Badminton-Returning Lin chases sixth All-England title

By Rod Gilmour BIRMINGHAM, England, March 2 (Reuters) - Double Olympic champion Lin Dan will launch his bid to become the fourth male singles player to win six All-England badminton titles when the sport's oldest tournament begins on Wednesday. Another triumph for the 31-year-old world number six would put him alongside former champions Frank Devlin of Ireland, Denmark's Erland Kops and Indonesian Rudy Hartono. Defending champion Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia will be missing while he serves a ban after failing a doping test at the world championships in August. "It is a shame when the very best players in the world are unable to compete," Badminton England chief executive Adrian Christy told Reuters.
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