Kuala Lumpur: Badminton's world governing body (BWF) will create a separate commission to deal with match-fixing problems, Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen said after being elected president on Saturday. Denmark's 1996 Olympic men's singles gold medallist Hoyer Larsen beat Indonesian Justian Suhandinata to claim the role after an election at the BWF headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.
The 47-year-old, the only European to win a badminton gold at the Olympics, will replace South Korea's Kang Young-joong who vacated the post after eight years at the helm.
"Badminton has been in my heart for my whole life and therefore I cherish this opportunity," Hoyer Larsen said. I am really looking forward to work with the staff and my council members in order to deliver for the future... so that we are fulfilling the task that had been set by Dr. Kang."
Hoyer Larsen will have four years to revive the sport, which came under fire at last year's London Olympics when four women's doubles pairs from South Korea, China and Indonesia deliberately played to lose their matches in order to get a more favourable draw....
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03:59 PM, May 18, 2013
Kuala Lumpur: Four-time champion Lin Dan of China will defend his World Championship title in August, courtesy a wildcard given by the the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Thursday. The BWF's Committee of Management (COM) for the World Championships voted unanimously to award the legendary men's singles player a wildcard for the Aug 5-11 event to be held in Guangzhou, his homeland. Exercising its prerogative to nominate a wildcard entry in...
04:25 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: Indian shuttlers Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu retained their women's singles rankings in the list released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) on Thursday. Saina is currently at No. 2 while Sindhu, with her win in Malaysia last week, stayed put at 13th. Parupalli Kashyap is the highest ranked Indian male shuttler at World No. 11 while RMV Gurusaidutt pipped Ajay Jayaram to be the second best Indian...
04:17 PM, May 09, 2013
Mumbai: Shuttlers will be allowed two challenges when badminton uses technology to rule on contentious decisions for the first time at next month's Indonesia Open, the governing body of the sport said. The system, featuring ultra-slow motion cameras, will allow players to review line calls and umpire overrules, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said in a statement. "Challenges must be made immediately after the shuttle has landed and the call...
02:33 PM, May 07, 2013
New Delhi: After achieving a career-high of World No.6 last week, Parupalli Kashyap dropped out of the men's singles top-10 in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released Thursday. Due to a first round exit at the recently concluded India Open, Kashyap dropped five places to be ranked 11. But on the positive side, a brilliant performance by Indian shuttlers has led seven of them to be ranked in top-55...
05:31 PM, May 02, 2013
New Delhi: World No.2 Saina Nehwal retained her place in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) women's singles rankings released on Thursday. City-mate P.V. Sindhu currently playing in the Badminton Asia Championships in Taipei also kept her 16th place. London Olympics quarter-finalist Parupalli Kashyap, Mumbai's Ajay Jayaram and Sourabh Verma also retained their positions in the men's singles rankings. While Kashyap is at a career-best No.7, Jayaram and Verma are...
04:18 PM, Apr 18, 2013
Kuala Lumpur: Badminton is set to follow tennis and football by introducing technology to review disputed line-calls, officials said on Wednesday in an attempt to ease one of the sport's major flash-points. A test set-up will be used at next month's Sudirman Cup in Malaysia before the new system goes live at the Indonesian Open in September, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said in a statement. "What we are doing...
06:30 PM, Apr 17, 2013
The World No.2 Indian, in 2012, won two Super Series Premier titles, two Grand Prix Gold titles and bronze at the London Olympics. ...
06:27 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Saina, who turns 23 on March 17, was overtaken by World Champion Yihan Wang in the women's singles rankings. ...
05:18 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Li Xuerui and Chen Long won their respective badminton finals at the BWF World Super Series Finals here Sunday. ...
05:36 PM, Dec 16, 2012
Saina Nehwal lost her second straight Group B match against Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand in straight games. ...
12:07 PM, Dec 13, 2012
New Delhi: India's Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal has gained a place to fourth in the world badminton rankings. Saina swapped places with China's Shixian Wang in the latest rankings announced on Wednesday by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). Saina currently has 76331.7444 points, 300 more than Shixian, who missed the Olympics as only three players from a nation are eligible to play. Parupalli Kashyap, who reached the quarter-finals in...
07:43 PM, Aug 09, 2012
London: The IOC demanded a probe into the coaches of eight disqualified players, dashing world badminton's hopes of drawing a line under a match-throwing scandal that has damaged the sport's credibility at the London Games. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) also said it would review video of all round-robin matches at the Olympic tournament, after competing teams slammed the format as ripe for manipulation. The investigations overshadowed spirited competition on...
09:51 AM, Aug 03, 2012
London: World badminton apologised on Wednesday for a scandal that has sullied the sport's reputation at the London Olympics and resulted in eight women being disqualified from the tournament. The expulsion of four women's doubles pairs sent shockwaves through the tournament, removing China's top-seeded duo and other doubles pairs from the South Korean and Indonesian teams. "I'm very, very sorry this has happened for both the players and for the...
09:40 AM, Aug 02, 2012
New Delhi: Ace shuttler Saina Nehwal on Saturday created history by becoming the first Indian singles player to reach the summit clash of the BWF Super Series Finals after defeating Tine Baun of Denmark in the semi-finals at Liuzhou in China. World number four Saina beat number five Baun 21-17, 21-18 in 34 minutes to set up a summit clash on Sunday against China's world number one Yihan Wang who...
05:18 PM, Dec 17, 2011
New Delhi: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal notched up a stunning straight-game victory over world number three Xin Wang in the last Group B match of the BWF Super Series Finals at Liuzhou in China on Friday. World number four Saina, who has already qualified for the semifinals, beat Xin 21-17 22-20 in 39 minutes to top Group B. She will take on Tine Baun of Denmark in the semifinal...
06:57 PM, Dec 16, 2011
Saina became the first Indian to reach Olympic badminton quarter-finals. ...
10:46 AM, Jan 06, 2009
The passport had not renewed by the Regional Passport Office of Hyderabad. ...
01:53 PM, Dec 13, 2008
Saina is scheduled to play in the BWF World Super Series Masters Final in Malaysia. ...
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