Glow-in-the-dark badminton entices players back onto court

With neon lights on the floor and walls, pulsing electronic beats, and a glowing red shuttlecock bouncing back and forth, this Kuala Lumpur badminton court evokes a sci-fi movie set.

"Shuttle in the Dark", a badminton hall in the iconic Petronas Twin Towers in the city centre, was set up in late 2021 by a sports management company to encourage people to take up the racquet sport after two years of social restrictions because of the Covid-19 pandemic...