Badminton: Momota off to winning start in international comeback

Badminton: Momota off to winning start in international comeback

Japanese badminton player Kento Momota plays a shot during a qualifying match for the Canada Open in Calgary on July 11, 2017. The former world No. 2, whose ban from competition for illegal gambling was lifted in May, went on to win his first-round match of the main draw in his first competition overseas in approximately a year and three months. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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