Badminton: Skirt-rule finally been changed

WUHAN: Badminton’s world body has abandoned plans to force women players to wear skirts, said the officials, in the face of fierce opposition which threatened to cause controversy during the Olympics. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) sparked an uproar last year when it tried to make skirts or dresses mandatory for female players, before postponing the move indefinitely. But deputy president Paisan Rangsikitpho said the skirts rule which was criticised by China, Indonesia and India, and Malaysia’s main Muslim party, had finally been scrapped.“We have shelved the ban,” said Rangsikitpho.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 29^th, 2012.