Colombo Sri Lanka’s young badminton sensation Viren Nettasinghe will participate in his opening Group Stage encounter at the Paris Olympic Games badminton competition today.

Competing from Group G in the preliminary singles round, Nettasinghe will take on the Malaysian opponent World No. 7 Lee Zii Jia.

The match will begin at 1:40 pm local time at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena, Paris.

This match will be a crucial test for the World No. 70-ranked Nettasinghe, who is the youngest badminton player to directly qualify for the Paris Games.news first