Popular women's doubles pair Kumiko Ogura and Reiko Shiota head the list of 10 Japanese badminton players selected for the Beijing Olympic Games along with men's doubles players Shuichi Sakamoto and Shintaro Ikeda. Read the full story . . . ...full story at Japan Times
from Japan Times on Thu, May 01 2008
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