Badminton players off to Malaysia

Published October 13, 2009

LAHORE, Oct 12 Two under-19 players Temur Arab and Irfan Saeed left here on Monday for Kuala Lumpur to participate in the training camp and World Under-19 Championships at Alor Setar, Malaysia.

The two players have been selected by the Badminton Asia Confederation for the first pilot project for game's development.

They will attend the camp till Oct 26 and then participate in individuals' event of the championship from Oct 28 to Nov 1.—APP

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