Rashid wants BWF to pay World Championships winners prize money


Cheah Liek Hou posing with his medal, together with his coach Rashid Sidek.

KUALA LUMPUR: Lin Dan of China won the world men’s singles title five times, his compatriots Chen Long and Yang Yang twice each, Japan’s Kento Momota has also won it twice while our very own Lee Chong Wei took the silver three times.

None of them took home even a cent for their victories.

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