{
  "id": 3932055,
  "title": "BAM brings back former stars Teo Kok Siang, Wong Pei Tty to strengthen doubles coaching ranks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/bam-brings-back-former-stars-teo-kok-siang-wong-pei-tty-to-strengthen",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-28T09:14:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/sports/2026/08/28/bam-brings-back-former-stars-teo-kok-siang-wong-pei-tty-to-strengthen-doubles-coaching-ranks/233050"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Kuala Lumpur, August 28 – The Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) has announced that former shuttlers Teo Kok Siang and Wong Pei Tty will return to the national coaching team starting September 1, according to a recent statement. Kok Siang will serve as the mixed doubles coach, while Wong Pei Tty will take up the position of women's doubles coach. The BAM's move aims to reinforce the national coaching structure and boost player development and performance on the global stage. Both coaches have valuable experience from their prior tenure with BAM, having worked in the organization's coaching department previously. Teo Kok Siang spent five years coaching in BAM's junior and senior doubles programmes before departing in 2022. Wong Pei Tty, a former world number one, represented Malaysia at the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and served as a coach in BAM's women's doubles department before leaving the national body in 2020. Rexy Mainaky, BAM's national doubles coaching director, stated that the appointment of the mixed doubles department head will be announced in due course.",
  "summary": "KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 –– Former national shuttlers Teo Kok Siang and Wong Pei Tty will rejoin the national co...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}