IN AN attempt at promoting Sports, Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) gave financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh to international badminton player Mugdha Agre who has proved her mettle at several national and international competitions.

Mugdha was given the cheque of Rupees 10 lakh by CMD WCL Manoj Kumar. Director (Personnel) Dr Sanjay Kumar; Director Technical (Project & Planning) AK Singh and HOD (Welfare/CSR) AN Verma were present on the occasion. All of them wished her the best for all her future competitions.

Mugdha said that she would utilise this financial assistance for training, procuring sports kit and participating in various badminton competitions.

Following is the list of Mugdha’s achievements — silver medal in JE Wilson Ghana International Series 2019; silver medal in Lagos International Challenge 2017 in Nigeria in September 2017, bronze medal in Yonex Sunrise Bangladesh International Challenge 2018 in December 2018 and bronze medal in Tata Open International Challenge 2018 at Mumbai in November 2018. Her all-time best International Ranking (BWF Ranking) in women’s singles was 59. Currently her BWF Ranking is 97 and national-level BAI Ranking is 12.