Former badminton champion Datuk
Lee Chong Wei called on Malaysians today to 'spread love, not hate' as the country's different ethnicities face a daily barrage of invective messages testing national unity and harmony.
Summary: New Delhi [India], Jun 13 (ANI): Malaysian badminton player
Lee Chong Wei, who has been battling cancer, on Thursday announced retirement from his 19-year long celebrated career.
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AFP) - Cancer-hit badminton star
Lee Chong Wei announced his retirement Thursday, ending a brilliant career in which he collected a swathe of honors but never won a world or Olympic title.
PUTRAJAYA, MALAYSIACancer-hit badminton star
Lee Chong Wei announced his retirement Thursday, ending a brilliant career in which he collected a swathe of honours but never won a world or Olympic title.Lee, who spent a total of 348 weeks as world number one but lost six world and Olympic finals, wept as he called it quits months after fighting off nose cancer.
Malaysian badminton star
Lee Chong Wei is being treated at a hospital in Taiwan for early stage nose cancer, the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) said Saturday.
In the other men's semis,
Lee Chong Wei suffered a shock defeat which saw the Malaysian great going down in straight sets to rising Japanese star Kento Momota.
LEE CHONG WEI (Badminton, Malaysia) ARGUABLY the second most dominant badminton player in history, behind China's Lin Dan, the 35-year-old will be looking for his third men's singles gold.
His success followed a surprisingly comfortable victory over China's Olympic champion Chen Long on Friday, and offers the chance of redemption after being blown away by Malaysia's
Lee Chong Wei in last year's final.
In the other group, Malaysian veteran
Lee Chong Wei and South Korean Son Wan Ho moved into the last four stage.
But some of Malaysia's shuttler including legend
Lee Chong Wei didn't see action because of the on-going World Championships in Glasgow.
" I knew that I can match the level of top players when I can beat someone like
Lee Chong Wei. Somehow I was not able to make the most of the big wins.
Singapore: Former world number one
Lee Chong Wei is by far the biggest name in the Southeast Asian Games' badminton tournament but the Malaysian shuttler is happy to keep his return from a doping ban low-key as he eyes bigger goals.