze at the 2016 ...

(Reuters) - Denmark's Viktor Axelsen became the first male player from Europe since Peter Rasmussen in 1997 to enter the final of the BWF World Championships while Japan's Nozomi Okuhara ended Saina ...

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.

Paris: Viktor Axelsen is once again the 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.

Viktor Axelsen, the most decorated Olympic singles badminton player with two golds and one bronze, is retiring at age 32 due to back pain that kept him from pursuing an unprecedented third consecutive ...

South Korea’s An Se-young beat He Bingjiao of China 21-13 21-16 to capture the badminton women’s singles Olympic gold medal, while Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen defeated Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand, ...

PARIS, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Denmark's Viktor Axelsen beat Kunlavut Vitidsarn of Thailand to win his second successive men's singles Olympic gold medal in badminton at the Port de La Chapelle Arena in ...

BIRMINGHAM, England, March 12 (Reuters) - Dane Viktor Axelsen's quest for a third All England title ended on Wednesday as he lost 21-19 13-21 21-11 to Taiwan's Lin Chun-Yi in a big first-round upset ...