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COMMONWEALTH GAMES: TEAM EVENT THIRD DAY RESULTS

September 11, 1998 (NEW SHUTTLENWS) - Following are some of the results of the third day of badminton team competition at the 1998 Commonwealth Games being held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (seeded teams marked with *; names of winning team's players first):

Men's Team
Pool B
Scotland* beat Maldives 5-0 (Bruce Flockhart beat Ahmed Riyaz 15-2, 15-3; James Mailer beat Abdulla Shakeeb 15-9, 15-10; David Gilmour beat Mamdhoun Rasheed 15-4, 15-3; Kenny Middlemiss/Russell Hogg beat Abdulla Shakeeb/Hassan Riyaz 15-2, 15-3; Craig Robertson/Alastair Gatt beat Ahmed Riyaz/Mohammed Sharath 15-3, 15-50)

India beat Sri Lanka 5-0 (Pullela Gopi Chand beat Duminda Jayakody 15-8, 15-4; Nikhil Kanetkar beat Thushara Edirisinghe 15-7, 15-8; Abhinshyam Gupta beat Janaka de Silva 15-7, 15-6; Jaseel Ismael/Vincent Lobo beat Duminda Jayakody/Thushara Edirisinghe 17-16, 9-15, 15-6; George Thomas/Markose Bristow beat Janaka de Silva/Palinda Halangoda 15-11, 15-6)

Pool C
England* beat Fiji 5-0 (Darren Hall beat Burty Molia 15-0, 15-1; Mark Constable beat Roger Fong 15-0, 15-1; Peter Knowles beat Filivai Molia 15-0, 15-1; Simon Archer/Chris Hunt beat Roger Fong/Eric Yuen 15-0, 15-1; Nathan Robertson/Julian Robertson beat Burty Molia/Filivai Molia 15-0, 15-3)

Australia beat Wales 3-2 (Stuart Brehaut lost to Geraint Lewis 6-15, 11-15; Murray Hocking beat John Leung 14-17 15-11, 15-9; Ong Rae Mun lost to Richard Vaughan 15-6, 15-5; Murray Hocking/Mark Nichols beat Geraint Lewis/Matthew Hughes 15-6, 15-7; Peter Blackburn/David Bamford beat John Leung/Richard Vaughan 15-5, 15-7)

Pool D
New Zealand* beat Brunei 5-0 (Nicholas Hall beat Kambar Amran 15-5, 15-5; Geoffrey Bellingham beat Junid Mohammed 14-15, 15-3, 15-8; Christopher King beat Homammed Salleh Huzaini 15-5, 15-3; Dean Galt/Daniel Shirley beat Michael Nyau/Fadzli Mohammed 15-0, 15-3; Nick Hall/Antonio Gargiulo beat Kambar Amran/ Talip Ermadena 15-6, 15-2)

Mauritius beat Ghana 5-0 (Edouard Clarisse beat Charles Mensah 15-2, 15-9; Denis Constantin beat Charles Williams 15-7, 14-17, 15-9; Stephen Beeharry beat Alexander Ayim 15-3, 15-5; Stephan Beeharry/Geenesh Dussain beat Charles Williams/Anthony Arthur 15-0 15-0; Edouard Clarisse/Denis Constantin beat Charles Mensah/Alexander Ayim 15-7 15-9)

(Today's badminton competition was shortened so that players could attend the opening ceremonies).

(aplayer/dsimmons)