Badminton player warned over casino visit

Nippon Badminton Association Secretary General Kinji Zeniya speaks to reporters in Tokyo on April 19, 2016, after the removal of Kenta Nishimoto from Japan's national badminton team for visiting an illegal casino. The revelation follows the association's indefinite suspension on April 10 of Kento Momota, third in the world rankings, for frequenting the illegal casino, which ruled him out of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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