Yoke Meng out of national juniors, now to handle U-13 girls


PETALING JAYA: Thomas Cup winner Kwan Yoke Meng’s days with the national junior team look to be numbered.

The 54-year-old was handed yet another “demotion” when he was put in charge of the girls’ Under-13 development squad following a revamp of the national junior coaching set up revamp announced by the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) yesterday.

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