Badminton

Sports broadcaster SPOTV has acquired Badminton World Federation media rights in 12 Asia-Pacific markets in a five-year deal, from 2022 to 2026, brokered by the Infront agency

Pan-regional sports broadcaster SPOTV has secured Badminton World Federation rights in several territories in Southeast Asia in a multi-year deal

The Badminton World Federation plans to run more back-to-back tournaments in certain countries and regions in 2022 in an effort to address expected ongoing disruption from pandemic-related travel restrictions

TV2 Denmark, the government-owned subscription and free-to-air broadcaster, has extended its media rights agreement with the Badminton World Federation in a deal running from 2022 to 2025

The Badminton World Federation has announced a one-year extension with HSBC, its Principal Global Partner and title sponsor of the BWF World Tour

French oil and gas company TotalEnergies will continue to serve as the title sponsor of major events organised by the Badminton World Federation as part of an extended deal brokered by the Infront agency

The Badminton World Federation has cancelled three tournaments in Asia in 2021 as Covid-19 continues to cause major calendar disruption

Sports data and technology company Stats Perform has secured a five-year deal to become the exclusive distributor of live streams and real-time stats to licensed betting operators for Badminton World Federation…

Sports data and betting services company Sportradar has agreed a two-year deal with Badminton Europe to monitor its competitions and ward off the threat of match-fixing

Suzhou in China will host the 2023 Sudirman Cup and India will host the Badminton World Championships in 2026 after a reallocation of hosting rights by the Badminton World Federation

The Badminton World Federation has announced major changes to its 2021 calendar, including the cancellation of a swathe of Asian tournaments and moving the Sudirman Cup Finals and World Tour Finals out…

Denmark’s Poul-Erik Høyer has been re-elected as president of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), which has reported a loss of $9.82m (€8.05m)

The Singapore Badminton Open 2021 has been cancelled because of Covid-19 challenges, the Badminton World Federation and the Singapore Badminton Association have confirmed

Badminton World Federation president Poul-Erik Høyer is set for a third term in the role after being nominated for re-election unopposed.

Badminton equipment brands Victor and Yonex will supply the Badminton World Federation’s flagship events from 2022 to 2025.

The Badminton World Federation said this year’s US Open and Canada Open have been cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions.

The Badminton World Federation has announced a series of changes to Asian events on the World Tour 2021 tournament calendar

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has handed new dates to its postponed 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup Finals, and has also unveiled a financial support package for tournament hosts during its 2021 season