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The 5th East Asian Games would see some of Asiaa s finest athletes coming to Hong Kong next month, planning committee chairman Timothy Fok Chun-ting stressed on Thursday.

Olympic champion Lin Dan will spearhead a strong field for next month's Hong Kong Open Super Series tournament, but home favourite Wang Chen may be unable to defend her singles title.

Top global news executives gathered in Beijing Thursday for the first World Media Summit hosted by the state-run Xinhua News Agency, with some planning to push for a further opening of the tightly-controlled market for news, information and entertainment content.

The sport of table tennis occupies a unique status in China, as the country produces some of the world's top players.

Badminton star Yip Pui-yin is expecting a campaign even tougher than the one she fought at the Olympics when she makes her debut at the National Games in Shandong province next month.

Top sportspersons speak to MiD DAY on their most cherished Glory Days India's top sportspersons speak to mid day on their most cherished patriotic moments as the country celebrates 62 years of independence ABHINAV BINDRA Winning an Olympic medal was more than a dream come true.

World No 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia swatted aside Vietnamese Nguyen Tien Minh to reach the quarter-finals of the world championships yesterday, August 13.

Former world and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat advanced to the second round at the badminton world championships with a 21-14, 21-14 win over Christian Boesiger of Switzerland on Tuesday.

Former world and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat advanced to the second round at the badminton world championships with a 21-14, 21-14 win over Christian Boesiger of Switzerland on Tuesday.

Former world and Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat advanced to the second round at the badminton world championships with a 21-14, 21-14 win over Christian Boesiger of Switzerland on Tuesday.

LYDIA Cheah was in tears when she aggravated the injury to her right ankle in the Malaysia Open Grand Prix in June and thought she would miss the World Championships.

China continued its diving dominance as the duo of Chen Ruolin and Wang Xin claimed the women's 10 meter synchronized with a stylish performance.

Quah Ting Wen won the girls' 200m freestyle event at the Singapore Sports School with a time of 1min 59.21sec. -- ST PHOTO: ALBERT SIM SWIMMER Quah Ting Wen added to Singapore's growing collection of gold medals at the Asian Youth Games on Friday, bringing the Republic's total to four golds.

PETALING JAYA: After suffering an unexpected blip in his last Open tournament two months ago, Lee Chong Wei will be looking to live up to his reputation as the world's top ranked singles player in the Singapore Open next week.