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FORMER Olympic and world champion hurdler Liu Xiang took centre stage at the East Asian Games on Friday, as one of China's biggest sports stars competed in his fourth race since a foot injury forced him out of the Beijing Olympics last year.

YU WEI edged his Japanese rival by just one second in the men's 20-kilometre walk to secure China the first gold in track at the East Asian Games on Thursday.

LEE Chong Wei retained his World Super Series Masters title in style at Johor Baru City Stadium yesterday.

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HONG KONG: China are expected to dominate the medals table at the East Asian Games, bringing a powerful squad to Hong Kong including star hurdler Liu Xiang, "diving queen" Guo Jingjing and badminton idol Lin Dan.

China are expected to dominate the medals table at the East Asian Games, bringing a powerful squad to Hong Kong including star hurdler Liu Xiang, diving queen Guo Jingjing and badminton idol Lin Dan.

JOHOR BAHARU, Nov 30 -- In the wake of big names snubbing the US$500,000 Super Series Masters Final here, the Badminton World Federation are taking a deeper look at how to prevent a recurrence in future championships.

China's top shuttlers have joined Indonesia's star players in skipping this week's Badminton World Federation Super Series Masters Finals in Malaysia's Johor state.

SHANGHAI: Although a group of young Chinese women badminton players have dominated the courts since the retirement of veterans Zhang Ning and Xie Xingfang, the national head coach says a real leader of the squad won't emerge until about a year before the 2012 London Olympic Games.

THE World Super Series Masters Finals may offer the highest prize money in badminton -- US$500,000 -- but it is by far the most vulnerable event run by the World Badminton Federation .

PETALING JAYA: The showpiece event for Badminton World Federa tion , the Super Series Masters Finals in Johor Baru from Dec 2-6 have certainly lost the glitter.

SHANGHAI: Lin Dan's reputation in the world of badminton is unquestionable. And riding on his greatness in the sport, Li Ning sports apparel company, which sponsors the Chinese national badminton team, has launched a series of fashion apparel dedicated to him.

China's Lin Dan grabbed his fourth badminton Super Series title of the season with an easy victory over Denmark's Jan Jorgensen in the final of the US$250,000 China Open.

BEIJING: Malaysia's top men's singles player Lee Chong Wei has received invitations from several clubs to play in the revived China's Professional Badminton League.

LEE Chong Wei made a clear statement that he has completely recovered from a left knee injury when he won his sixth international title of the year, the Hong Kong Open, yesterday.

China's Jiang Yanjiao and Wang Yihan will not only be competing for the title when they meet in the women's singles final of the Yonex-Sunrise Hong Kong Open today, but also to consolidate their push to the international pinnacle of the sport.

Top-seeded Lee Chong Wei struggled into the semifinal of the men's single event at the HongKong Badminton Open here on Friday while the women's single title was already reserved by the Chinese women.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian shuttlers had better be prepared for some stiff challenges if they hope to nail a career first China Open title in Shanghai next week.

China's Du Jing and Yu Yang, women's double Olympic Champion in badminton, cruised to the second round of the Hong Kong Open within 19 minutes on Tuesday.

Two weeks after becoming the world number one, Wang Yihan is enjoying the view from the top and claims she feels no extra pressure.