Badminton England

LONDON: The world’s oldest tournament, the YONEX All England Open 2020, will go ahead as originally scheduled, hosts Badminton England confirmed on Tuesday.

The 11-15 March event is the season’s first World Tour Super 1000 tournament and counts towards qualification for Tokyo 2020.

Adrian Christy, chief executive of Badminton England, said in a statement that the organisers were mindful of the challenges posed by the COVID-19 outbreak.