Delhi shuttlers bag Sub-jr National double

Delhi bagged a double by winning both the boys` and girls` singles titles in the under-15 category of the 27th Sub-junior National Badminton Championship, which concluded at J N Indoor Stadium here today. Manipur and Maharashtra claimed the two singles titles in under-13 age group of the week-long championship, which was hosted for the first time in Odisha.
Home shuttlers came a cropper in the week-long championship as none among them could reach quarterfinals in any of the six events. Earlier, Odisha Governor Dr Senayangba Chubatoshi Jamir inaugurated the championship in the presence of host Odisha State Badminton Association working president F C Subudhi and secretary Pradip Mohanty.