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Zii Jia shines at World Championships

Aug 23, 2019

Lee Zii Jia continues to impress at the Badminton World Championships.

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The top national singles shuttler, who's playing in his first World Championships, is thru to the quarterfinals with a win over world number 12 Kenta Nishimoto. 

Joining him in the last eight are the mixed-doubles pair of Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying.

No-go for the Speedy Jantan

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National sprint king Khairul Hafiz Jantan will not be defending his 100m SEA Games gold medal, after he was left out of the lineup for this year's edition in the Philippines.

He had failed to meet the qualifying time of 10.43 seconds. 

Khairul Hafiz will, however be taking part in the 4x100 meters relay.

Kompany to concentrate on playing

Vincent Kompany is giving up his match-day managerial duties at Anderlecht to concentrate on playing.

The former Man City defender joined the Belgian club this summer as a player-manager, but they've only taken two points from their first four matches...which is their worst start to a campaign in over two decades.

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