Badminton

The Spanish city of Huelva has been awarded hosting rights for the 2021 edition of the World Badminton Championships

The Badminton World Federation has awarded hosting rights for a number of its major events across the next seven years

Gregory Verpoorten has confirmed he will not seek re-election as president of the Badminton Europe (BEC) continental governing body.

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has announced that the Swiss city of Basel will host the World Championships for para-badminton and able-bodied athletes in 2019, marking the first time that both events have been held concurrently in the same location.

Badminton Asia has signed a strategic partnership with events management agency E-Plus Global and has awarded hosting rights to the body’s 2018 Team Championships to Alor Setar in Malaysia.

Badminton England has appointed sports rights and marketing agency Sport Collective to support the development of a new commercial strategy.

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has elected to return its World Junior Championships to the Americas by awarding the hosting rights for the 2018 competition to the Canadian city of Toronto.

The Chinese city of Wuhan has signed a new three-year deal to continue to host badminton’s individual Asia Championships, the sport’s flagship event on the continent.

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has awarded hosting rights for its 2018 and 2019 World Championships to Nanjing and Basel, respectively, while it has also unveiled a major overhaul to its event structure.

Poul-Erik Høyer is poised for a second successive term as president of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) after gaining an unopposed nomination for the position.

The Badminton World Federation has awarded the 2017 Para-Badminton World Championships to Ulsan in South Korea.

The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has signed a long-term extension to its deal with sports management and marketing agency Sportzlive for the commercial rights to its Premier Badminton League (PBL) franchise-based competition.

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has outlined its intention to explore outdoor formats for the sport and tap into the esports sector, as it seeks to boost badminton’s position in the marketplace.

The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has appointed sports management and marketing agency Sportzlive to support the relaunch of the Indian Badminton League (IBL) franchise-based competition.

The International University Sports Federation (FISU) has announced badminton is to have a compulsory spot in the summer Universiade from 2021, while also stating its confidence that this year’s edition of the multi-sport event in Gwangju, South Korea will be unaffected by the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) situation in the country.

Badminton Europe, the sport’s European governing body, has announced that the Danish city of Kolding is to host the 2017 edition of its showpiece European Badminton Championships.