Sporting Digest: Badminton

China, the world champions, are to play a six-match series in England this autumn. England are hoping to use the fixtures as preparation for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.

TOUR DATES: 27 September Ponds Forge International Sports Centre (Sheffield); 28 Sept Gateshead Leisure Centre; 29 Sept Peter Paine Sports Centre (Boston); 1 October Polkyth Leisure Centre (St Austell); 2 Oct Salisbury Leisure Centre; 3 Oct Magnet Leisure Centre (Maidenhead).