Bad boy Tago axed from Japan national team

Kenichi Tago (front) and Kento Momota in a training session during the Malaysian Open this year.

ODENSE: Shuttler Kenichi Tago has been booted out of Japan’s national team because of indiscipline.

“It was a difficult decision to make, but we had to do it because we did not want his action to influence others in the national team,” said head coach Park Joo-bong, who added that Tago was dropped after the Japan Open last month.