 ALL ENGLAND: With other challengers around, Chong Wei can’t take things for granted
LIN Dan’s absence from the All England in Birmingham is of no concern to Lee Chong Wei as the World No 1 just wants to focus on his preparations for the March 5-10 championships. … |
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 EXTRA CAREFUL: Kim Her makes early plans to pick only the best for World Championships
TAN Kim Her, who received much flak for the failure of the back-up pairs to qualify for the 2011 World Championships, has made early plans to ensure three national men's pairs make the cut on… |
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Taipei, Feb. 4 Most of China's top badminton players will compete at the annual Badminton Asian Championships being held in Taipei this year in April, the secretary-general of the Chinese Taipei Badminton Association said Monday.
Lin Dan, the men's singles gold medalist at last year's Olympic Games in London, and women's singles gold medalist Li Xuerui will lead the Chinese team, said Tsai Hung-peng.
Li is currently the top ranked women's singles player in the world, while Lin, currently ranked 14th in men's singles, also won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Other top name Chinese players scheduled to compete are Chen Jin, the men's singles gold medalist at the 2010 World Championships, Wang Yihan, the women's singles silver medalist in London, and Zhao Yunlei and Tian Qing, the world's top-ranked women's doubles team, Tsai said.
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LIEW Daren’s stunning win over senior compatriot Lee Chong Wei helped Malaysia Tigers to secure a 3-2 victory over Musica Champion to keep their semi-final target on track in the Djarum Superliga Indonesia in Surabaya yesterday.
Daren notched a 23-21, 21-14 win, his maiden success, over Chong Wei to give the Tigers a confident start while Hoon Thin How-Tan Wee Kiong made it 2-0 with a 21-14, 15-21, 21-18 win over Rian Sukmawan-Rendra Wijaya in the first doubles.
Musica Champion survived when Tommy Sugiarto defeated Chong Wei Feng 21-15, 24-22 but Goh V Shem-Lim Khim Wah registered a 21-16, 21-14 win over Sigit Budiarto-Fran Kurniawan to give Tigers an unassailable 3-1 lead.
Arif Latif lost 21-16, 21-10 to South Korean player Lee Hyun Il but it didn't matter as Tigers earned a crucial win.
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 Score one for Indonesia: After some uncertainty, it turns out that badminton, the country’s best sport, will be a major part of the 2013 Southeast Asian Games.
The sport had been dropped from the Games because host Myanmar said it lacked the proper facilities.
But at a meeting of th… |
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