Indian badminton club Pune Vijetas have bought Vietnam's leading player Nguyen Tien Minh, ranked world No 7, for 44,000 USD to play in India's first ever badminton league (IBL), due to get underway from August 14-31.
According to Huynh Ngoc Lien, Vice Chairwoman of Ho Chi Minh City's Badminton Association, the 1 million USD event attracts India's six leading clubs and every IBL club will be allowed to sign foreign players by auction.
The starting amount of money for the top five is 50,000 USD and for No 6 to No 12 is 25,000 USD.
In other news, Minh was seeded No 7 after the draw for the World Badminton Championships took place on July 22.
The first round will see the 2013 US Open's defending champion meet Wu Joe of New Zealand, the world's No 116. If he gets through, he will play world No 60 Domke of Germany or No 69 NJan Frohlich from the Czech Republic in the next round.
The tournament will take place in China on August 5-11.-VNA
According to Huynh Ngoc Lien, Vice Chairwoman of Ho Chi Minh City's Badminton Association, the 1 million USD event attracts India's six leading clubs and every IBL club will be allowed to sign foreign players by auction.
The starting amount of money for the top five is 50,000 USD and for No 6 to No 12 is 25,000 USD.
In other news, Minh was seeded No 7 after the draw for the World Badminton Championships took place on July 22.
The first round will see the 2013 US Open's defending champion meet Wu Joe of New Zealand, the world's No 116. If he gets through, he will play world No 60 Domke of Germany or No 69 NJan Frohlich from the Czech Republic in the next round.
The tournament will take place in China on August 5-11.-VNA
