Sporting Digest: Badminton

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Birmingham) Men's singles, fifth round: H Susanto (Indon) bt S Kookasemkij (Thai) 15-9 15-6; A Kusuma (Indon) bt Foo Kok-Keong (Malay) 15-10 15-8; J Olsson (Swe) bt H Arbi (Indon)

9-15 15-12 15-3; F Permadi (Indon) bt R Sidek (Malay) 15-10 10-15 15-6; A Wiranata (Indon) bt Park Sung-Woo (Kor) 17-16 15-1; J Suprianto (Indon) bt P Pelupessy (Neth) 15-1 15-3; Wu Wenkai (Ch) bt P-E Hoyer-Larsen (Den) 15- 8 15-6; T Stuer-Lauridsen (Den) bt Liu Jun (Ch) 15-9 15-3. Women's singles, fifth round: Lee Heung-Soon (Kor) bt J Kartika (Indon) 11-5

9-11 11-0; S Jaroensiri (Thai) bt Chung Eun- Hwa (Kor) 11-4 11-6; S Kusumawardhani (Indon) bt Guo Jing (China) 12-11 11-0; Tang Jiuhong (Ch) bt Lee Mai Leng (Malay)11-5 11-1; Bang Soo-Hyun (Kor) bt C Magnusson (Swe) 11-7 11-7; Liu Yuhong (Ch) bt M Timur (Indon) 11-3 11-3; S Susanti (Indon) bt Hu Ning (Ch) 11-2 11-5; Ye Zhaoying (Ch) bt J Santoso (Indon) 11-4 11-12 11-3.