Badminton World Federation

Type: Organization
Name: Badminton World Federation
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

BAI president elected to BWF Executive Council

Badminton Association of India (BAI) president Akhilesh Das Gupta was Saturday elected to the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Executive Council by a record number of votes in the quadrennial elections at Kuala Lumpur. ... [Published Business Standard India - May 18 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen is the new President of BWF

Former Olympic champion, Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen was picked as the President of Badminton World Federation (BWF) at the annual meeting today. ... [Published New Straits Times - May 18 2013]
First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Badminton World Federation in four year deal with IMG

MUMBAI: Badminton World Federation (BWF) and IMG Media have agreed to a four-year contract for the centralised media rights of the BWF Major Events, the BWF World Superseries and BWF Grand Prix Gold.The deal, which comes into effect with the start of ... [Published Indian Television - May 18 2013]
First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 4 reports

No Ranking Change for Sindhu despite Grand Prix Win

London Olympics bronze medalist Saina Nehwal and rising shuttler P.V.Sindhu have retained their respective second and 13th spots in the Badminton World Federation rankings released Thursday.London Olympics quarter-finalist Parupalli Kashyap also maintained ... [Published India-West - May 10 2013]
First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 3 reports

China's Lin Dan gets wild card for world championships

KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 (Xinhua) -- China's badminton star Lin Dan has been given a wild card for this year's world championships to be held in Guangzhou in August, the Badminton World Federation said on Thursday.Lin's world ranking has dropped to 41th after ... [Published People.com.cn - May 09 2013]
First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 2 reports

Lin Dan gets World Championships wildcard

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. ... [Published Business Standard India - May 09 2013]
First reported May 05 2013 - Updated May 05 2013 - 1 reports

Same old sad story

FINAL FLING: Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong have consistently failed to deliver the goods and should go their separate ways after the World Championships.IT has been repeated countless occasions.Unfortunately this time is no different. Only that – there ... [Published Yahoo! Singapore - May 05 2013]
First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 3 reports

Sindhu rises to 13, Kashyap at 11 in world rankings

London Olympics quarter-finalist, Parupalli Kashyap dropped out of the men's singles top-10 while rising shuttler P V Sindhu rose two places to reach a career-best of No.13, in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings. Kashyap, who had achieved a ... [Published DDI News - May 02 2013]
First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Yao Ming's Death and Other Stories

Yao Ming is sadly no longer with usDavid Beckham – what could be happier than everyone's favorite soccer player/fashion icon? – will next be coming to China in June, not in May as originally planned. Sources tell me that his third trip is still scheduled ... [Published Caixin Online - Apr 27 2013]
First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Minh keeps hold of 10th spot in world badminton rankings

Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Tien Minh has retained the 10 th place in the latest men's rankings in the Badminton World Federation although he was ousted from the first round of the recent Asian Badminton Championships.In the Australia Open Grand ... [Published VietnamPlus - Apr 27 2013]
First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 2 reports

Indian ace shuttler Parupalli Kashyap achieves career-best ranking of No.6

Parupalli Kashyap (Ap)Top StoriesHis first-round ouster from the India Open singles event notwithstanding, London Olympics quarter-finalist Parupalli Kashyap today moved up a place to career-best sixth in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings ... [Published Indian Express - Apr 25 2013]
First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Kashyap becomes World No.6

London Olympics quarterfinalist Parupalli Kashyap jumped a place to sixth in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings released Thursday.Despite losing his men’s singles first round match at the India Open Super Series here Wednesday, Kashyap managed ... [Published ProKerala.com - Apr 25 2013]

