Ahead of All England Badminton tournament, three Indian shuttlers tests COVID-19 positive

Danish media Sport TV2 on Tuesday reported that the All England tournament could be in jeopardy after seven members of 3 nations tested positive at Birmingham.

TV2 in another report also said 3 Indians and 1 support staff were amongst the 7 who returned the positive. Indian contingent was tested at 8 am on Monday, but reports of 8 of the 25 samples came in later than the others.

Start of play will be delayed by five hours on Wednesday on account of



re-tests.

While TV2 Sport named Danish assistant national coach Thomas Stavngaard, the report also added that “Indian and Thailand squads as well as Malaysians who were on the same plane might be affected.”

Saina Nehwal tweeted late on Tuesday that Kashyap’s reports had returned inconclusive in what was a replay of the Thailand nightmare – where her previous infection from November threw up a positive, but she was allowed to play after an anti-body report.