March 21 - England has void two players from next week Indian Open badminton tournament because of security concerns, Indian media reported on Saturday.
Organizing Committee Secretary Punnaiah Choudhary told the Indian Express that Carl Baxter and Rajiv Ouseph, seeded 11 and 12, had withdrawn from the March 24-29 event in Hyderabad.
"I note that they have been advised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to withdraw," Choudhary said.
Security fears in the Indian sub-continent have increased after an attack on Sri Lankan cricket team bus in Lahore, Pakistan, earlier this month and in November of last year, militant attack in Mumbai.
World number one Lee Chong Wei will head a field that former Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat and former All England champion Muhammad Hafiz Hashim
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