World Champion P V Sindhu was on Wednesday unveiled as one of the ambassadors for Badminton World Federation (BWF)’s i am badminton awareness campaign.
The campaign provides a platform for players to express their love and respect for badminton by advocating and committing to clean and honest play.
Sindhu, an Olympic Silver medallist, said playing clean and honest is very important in any sport.
“This message starts with one voice. If we as ambassadors can highlight this, then I think this will spread to more players,” said the 24-year-old Indian.
“You are playing the sport for yourself. You need to be happy about it. You have to play it very clean and that is very important to me.”
Besides Sindhu, other ambassadors include Canada’s Michelle Li, Chinese duo of Zheng Si Wei and Huang Ya Qiong, England’s Jack Shephard, Germany's Valeska Knoblauch, Hong Kong’s Chan Ho Yuen and Germany’s Marc Zwiebler.