Indonesia to host international badminton championship in August
Xinhua, July 28, 2015 Adjust font size:
Indonesia is to hold the BWF International Badminton Championship from August 10 to 16 in Jakarta with players from 54 countries and regions planning to vie for the titles, officials said here on Tuesday.
"The preparation as a host of the event has been done well," Anton Subowo, chairman of the committee said at Museum of Bank Indonesia.
"The world' s athletes will vie into the event and perform their best skill," Poul Erik Hoyer, president of badminton world federation (BWF).
Among the participating countries at the BWF International Badminton Championship are China, South Korea, Denmark, Thailand, Japan, Britain, the United States, Germany and France, said Yuni Kartika, spokesperson of the Indonesian badminton association. Endi