Badminton: Olympic bronze-winning pair Shida, Matsuyama to part ways

Paris Olympic badminton women's doubles bronze medalists Chiharu Shida and Nami Matsuyama will part ways after next month's world championships in the French capital, the pair announced Tuesday.Shida, 28, plans to form a new women's doubles partnership with two-time Olympic mixed doubles bronze medalist Arisa Igarashi, while the 27-year-old Matsuyama is considering a move into mixed doubles.At a press conference in southwestern Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture, the pair spoke of how their paths diverged after claiming the bronze medal at last summer's Olympics.While Shida wanted to become "the b…READ FULL ARTICLE