Zilberman given visa, AP reports

Misha Zilberman of Israel has been granted a visa to enter Indonesia to compete in the Total BWF World Championships, according to a report late yesterday from the Associated Press.  […]

Misha Zilberman of Israel has been granted a visa to enter Indonesia to compete in the Total BWF , according to a report late yesterday from the Associated Press.  The report cited Olympic Committee of Israel Secretary General Gili Lustig as saying that the Badminton World Federation intervened.

Zilberman was scheduled to fly to Jakarta yesterday with his mother and with BWF Secretary General Thomas Lund.  He has been in Singapore for two weeks waiting for his visa.

Click here to read the AP report from the website of Israeli newspaper Haaretz

Don Hearn

About Don Hearn

Don Hearn is an Editor and Correspondent who hails from a badminton-loving town in rural Canada. He joined the Badzine team in 2006 to provide coverage of the Korean badminton scene and is committed to helping Badzine to promote badminton to the place it deserves as a global sport. Contact him at: don @ badzine.net