Glasgow: England will face Malaysia in the badminton mixed team event final on Monday after a hard-fought 3-0 win over India in the semifinals at the Emirates Arena on Sunday evening.
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Glasgow: Defending champions Malaysia reached the Commonwealth Games badminton mixed team final on Sunday but only after an epic 3-2 victory in the best of five rubbers semi-final against Singapore.
Mixed doubles pair Chan Peng Soon/Lai Pei Jing had to come from behind to scrap past Danny Chrisnanta/Vanessa Neo 17-21, 21-12, 21-14 to clinch the winning point in a three set thriller that kept the fans on the edge of their seats. Continue reading Glasgow 2014: Malaysia survives Singapore’s rally to reach final
Glasgow: Defending champions Malaysia suffered a scare before downing hosts Scotland to progress to the semi-final of the Commonwealth Games badminton mixed team event.
Chan Peng Soon and Lai Pei Jing were beaten in the opening rubber of the knockout stages by mixed doubles pairing by Robert Blair and Imogen Bankier 22-24, 21-9, 21-11 in a match lasting 64 minutes.
Glasgow: Despite their 2-3 loss to Canada their last Group D tie on Friday, Australia was able to advance into the mixed team’s badminton quarter-finals at the Commonwealth Games.
Glasgow: Australia are unlikely to reach the badminton mixed teams quarter-finals after a tight loss to Canada on Friday.
The tight 2-3 result probably means Australia will not progress from the round-robin group matches into the quarter-finals.
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Glasgow: After thrashing Ghana and Uganda with the exact scoreline of 5-0 Thursday, Indian shuttlers continued their good showing at the 20th Commonwealth Games as they blanked Kenya 5-0 on the second day of the mixed team competition to top group B.
Scratch pair of K. Srikanth and Jwala Gutta were the ones to start the proceedings for India as they mauled Mercy Joseph and Patrick Mbogo 21-8 21-8 in just 18 minutes.
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Glasgow: Few days ago, Norfolk Island badminton star Richard Cribb said he came to Glasgow to just make a point or two; and he got what he wished for in the opening game against South Africa, literally.
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Glasgow: No tears, no drama, no contest. Malaysia got off to a good start in the one-sided opening game of mixed team event by defeating Barbados 5-0.
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Glasgow: The Queen and more than 40,000 spectators at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games opening ceremony have paid a moving tribute to victims of the MH17 tragedy by taking part in a minute of silence. 82 of the victims were from Commonwealth nations.
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Glasgow: Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, met with England badminton team ahead of Commonwealth Games opening ceremony in Glasgow.
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