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BadmintonScotland CEO Calls For British Government Intervention

One of Scotland’s most experienced sports administrators "has called for the British government to investigate the way funding is allocated" after it was announced that "support for a variety of sports has been axed," according to Kevin Ferrie of the HERALD SCOTLAND. Badminton "is among seven sports to lose out, with only powerlifting proving successful in its appeal." That was "in spite of the sport achieving its target at the Rio Olympics," leading to an "angry response" from BadmintonScotland CEO Anne Smillie. She said, "The decision by UK Sport to refuse badminton’s appeal is a major setback to the sport and the government should intervene to overturn it. I see no justification for leaving an Olympic medal-winning sport with no funding whatsoever, especially when sports that didn’t win medals or reach their targets have retained their funding" (HERALD SCOTLAND, 2/21).

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