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Badminton: Kien Keat-Boon Heong stun Olympic champions for semis spot @ Hong Kong Open
Nov29

Badminton: Kien Keat-Boon Heong stun Olympic champions for semis spot @ Hong Kong Open

Hong Kong Open KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s top men’s doubles pair of Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong finally rose to the occasion to reach the semi-finals of the Hong Kong Open with a stunning win over reigning Olympic champions Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia. Yesterday, the duo blew away the top seeds and world No. 1 Markis-Hendra 21-11, 21-17 in just 21 minutes in the quarter-finals. With the win, Kien Keat-Boon Heong have...

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Badminton – MACAU GRAND PRIX GOLD 2008 Final Result – Kien Keat-Boon Heong Retain Title, Jinxed Chong Wei Stumbles Again
Oct05

Badminton – MACAU GRAND PRIX GOLD 2008 Final Result – Kien Keat-Boon Heong Retain Title, Jinxed Chong Wei Stumbles Again

Datuk Lee Chong Wei once again fail to get gold medal after the Beijing Olympics defeat to Lin Dan. His first outing as World Number 1 in Japan Open two weeks ago also defeat to Soni Dwi and today yet again he lost to Taufik Hidayat both from Indonesia. Will it affect his world ranking? Could Datuk Lee retain his World Number 1 title? He said “Will definitely try my best!” in his blog but hopefully next time he will get...

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Badminton – MACAU GRAND PRIX GOLD 2008 Final
Oct04

Badminton – MACAU GRAND PRIX GOLD 2008 Final

Macau Open Badminton Championships has already been organizing since 2006. This World Grand Prix event is sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which carries a total prize money of US$120,000. This is a world class event where all the world’s top and finest players augurs well for the development of the sport of badminton in Macau, which is also a milestone in BWF to make badminton the fastest racquet sport in the...

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Koo Kien Kiat / Tan Boon Heong vs Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan- Badminton Beijing Olympic 2008 Result
Aug13

Koo Kien Kiat / Tan Boon Heong vs Markis Kido / Hendra Setiawan- Badminton Beijing Olympic 2008 Result

THE Malaysian challenge for an Olympic medal from badminton has been whittled down to just one contender following the exits of Wong Mew Choo and the men’s pair of Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium last night. And Lee Chong Wei will shoulder the responsibility of keeping the Malaysian hopes alive when he takes on Indonesian Sony Dwi Kuncoro today for a place in the men’s singles...

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