Badminton News : Ray of hope for Indian badminton

Experienced Indonesian coach Agus Dwi Santoso will soon join the Indian camp to work with top singles players including PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal. According to reports, the appointment of Santoso, who was working with the Badminton Association of Thailand till earlier this month, was cleared by the Sports Ministry recently and the paperwork for his visa has already started. BAI had been looking for a foreign coach to help chief coach Pullela Gopichand ever since South Korea’s Kim Ji Hyun left the national team citing the health issues of her husband. Sources said Gopichand himself had initiated the talks with Santoso, who had earlier coached star players like Son Wan Ho and Sung Ji-Hyun during his two-year stint with the South Korean squad from 2016-18.