GB badminton `staggered´ as funding cuts for seven Olympic sports upheld
(The Guardian Sports News)

o Badminton, archery and fencing have funding slashed o Goal ball, table tennis, weightlifting and wheelchair rugby also victimsThe desperate appeals from GB badminton and six other sports for funding for the Tokyo Olympics have been dramatically rejected by UK Sport, which said the sports were unable to provide fresh evidence that they had any chance of winning a medal in 2020.Archery, fencing, goal ball, table tennis, weightlifting and wheelchair rugby also had their claims for money for the next Olympic cycle rejected. Continue reading...