Expert Badminton Advice

Indore, Jan 1: Indore will host 64th Inter State-inter zonal and 73rd senior national badminton championship from February 10-18 this year.

Jamshedpur, Jharkand, Dec 30 : Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) thrashed defending champion Visakhapatanam Steel Plant (VSP) here last evening in the finals to clinch the All Indian Inter Steel Plant Badminton Championship.

Pune, Dec 31 : Riding on the flare and glory of excellent performance by Saina Nehwal in the Beijing Olympics, the Pune City Badminton Association (PCBA) will organise a Badminton seminar on January 3 at PYC Gymkhana here.

KUCHING: The state government has allocated a three-acre land in Petra Jaya for the development of an integrated badminton sports complex.

WORLD No 1 Lee Chong Wei, confidence boosted after the Super Series Masters Finals triumph in Kota Kinabalu, is on a double mission as he wants to capture the Super Series curtain raiser Malaysia Open and the Korea Open over the next two weeks.

Shuttler's fees estimated at Rs 35-40 lakh. The star of badminton player Saina Nehwal rose phenomenally in 2008. She broke into the world top-10 list, reached the Olympic quarter finals and now it seems that marketers too have started taking note of her.

PETALING JAYA: It will be an all-Klang Valley final in the 100Plus National Junior inter-state mixed team badminton championships. Defending champions Kuala Lumpur advanced beating Kedah 6-3 in the semi-finals at the Juara Stadium in Bukit Kiara yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia emerged the overall champions in badminton at the 14th Asean University Games, winning all seven gold at stake. The runners-up were Indonesia with five silver and three bronze while Thailand came in third with five bronze.

KUALA LUMPUR: Coach Datuk Misbun Sidek is lying sick in bed but Lee Chong Wei will keep his mind on the job to prepare well for the defence of the Malaysian Open men?s singles title at the Putra Stadium in Bukit Jalil next week.

THE focus will be on badminton as the world championships are back on the calendar and Lee ChongWei and co will be hunting for the country?s maiden world title but squash and bowling will capture, like always, the headlines in 2009.