KUALA LUMPUR: Singles shuttler Mohd Hafiz Hashim has given himself one more year to try and salvage his badminton career.

And, this time, the person behind his comeback is his new-born baby girl.

Hafiz resumed training a week ago and will compete in the back-to-back Malaysian and Korean Opens.

The Malaysian Open, which serves as the season opener of the Super Series, will begin on Wednesday at the Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil and it will be followed with the Open in Seoul.

Hafiz had been busy since the birth of Hanna Sofileah in November — keeping late nights with his wife Nadzatul Shima Mohd Nazari to take care of their baby girl.

JAKARTA: Inspired by badminton champion Liem Swie King, actor and film producer Ari Sihasale plans to launch his third children’s film — about badminton — in June.

“It’s badminton players who make this country become known to the world but they are usually forgotten. They are treated like a king or queen only at the moment they win, but after that nobody really cares about them,” Ari told The Jakarta Post.