Badminton

Home favourite Son Wan Ho reached the men’s singles semi-finals at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Korea Masters today as the top seeds in each of the five competitions remained on course for success at the Seogwipo Olympic Stadium. 

Badminton’s biggest stars are set to be honoured at the annual Badminton World Federation (BWF) Players of the Year Awards - which are due to be held next week prior to the Dubai World Superseries Finals. 

World number five Son Wan-ho of South Korea will be aiming to make his top seeding count as he leads the field at this week’s Badminton World Federation (BWF) 2016 Korea Masters Grand Prix Gold event in Seogwipo. 

Zhao Jun Peng delivered a major shock on the final day of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Macau Open as the world number 125 beat the top seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei to win the men’s singles competition at the Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion. 

Japanese badminton player Kenichi Tago, who represented the country at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, will seek to resurrect his career after re-signing to play for Petaling BC in the professional Malaysian Purple League. 

Top seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei secured his place in the men’s singles final at the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Macau Open after comfortably overcoming China’s Huang Yuxiang at the Tap Seac Multisport Pavilion. 

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Fact of the day

Hulking Swedish actor Dolph Lundgren is best known to movie fans for his role in the film Rocky IV in 1985.  For the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta he was selected by the United States Olympic Committee as the team leader of the American modern pentathlon team.  Though he attended the Games and marched with the US delegation in the Opening Ceremony, his role was largely honorary.  It was bestowed on Lundgren as a result of the time he spent training with the team in preparation for his role in the film Pentathlon, where he starred as an East German Olympic gold medalist on the run from an abusive coach played by David Soul.  As a result of the time he spent with the team, Lundgren became a major supporter of the campaign to keep modern pentathlon on the Olympic programme. 

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