A Badminton Sports Academy was launched yesterday at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall and Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Charles Ramson Jr. labeled the occasion as ‘historic’.
The virtual Sports Academy which is the brainchild of the Sports Minister, will initially focus on the 12 core sports – cricket, football, athletics, basketball, table tennis, swimming, hockey, squash, rugby, volleyball, tennis and badminton.
Badminton followed in the footsteps of squash and volleyball which launched their academies on December 18.