Date:10/05/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/05/10/stories/2007051001551900.htm

Sport - Badminton

BAI names team for Sudirman Cup

Mumbai: National champion Chetan Anand and top women's pair of Jwala Gutta and Shruti Kurien paid dearly for their anti-federation stance as the Badminton Association of India on Wednesday dropped them from the Sudirman Cup squad in June.

"They were invited to the National camp that commenced on April 24 and also an opportunity was given to them to participate in the trials in Hyderabad (May 6 to 8), but they failed to report," BAI said in a release.

Without its top-ranked singles player and top women's doubles duo, India will field an under-strength side for the World Team championship in Glasgow from June 10 to 17.

The team: Men: Anup Sridhar, P. Kashyap, Rupesh Kumar, Sanave Thomas (doubles) and V Diju (mixed doubles).

Women: Saina Nehwal (singles), Aditi Mutatkar (singles), Ashwini Poonappa, Aparna Balan and Nitya Sosale. — PTI