Sumeet-Manu pair gets sports NGO's support for Rio Olympics

Posted by: 2016-05-20 02:52:05 ,
By Raj Kumar

Indian men's doubles pair of Sumeeth Reddy and Manu Attri would be supported during their campaign in the Rio Olympics by Pune-based sports NGO, Lakshya, it was announced on Thursday.
The sports NGO had supported the cause of women's and mixed doubles players in badminton during the 2012 London Olympic Games too, a media release said.
"We are happy that Ahmednagar-based Narendra Firodia, general secretary of the Shantikumarji Firodia Memorial Foundation has also joined hands with Lakshya to support the cause of sports and extended support to these two badminton stars," said president of Lakshya, Vishal Chordia.

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