# Southern Railway wins All India Railway Ball Badminton title 2026-08-23T23:26:16+00:00 | Sports | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Southern Railway (SR) beat South Coast Railway 2-0 in the final to win the 61st All India Railway Ball Badminton Championship in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, placed third. Kalai Selvan was named Star Player, Rajesh of Southern Railway was awarded Best Player. Sandip Mathur, General Manager of South Coast Railway, presented the prizes. Dr Pudi Hariprasad, president of the South Coast Railway Sports Association, and other railway officials attended the event held at the Railway Ball Badminton Courts in Visakhapatnam. Southern Railway dominated the final to take top honours in the inter-railway tournament. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Ball badminton is a regional variant of badminton played in Tamil Nadu and nearby areas. It uses a rubber ball instead of a feathered shuttlecock. The Railways run many inter-railway tournaments across different sports. Southern Railway's win continues a pattern of strong performance in the southern zone. The next edition will likely be hosted by the defending champion's zone. The tournament is a selection event for the All India Railways team that competes in national championships. ## Coverage - telanganatoday.com Straight factual event report on a sports victory, no political or government angle visible. This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Ball Badminton, Integral Coach Factory, South Coast Railway, Southern Railway, Visakhapatnam Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/southern-railway-wins-all-india-railway-ball-badminton-title/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/southern-railway-wins-all-india-railway-ball-badminton-title/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/