India’s 30-member Badminton World Juniors contingent of players and support staff that competed from October 5-17, almost did not make it to Cairo, Egypt, after funding clearance from the Sports Authority of India (SAI) did not arrive ahead of the squad’s departure.

Jagsher Singh Khangurra returned with a bronze in a toughly contested boys’ singles, but only after the Badminton Association of India (BAI) scrambled to collect funds and send the team in time for the start of the event.

This follows revelations, as reported by this daily, of established stars such as PV Sindhu and Lakshya Sen being refused funds for the European swing of events in Finland, Denmark, France and Germany.…