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KOREA OPEN - Taufik to skip event

Tuesday, 15 January 2008

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In an interview given to "The Star" of M, Taufik Hidayat announced that he will skip the Korea Open and concentrate on the All England and Olympics - his two targets this year, hinting that the Malaysia Open was just meant for him to get " a feeling of playing again" after he got an injury during SEA GAMES.

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The Olympic champion had warned on many occasions that he would not return to Korea due to bad line judging; He did not however, this time, give this excuse to skip the 300 000 Won event, in Seoul next week. Lin Dan, on his side, will be travelling to Seoul after he skipped Malaysia Open.

BWF - New Website
Monday, 14 January 2008

The Badminton World Federation has launched its new website at the usual address http://www.internationalbadminton.org/. On top of the features which were already on the old website, the new set up is clear, well organised with video clips promised for February. Badzine wishes good luck to this new website.