Indian badminton great Nandu Natekar passes away at 88
Other Sports | July 28, 2021 10:39 ISTThe 88-year-old, who won over 100 national and international titles in his career, was suffering from age-related ailments.
The 88-year-old, who won over 100 national and international titles in his career, was suffering from age-related ailments.
Momota had fractured his eye socket in a highway accident in Malaysia, which took the life of his driver and injured several Japan team members.
No positive tests have been recorded so far for players who were tested on arrival and who are currently in quarantine, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) informed on Tuesday.
The 19-year-old claimed five titles in the senior circuit last year, including two BWF World Tour Super 100 top honours — SaarLorLux Open and Dutch Open.
The BWF on Friday said that due to challenges in securing all logistical arrangements for players and participants, staging the Asian leg in November as originally planned, was no longer a viable option.
The nodal sports body had allowed the camp for eight Olympic hopefuls following approval from the Telangana government on August 1 but only four are currently training at the SAI-Pullela Gopichand Academy.
The decision was in line with the International Olympic Committee (IOC)'s recent directive to its National Olympic Committees (NOCs) to maintain gender equality in decision-making positions by 2020.
Viktor Axelsen hopes that rules are in place for the players to be able to make a choice on whether they want to play the matches or not.
The Hyderabad Open, which was scheduled for August 11-16 and was a part of the BWF schedule to restart the sport, has been cancelled due to coronavirus.
Coach Sanjay Mishra says he tells his wards to try and control the negative thoughts which would also help them deal with tough match situations.
The events affected include the several BWF World Tour events headlined by the Blibli Indonesia Open 2020 (Super 1000) and a number of Grade 3, junior and para-badminton competitions, the world governing body of badminton said in a statement
Barring the ongoing All England Championships, all badminton events have suspended until April 12.
In a joint statement, the Badminton Association of India (BAI) and Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Wednesday said that the tournament will be held as per schedule.
PV Sindhu has five world championship medals to her name and is the first Indian singles badminton player to win an Olympic silver medal.
The Badminton Association of India (BAI) had named a second-string women team for the tournament to be held from February 11 to 16 but a full-strength men's side which features World Championship bronze medallist B Sai Praneeth.
BWF and Chinese Badminton Association have considered all necessary health, safety and logistical risks and both parties believe it was sensible to postpone the tournament at this time.
PV Sindu suffered a 21-16, 16-21, 19-21 loss to Japan's Sayaka Takahashi in a thrilling Indonesia Masters quarterfinal match.
Men's no.1 shuttler Kento Momota, who faced injury in road accident in Malaysia, has now been discharged from the hospital.
World No.1 shuttler Kento Momota was injured in a road accident in Malaysia on Monday.
PV Sindhu lost to Akane Yamaguchi 21-18, 18-21, 8-21 in her first game of the Group A game of the BWF World Tour Finals.
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