Sporting digest: Badminton

BADMINTON

YONEX ALL ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS (National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, 14- 18 March) Singles seedings: Men: 1 H Arbi (Indon); 2 A B Wiranata (Indon); 3/4 J Suprianto (Indon), A B Kusuma (Indon); 5/8 H Susanto (Indon), Dong Jiong (Ch), T Stuer-Lauridsen (Den), P E Hoyer Larsen (Den); 9/16 Fung Permadi (Tai), Lioe Tiong Ping (Indon), M Mainaky (Indon), Hu Zhilan (Ch), Hendrawan (Indon), Lee Kwang-Jin (S Kor), R Sidek (Malay), Kim Hak-Kyun (S Kor). Women: 1 S Susanti (Indo); 2 Bang Soo-Hyun (S Kor); 3/4 Lim Xiaoqing (Ch), Ye Zhaoying; 5/8 Ra Kyung-Min (S Kor), M A Tjiptawan (Indon), C Martin (Den), Han Jingna (Ch)