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Adrian Christy said: "On behalf of BADMINTON England, I was delighted to offer our congratulations to Poul-Erik. He holds his relationship with England in the highest esteem, having lived in Milton Keynes and trained at the National Badminton Centre during some of the best years of his career. "I have got to work very closely with Poul-Erik in his time as President of Badminton Europe and I am delighted that he has achieved such a tremendous goal in his sporting political career. "He will serve the world of badminton well during his presidency and I very much look forward to continuing our International work with him." Of Perry's re-election he said: ""This is a fantastic achievement to have secured a place on the BWF Council for a further period of four years. "Nora has done a tremendous job representing England on Council but has also achieved great things in her ambition to see more women involved in badminton, on and off court. "She has so much more to give and the confidence in her work from the member nations around the world, will allow her to continue what she has started." The BWF Council for 2013-2017 is:"
"My election also proves that Indian badminton is now perceived as a strong player by the international community. It will be my endeavour to promote and espouse the cause of world badminton in general and Indian badminton in particular,” he added."
...in the Asian marketplace - which is a booming sports hub - but also into other markets where fans are turning on to the fastest racquet sport. "This is an exciting time for badminton and IMG looks forward to this collaboration with BWF and badminton which has proven a best-practices model for sport business in Asia while continuing its global expansion" he added
...has dropped to 41th after his eight-month break since winning gold at last year's Olympics, meaning he was not eligible for an automatic spot. "Exercising its prerogative to nominate a wildcard entry in each category, the COM (committee of management) determined the 29-year-old's stature and fan appeal would significantly enhance the championships" the Badminton World Federation said in a statement."This was the only wildcard awarded...

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BADMINTON England congratulates President Hoyer [Published Noodls - May 18 2013]
BAI president elected to BWF Executive Council [Published Business Standard India - May 18 2013]
BAI president elected to BWF Executive Council [Published ProKerala.com - May 18 2013]
Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen is the new President of BWF [Published New Straits Times - May 18 2013]
Badminton World Federation in four year deal wi... [Published Indian Television - May 18 2013]
Dan Brown's Inferno: Florence hopes for a touri... [Published Taaza.com - May 11 2013]
No Ranking Change for Sindhu despite Grand Prix... [Published India-West - May 10 2013]
Chinas Lin Dan gets wild card for world champio... [Published Birmingham Star - May 09 2013]
Lin Dan gets World Championships wildcard [Published Birmingham Star - May 09 2013]
China's Lin Dan gets wild card for world champi... [Published People.com.cn - May 09 2013]
China's Lin Dan gets wild card for world champi... [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 09 2013]
Lin Dan gets World Championships wildcard [Published Business Standard India - May 09 2013]
Lin Dan gets World Championships wildcard [Published Mangalorean - May 09 2013]
Lin Dan gets wild card for world championships [Published Jakarta Post - May 09 2013]
Saina, Sindhu retain positions [Published Press Trust of India - May 09 2013]
Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu retain rankings [Published NDTV - May 09 2013]
Saina, Sindhu retain rankings [Published ProKerala.com - May 09 2013]
Sri Lankans emerge champions at Australian Juni... [Published Sunday Observer - May 05 2013]
Same old sad story [Published Yahoo! Singapore - May 05 2013]
Into the unknown [Published Yahoo! Singapore - May 03 2013]
Sindhu puts it past Desi, enters semis [Published Deccan Herald - May 02 2013]
Sindhu rises to 13, Kashyap at 11 in world rank... [Published DDI News - May 02 2013]
Kashyap out of top 10, Sindhu rises to 13 [Published Business Standard India - May 02 2013]
Kashyap drops out of top-10, Sindhu moves up [Published ProKerala.com - May 02 2013]
Now, badminton world looks at Indian market [Published ProKerala.com - Apr 30 2013]
Yao Ming's Death and Other Stories [Published Caixin Online - Apr 27 2013]
Minh keeps hold of 10th spot in world badminton... [Published VietnamPlus - Apr 27 2013]
Indian ace shuttler Parupalli Kashyap achieves ... [Published Indian Express - Apr 25 2013]
Parupalli Kashyap moves up to sixth in Badminto... [Published NDTV - Apr 25 2013]
Shuttler Kashyap moves to sixth in BWF rankings [Published Press Trust of India - Apr 25 2013]
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The invited guest author is Director of the Centre for the International Business of Sport at Coventry University. He can be found on Twitter at @Prof_Chadwick. RECENTLY, sport has suffered from a dramatic growth in reports of corruption, from bribery ...
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