LAHORE: The National Senior and Junior Badminton Championships are being held here at the Wapda Sports Complex from Tuesday, Pakistan Badminton Federation president Wajid Ali announced on Monday.

The three-day junior event will be played from Jan 21-23 while the 57th senior championship will be staged from Jan 26-31.

Announcing the details of the championships, Wajid said more than 150 youngsters from across the country would be featuring in the national junior championships. While the boys will compete in U-14, 16 singles events, they will also play the U-18 doubles. The girls will compete in U-16 singles, and U-18 singles and doubles.

Wajid said more than 200 male and female players would be competing in the senior championships. The events to be contested in the senior championships include team event, singles, doubles and mixed doubles.

Meanwhile, Wajid said the game of badminton required government’s patronising. “Holding the [said] event has become a very tough task because it is not easy to get a sponsor for badminton,” he remarked.

Published in Dawn, January 21st, 2020