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2009 Badminton World Championships: Semifinal Results

 Saturday August 15th Results: Semifinal Results - It looks like China will be represented well in the finals tomorrow, as they could run away with four of the five titles.China's Chen Jin competes against Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat, unseen, during men's singles semifinals at the World Badminton Championships in Hyderabad, India, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2009.

2009 Badminton World Championships: fifth day

 Friday August 14th Results - Major upset at the quarter-finals today at the World Championships, as both the women's and men's number one seeds bowed out.  Lee Chong Wei (at left) exited 21-16, 14-21, 21-China's Lin Dan watches as his return to Denmark's Pe

2009 Badminton World Championships: fourth day

 Thursday August 13th Results - Saina Nehwal (at left) celebrates her third round win against Bulgaria's Petya Nedelcheva.  Saina needed to rally back from a first set loss to win the next two 21-18, 21-10.   It definetely helped to have the thousa

2009 Badminton World Championships: third day

 Wednesday August 12th Results - Hongyan Pi of France returns a shot against Taiwan's Hung Shih-Han during their women's singles matc

2009 Badminton World Championships: second day

 Tuesday August 11th Results - Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia (at left) won his first match against Switzerland's Christian Boesiger 21-14, 21-14.

England has pulled out of the badminton World Championships

 Aug 9 , 2009 - England has pulled out of the World Championships, citing concerns over a "specific terrorist threat." Badminton England released a statement saying there was, " "concerns about the English team potentially being a target of attack in the event of a terrorist act."  A foreign office spokesperson said, "The decision to withdraw from the wor

Saina Nehwal has recovered after her setback

 Aug 8 , 2009 - Saina Nehwal has completed recovered after her setback with the chicken pox.  She has returned to full training and said, " "I am feeling good, I have been practising hard for the past one week and I think I am getting there.  It’s a fact that my preparation got hampered by the sudden sickness but I am trying to make the most of the time available.

Venkateswara Rao is selected to be umpire for the badminton World Championships

 Aug 4, 2009 - India has selected 41 year old,  Mr. Venkateswara Rao, who is physical director of St.

Pakistan will not be allowed to compete in badminton World Championships

 Aug 3, 2009 - Pakistan will not be allowed to compete in the World Championships because a drop in their rankings. "Senior vice president of Pakistan Badminton Federation, Syed Naqi Mohsin told Geo News that ranking of Rizwan Azam and Mohammad Ateeq in doubles was 62 while ranking of Wajid Ali in singles was 106."