The England team has withdrawn from the World Badminton Championships in India because of “a specific terrorist threat” against the tournament.
The eight-strong squad, which includes the Olympic silver medallist Nathan Robertson, pulled out of the event, which starts tomorrow in Hyderabad, after a reported threat by the Muslim extremist group Lashkar-e-Taiba.
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