City to get new National Centre of Excellence for Badminton today

GUWAHATI: The National Centre of Excellence for Badminton will be inaugurated in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in the city on Friday. The Centre is coming up at the Amingaon Indoor Stadium.

The new state-of-the-art national badminton centre, which is a joint venture being set up by the Assam Government and Badminton Association of India (BAI), will boast a world-class infrastructure, combined with highly experienced national and international coaches and top-of-its-class support facilities.

Former Olympic champion and the youngest world number one in the men’s singles Taufik Hidayat along with Sports and Youth Welfare Minister of Assam Nandita Gorlosa and secretary of BAI Sanjay Mishra will also attend the inaugural function where the members of the winning team of Thomas Cup will be felicitated.

The inaugural ceremony will be followed by an exhibition match featuring Chirag Shetty, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Vishnuwardhan Goud Panjala and Krishna Prasad Garaga.

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