COVID-19 halts sporting events AGAIN! All domestic badminton tournaments postponed

New Delhi, April 6: With increasing coronavirus cases in the country, it seems like the sporting events will be postponed once again repeating what had happened last year. This comes as the Badminton Association of India (BAI) informed that all upcoming domestic badminton tournaments of India have been postponed amid the surge in COVID-19 cases.

 

 

This means that the upcoming tournament in Bengaluru, scheduled to be played from April 18 to 25 has been postponed. Also, junior and sub-junior competitions in Hyderabad, which were slated to be held in May, have been postponed.

 

 

"With the exponential rise in the number of COVID+ cases across the country, BAI President Himanta Biswa has decided to postpone all the upcoming domestic tournaments starting with Banglore (April18-25) followed by junior and sub-junior in Hyderabad in May," BAI Media tweeted.

 

 

India has been undergoing a second COVID-19 wave in the last few days. On Sunday, over one lakh new infections were reported, the highest 24-hour spike in the country since the beginning of the pandemic.

 

 

Earlier in the day, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced that the Russian Open 2021 and Indonesia Masters 2021 Super 100 have been cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions and complications.