Junior badminton league to expand to 40 teams

PETALING JAYA: The Purple League Junior (PLJ) badminton league is set to be expanded to a 40-team contest when it returns for the sixth edition.

The Malaysia Purple League (MPL) are currently unable to finalise the competition dates, but their chief operations officer Ho Khek Mong said plans are in place to do away with the three-division format and replace it with a league played over four different regions – Kuala Lumpur (Klang Valley), Ipoh (North), Johor (South) and Sarawak (east Malaysia).