Badminton great Padukone making good recovery after Covid

Former All England champion Prakash Padukone is making good recovery after having been discharged from a Bengaluru hospital where he was admitted for a week due to Covid.

Padukone, who was hospitalised on May 1 as a precautionary measure as his fever was not subsiding, was discharged on Saturday, according to a report.

Padukone's family members too had returned Covid-positive but recovered in home isolation.

The 65-year-old former badminton player was the first Indian to clinch the All England title in 1980 and again reached the final the following year.