NEW DELHI, Aug 6: The Badminton World Federation (BWF) banned Thai shuttler Bodin Issara for two years on Tuesday for his attack on former doubles partner Maneepong Jongjit during the final of the Canada Open last month.

Maneepong was himself suspended for three months by the BWF disciplinary committee which upheld the punishments that the Badminton Association of Thailand had announced for the pair last month. “Both sanctions are effective from the date of the incident — July 21 — and the players have 21 days in which to appeal,” the BWF said.

The duo, both 22, were competing on opposite sides for the first time since they split up and tensions blew up in a bad-tempered men’s doubles contest.—Reuters