‘Too premature’: BAI rejects reports about appointing foreign coaches
The media reports claimed that BAI appointed Irwansyah as the new singles coach for the men and women while Tan Him Ker was roped in as the doubles coach for both categories.
The media reports claimed that BAI appointed Irwansyah as the new singles coach for the men and women while Tan Him Ker was roped in as the doubles coach for both categories.
Badminton Federation of India (BAI) on Tuesday announced the cash reward of Rs 50 lakh for the para-shuttlers, who have won medals at the recently concluded Paris Paralympics Games.
The BAI’s response ended with #badmintonforall and hinted that a first of its kind, domestic circuit structure will be put in place.
The women’s team that won the historic Badminton Asia Team Championship (BATC) crown last month will get Rs 35 lakh, Asian Games gold medalist men’s doubles combination of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are awarded Rs 12 lakh, Asian Games men’s singles bronze medalist HS Prannoy will receive Rs 5 lakh while the men’s team that bagged the 2022 Asian Games silver for the first time will collectively get a prize sum of INR 40 lakh.
The 28-year-old Okuhara, who claimed the Syed Modi International Super 300 title in Lucknow and skipped the Guwahati event the following week, had arrived in New Delhi via Hong Kong on Sunday night. It was then her ordeal started.
Olympic medalist Saina Nehwal has took to her social media account and slammed the Badminton Association of India (BAI) over the scheduling of the trials for the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games.
The video platform Zoom is being severely criticised for compromising on the security of its users
Earlier, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) had also shut down their offices in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Sindhu's former badminton colleague Jwala Gutta accused an unnamed BAI official of mental harassment.
Though Gutta did not mention Gopichand, she claimed she was thrown out of the national team despite her repeated good performances.
