New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- Olympic medallist Saina Nehwal on Tuesday confirmed her retirement from competitive badminton after being out of action for nearly two years due to a chronic knee condition, according to the Olympics.com.

"I had stopped playing two years back. I actually felt that I entered the sport on my own terms and left on my own terms, so there was no need to announce it," Saina Nehwal said in a podcast as quoted by Olympics.com.

Nehwal, who scripted history by winning a bronze medal in the women's singles badminton event at the London 2012 Olympics, played her last competitive badminton match during the Singapore Open in 2023.

The former World No. 1 revealed that the decision was taken after severe cartilage degeneration in...