Badminton: Lee Chong Wei, Lin Dan in dream world final

Lee Chong Weis bid to become the first Malaysian to win a world badminton title has earned him a final with his arch-rival Lin Dan.Lee impressively dethroned defending champion Chen Jin by 21-13, 21-9, but it will require another outstanding effort to beat Lin, the man sometimes described as the greatest mens singles player of all time.Three times a former world champion, Lin said earlier in the week that he regarded this tournament mostly as a preparation for next years Olympic Games, to be played in the same Wembley arena.But he looked highly committed throughout an outstanding 75-minute tussle with Peter Gade, the former world number one from Denmark, who was playing in his last world championship. Lin prevailed 22-24, 21-7, 21-15 but it required a tenacious sequence of seven points in a row from 14-15 in the final game before the Chinese star wore down the tiring 34-year-olds resistance.