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Momota positive for Covid-19, Japan to miss Thailand Open: association

Badminton world number one Kento Momota tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday. (AFP/file)
Badminton world number one Kento Momota tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday. (AFP/file)
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03 Jan 2021 08:01:17 GMT9
03 Jan 2021 08:01:17 GMT9

TOKYO: Badminton world number one Kento Momota tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday, prompting the withdrawal of all Japan’s players from this month’s Thailand Open, Japan’s Badminton Association said.

Momota was looking to make his international comeback in Bangkok after almost a year out following a car crash that left him with serious injuries.

AFP

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