BWF Permits Participation of Neutral Athletes from Russia and Belarus

BWF PRESS RELEASE The Badminton World Federation (BWF) can confirm that athletes from Russia and Belarus will be allowed to participate as Individual Neutral Athletes in BWF sanctioned tournaments commencing 26 February 2024. BWF Council voted to approve a regulative framework to allow athletes with Russian and Belarusian passports to begin competing as neutrals. A […]

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III Mexico Future Series 2023

Dates: 29/08 – 03/09, 2022 Category: Future Series City: Guadalajara Country: Mexico Entry deadline: August 1st, 2023 Referee: Alejandro Lopez (MEX) 1. Prospectus size: 181KB| date:2023 download 2. Transport Form size: 58KB| date:2023 download 3. Accreditation Form size: 73KB| date:2023 download 4. Seeded Report size: 0KB| date:2023 download 5. Tournament Software Link View

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Champions in Trinidad & Tobago – Pan Am Circuit 2023

Pan Am players filled the podiums of the Trinidad & Tobago International 2023, Pan Am Circuit event held in Tacarigua, from August 22 to 27. Check here full results. Samuel Ricketts and Tahlia Richardson (JAM) won the gold medal in Mixed Doubles. Starting as seeded 1 duo, they defeated duos from Trinidad & Tobago and […]

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Pan Am Players at BWF World Championships 2023

Pan Am players started the competition with the right foot reaching important victories during the first day of the BWF World Championships 2023 in Denmark. Check here Schedule and Results Day 4: Beiwen Zhang was the only Pan Am Player to reach R16 and, after a tough match, she lost against seeded 1, An Se […]

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Trinidad & Tobago International 2023

Dates: 22/08 – 27/08, 2023 Category: International Series City: Tacarigua Country: Trinidad and Tobago Entry deadline: Tuesday, July 25th Referee: Trevor McCain (JAM) 1. Prospectus size: 211KB| date:2023 download 2. Seeded Report size: 240KB| date:2023 download 3. Tournament Software Link View

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TEN YEARS OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS – AND A FIRST WIN

Text by BWF | BadmintonPhoto What’s the value of one match win at the World Championships? Ask Howard Shu. The USA player debuted at the 2013 World Championships, a decade ago. In the five previous World Championships that he played before the 2023 edition, Shu fell at the opening hurdle. Today, in his tenth year of […]

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GENERATION THAT YGOR COELHO INSPIRED HAS ARRIVED

Text by BWF | BadmintonPhoto Jonathan Matias and Davi Silva were knee-high to Ygor Coelho when they started playing badminton at the Miratus Center, a badminton academy started by Coelho’s father Sebastiao in a Rio favela. Now Matias and Silva are bigger than Coelho — Silva towers over 6 ft 6 in – and both are at their first BWF […]

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‘YOU CANNOT COMPARE YOURSELF WITH OTHERS’

TEXT BY BWF The SATHIO GROUP Australian Open win was special for Beiwen Zhang. It was her first title in five years; more significantly, it marked two years to the day when she suffered a serious Achilles injury at the Tokyo Olympics. Having broken into the top 10 once again – her best ranking since […]

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Brazil International Series 2023 Champions

Pan Am Players from Chile, Guatemala, Mexico and host Brazil took the podiums at the Brazil International Series 2023, held in Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, from August 9 to 13. Check here full results. Olympic Semifinalist Kevin Cordon won the gold medal after great matches. Starting as seeded 1, Cordon defeated players from Brazil, Mexico […]

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