Badminton: World Junior Badminton Championships: Shuttlers forgo WJBC over unfair selection?

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Sri Lanka’s participation at the World Junior Badminton Championships (WJBC) hangs in the balance after players and their parents refused to withdraw their complaint over an unfair selection to the Special Investigation Unit of the Ministry of Sports.

The aggrieved parties met with badminton officials yesterday to discuss a way forward but it all ended in a stalemate when badminton officials insisted on parents and players withdrawing the case filed against them to facilitate their travel to Spain. This has been strongly rejected by the parents and the players. The WJBC will be played from October 24 to 30 in Spain.

However, a parent, of a victimised player, speaking to the Sunday Times immediately after the two-hour meeting said, “We won’t withdraw the case. We don’t want to go. We’re moving out”. [Read more]

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