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China Open: Early Exit For Pearly and Thinaah

Sep 19, 2024

Several of our reps have suffered second-round exits at the China badminton Open.  

They include newly crowned Hong Kong Open champions, Pearly Tan/M. Thinaah, who were beaten by their Chinese opponents.  

Meanwhile, the mixed doubles pair of Chen Tang Jie/Toh Ee Wei and Tan Kian Meng/Lai Pei Jing were also shown the door.  

However, Man Wei Chong/Tee Kai Wun Goh Sze Fei/Nur Izzuddin reached the quarterfinals.  

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Arsenal have played down Bukayo Saka's injury concerns, ahead of tomorrow morning's Champions League match at Atalana.  

The Gunners say Saka is available, after he was taken off as a precaution in last weekend's EPL win over Tottenham.  

Martin Odegard, Kieran Tierney, Takehiro Tomiyasu and Oleksandr Zinchenko are out, but Declan Rice is back from suspension.  

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Barca will travel to Monaco tomorrow morning for their Champions League clash.  

Both teams have had solid starts to their respective domestic campaigns, with Barca winning all 5 of their La Liga matches so far, while Monaco are unbeaten in the French league.  

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Real Sociedad midfielder Martin Zubimendi reportedly regrets rejecting a proposed move to Liverpool during the summer and is now open to joining them in January.  

This, amid Sociedad's disappointing start in La Liga, losing 4 of their opening six matches.  

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Manchester United forward Anthony Martial has reportedly completed his free transfer to Greek club AEK Athens. 

He became a free agent at the end of last season, when his United contract expired.