Six Indians in top-10 of BWF world junior rankings; Varun, Samiya attain career-best spots
Other Sports | January 15, 2021 16:55 ISTVarun jumped four places among male singles players, while Samiya climbed six spots in the female category.
Varun jumped four places among male singles players, while Samiya climbed six spots in the female category.
The BWF further said that the positive results were confirmed on Wednesday after a second test.
The apex body said the players can appeal the decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) within 21 days.
The Indian team, comprising Olympic hopefuls PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and B Sai Praneeth, have been allotted training timings.
In a series of tweets, Olympic bronze-medallist Saina expressed her displeasure at the restrictions imposed by BWF as part of its COVID-19 protocols for the bio-security bubble.
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.
Apart from Denmark Open, SaarLorLux Super 100 was the only other event to be held last year since the BWF was forced to suspend the calender after the completion of the All England Championships in March.
The Olympic qualification period will last till the Indian Open 2021 to be held from May 11-16 in New Delhi.
With Olympic qualifications in mind, the Badminton Association of India (BAI) on Monday announced a strong eight-member squad to participate in the three upcoming tournaments, scheduled in January.
She last played competitively at the All England Championships in March this year before the Covid-19 pandemic brought sport to a halt.
The direction came after it came to light that a Goa-based organisation is conducting such an event next month.
The league, which is one of the highest prize money badminton tournaments in the world, was initially scheduled to take place in the last week of December in Delhi, Mumbai and Pune.
BAI general secretary Ajay Singhania met sports minister Kiren Rijiju to chalk out a plan for conducting the USD 400,000 India Open event, which is scheduled to be held from March 30 to April 4 at the Indira Gandhi Stadium.
Defending Champion Lakshya had to withdraw from SaarLorLux Open in Saarbrucken after his father-cum-coach D K Sen returned a positive test for the virus.
The ongoing Covid-19 restrictions and uncertainty left BWF, Badminton New Zealand and tournament organisers no choice but to cancel the event, a BWF statement read.
Maharashtra Badminton Association has written a letter to state sports minister Sunil Kedar requesting for the resumption of the sport as the livelihood of many coaches have been badly affected by the COVID-19 induced lockdown.
Kidambi opens against world no 52 Toby Penty of England in the second half of the draw while Shubhankar Dey and Ajay Jayaram will look to go deep into the tournament.
The para-badminton champion revealed that she recently got a new blade prosthetic leg in Mumbai and will be adapting to it in time for the Paralympics next year.
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.
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