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Covid-19 outbreak: BWF puts off 2 more Oly qualifiers

Last updated : Feb 28, 2020 18:02
SportzPower Team
Feb 27, 2020 19:02

MUMBAI: Close on the heels of the Badminton World Federation postponing the Vietnam International Challenge 2020, due to continued concerns over the Covid-19 outbreak, the BWF has postponed the YONEX German Open 2020 and the Polish Open 2020 – further reducing the number of Olympic qualifiers.

The German Open and Polish Open were scheduled to be held from March 3 to 8 in Mulheim and from March 26 to 29 in Krakow respectively, but on Wednesday the sport's world gpoverning body confirmed that both hosts had postponed the tournaments.

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