Sport in short: Badminton

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Birmingham) Men's singles semi-finals: S Susanto (Indon) bt T Stuer-Lauridsen (Den) 10-15 15-2 15-10; J Suprianto (Indon) bt A Wiranata (Indon) 18-14 15-3. Women's singles semi- finals: Bang Soo-Hyun (S Kor) bt Tang Jiuhong (Ch) 11-3 10-12 12-10; S Susanti (Indon) bt Ye Zhaoying (Ch) 12-10 12-10. Men's doubles semi-finals: Cheah Soon Kit and Soo Beng Kiang (Mal) bt Chen Kang and Chen Hongyong (Ch) 15-6 15-5; R Subagja and R Gunawan (Indon) bt P Axelsson and P Jonsson (Swe) 15-9 11-15 15-4. Women's doubles semi-finals: Nong Qunhua and Zhou Lei (Ch) bt L Olsen and L Stuer-Lauridsen (Den) 15-2 15-13; Chen Ying and Wu Yuhong (Ch) bt Chung So-Young and Gil Young-Ah (S Kor) 15-7 6-15 15-11. Mixed doubles semi-finals: T Lund (Den) and C Bengtsson (Swe) bt N Ponting and G Clark (GB) 15-8 18-15; J Holst-Christensen and G Mogensen (Den) bt A Miranat and Elisa (Indon) 15-5 15-4.