Chinese badminton ace Lin Dan might have had more than one affair, Sin Chew Daily reported.

Quoting news from entertainment website Quan Ming Xing Tan, the daily claimed that apart from the affair with a model, for which he has apologised, he was also allegedly involved with a badminton player at a Beijing university.

It was reported that the shuttler, identified as Li Zhi, deleted many posts and photographs on Weibo, including those of her with Lin Dan, recently.

Lin Dan, who became a father two weeks ago, apologised for cheating on his wife, hours after the affair was exposed online.

Nicknamed “Super Dan” in China, Lin is the only man to have retained the Olympic badminton singles title – in 2008 and 2012 – and is the most successful singles player in the World Championships, winning five times between 2006 and 2013.