Badminton tourney

KATHMANDU: Devinagar Club is organising the National-level Badminton Tournament here from Thursday.

The four-day tournament will feature men’s singles, doubles and veteran doubles events, informed the organisers on Wednesday. Top 20 national shuttlers will compete in the singles event, while 36 teams will take part in doubles and 21 teams will vie for the veteran title.

The winner, runner-up and third place finishers in doubles category will get Rs 50,000, Rs 25,000 and Rs 10,000, while top three players in the singles category will take home Rs 25,000, Rs 15,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively. Likewise, top three players in veteran category will receive Rs 25,000, Rs 10,000 and Rs 5,000 respectively.

Final matches are slated for Saturday.