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Kenya Badminton Federation Suspended Over Leadership Faction

Badminton World Federation (BWF) has suspended Kenya indefinitely. Making the announcement on Tuesday, BWF secretary general, Thomas Lund disclosed that the suspension shall last until warring parties at Badminton Kenya are able to organise fair and transparent elections in line with BWF requirements.  This is the second Federation to be suspended after Swimming Federation suffered […]

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Russian European Badminton Bronze Medalist Ban For Match Fixing

The BWF opened an investigation against Nikita Khakimov, European badminton bronze medalist after obtaining a statement from a whistleblower, who claimed the shuttler had approached him to manipulate match results at the European Teams Championships held in Feb. 2018 Russian doubles badminton player Khakimov has been ban five-year subsequently after being found guilty of offences […]

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Badminton World Federation Announced New Olympics Qualification For Tokyo 2020

After approval by International Olympics Commitee (IOC) and Paralympic, Badminton World Federation (BWF) has outline new qualification rules for the Tokyo 2020. Although the new system will still maintain the ranking points earned during the original qualification window. However, it has extended the Olympic qualification period for the first 17 weeks of 2021, culminating around […]

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India Badminton Players Furious With Badminton World Federation

Most senior India World best badminton players have a lot of issues to grind with Badminton World Federation (BWF) after the later released a jam-packed calendar for the remaining part of the year. In the new 2020 badminton calendar year, it contains 22 tournaments which are set to take place over five months, starting with […]

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Badminton Federation Took It’s Own Doping Panel To CAS Over African Champion

Badminton World Federation (BWF) appeal to Court of Arbitration (CAS) against it’s own doping panel not to ban the five times African Champion, Mauritius Kate Foo Kune will be heard on May 27. No further details of the violation or nature of the offence have been revealed by the BWF. The case will be heard […]