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South Korean badminton star An Se-young, the women’s singles winner at the Paris Olympics, tempered her criticism of the national team upon her return home Wednesday as government officials look ...
In 2002 the International Badminton Federation (BWF), concerned with the unpredictable and often lengthy time required for matches, decided to experiment with a different scoring system to improve the commercial and especially the broadcasting appeal of the sport [citation needed]. The new scoring system shortened games to seven points and ...
As a response, the Badminton World Federation created an integrity panel to investigate alleged match fixing incidents in badminton. [39] During the 2012 Summer Olympics, several of the Badminton women's doubles matches came under scrutiny from Olympic officials and the Badminton World Federation (BWF). Eight players were ejected from games for ...
Malaysian officials appealed against the disqualification but the appeal was dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). [52] [53] The same day, Iraqi weightlifter Mohammed al Aifuri tested for positive for etiocholanolone and androsterone. It was his second failed drug test in six years. [54]
The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member nations: Canada , Denmark , England , France , Ireland , Netherlands , New Zealand , Scotland and Wales .
Badminton was one of two demonstration sports at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. It was the first time that the sport was part of the Olympic program, and it would become an official Olympic sport 20 years later at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Badminton is a racquet sport ... Different racquets have playing characteristics that appeal to different players. ... It became an official Summer Olympic sport at ...
The 2017 BWF World Championships of badminton were held from 21 to 27 August at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. [1] [2] [3] The venue can hold 6,000 spectators. [3] When Glasgow hosted the event in 1997 it was held at the Scotstoun Centre.