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PETALING JAYA: The Academy Badminton Malaysia (ABM) has been forced to shut down as five national shuttlers have tested positive for Covid-19.
In a circular on Friday (April 16), the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) said the five stayed at the Academy, adding that those who came into close contact with them are now being quarantined as instructed by the National Sports Institute (NSI), the National Sports Council (NSC) and the Health Ministry.
BAM also said that the cases have also been reported to the district health office situated in Kepong and everyone living at the premises were immediately tested in the morning.
Closed bars are seen at the Ratchada Railway Night Market, as the country will close schools, bars and massage parlors, and ban alcohol sales in restaurants for at least two weeks starting from Sunday, after a jump in the Covid-19 cases, in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday (April 17, 2021). - Reuters
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The Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) is refusing to put any unnecessary pressure on players heading to Tokyo 2020 as it sticks to its goal of achieving the country’s long-awaited first Olympic gold medal in the sport at Paris 2024.
Malaysia has achieved eight badminton medals since the sport made its debut on the Olympic programme at Barcelona 1992, but has so far failed to secure gold.
The nation has won 11 Olympic medals in all, but none were gold.
Lee Chong Wei holds three men’s singles silver medals, with last coming at Rio 2016 where Goh V Shem and Tan Wee Kiong and Chan Peng Soon and Goh Liu Ying claimed medals of the same colour in men’s doubles and mixed doubles respectively.
KUALA LUMPUR: Reigning All-England champion Lee Zii Jia is ready to raise the bar higher – to crack into the world’s top-five ranking.
Not contented to just to stay in the top 10, the 23-year-old has vowed to build on his career-best position of world No. 8 that he attained after his stunning victory in Birmingham two weeks ago.
However, Zii Jia reckons that he must bide his time before he can break the domination of the top five – Japan’s Kento Momota, Denmark’s duo Viktor Axelsen and Anders Antonsen, Taiwan’s Chou Tien-chen and Indonesia’s Anthony Ginting.
The ‘Big Five’ hegemony are set to remain at the top for a long period as they have raced away from the rest of the pack in terms of ranking points.