September 19, 2025
Special Olympics and Badminton World Federation Mark Milestone with Global Impact Report
Special Olympics International (SOI) and the Badminton World Federation (BWF) unveiled the Special Olympics Badminton Impact Report 2020–2024 today at a celebration held courtside during the Special Olympics Asia Pacific Regional Badminton Competition in Bukit Kiara, Malaysia.
August 6, 2025
BWF-WAoS Education Scholarship Programme 2025 – Update
Badminton World Federation (BWF), in collaboration with the World Academy of Sport (WAoS), has launched a new cycle of scholarships for the Postgraduate Certificate in International Sports Management and Athlete Certificate.
August 1, 2025
“Sliding Benchmark” Might Help Talent Identification
A research study published in the International Journal of Racket Sports has suggested that “sliding benchmarks” might help identify talent in cases of players who do not conform to traditional standards of athletic development.
July 29, 2025
Sound start for BWF Centralised Courses
BWF recently launched its first run of centralised Coach Education courses at the Etisalat Academy in Dubai. This initiative allowed participants from around the globe to attend our top-tier courses, including Coach Education Level 3, Level 2 Tutor, Level 1 Tutor, Disability Tutor, and the FastTrack Coaching Course for Former and Current International Players.
July 5, 2025
Latin America’s Jump in Badminton Gears Up for Special Olympics World Games Santiago 2027
This year, the Badminton World Federation is celebrating World Badminton Day with the theme of “Raise A Racquet—Play, Learn, Celebrate!” and Special Olympics is joining in. With over 137,000 Special Olympics badminton players and 300 million total participants worldwide, badminton is making a huge impact on the field of sport.
June 20, 2025
World Refugee Day: Badminton Ignites Purpose and Possibility at 3rd Hope and Dreams Sports Festival in Jordan
World Refugee Day is a global call to recognise the courage, aspirations and rights of forcibly displaced people. Nowhere was that spirit more alive than at the 3rd Hope and Dreams Sports Festival, held from 30 April to 3 May 2025 in Amman, Jordan, where more than 1,250 refugee children and young athletes came together to experience the unifying power of sport.
June 4, 2025
Badminton at World Teachers Games
BWF made an impression at the World Teachers Games 2025 earlier this month, reaching out to over 400 participants assembled in the host city of Toulon, France.
June 1, 2025
BWF Honours Member Achievements With MA Awards
Landmark achievements of Member Associations were celebrated by BWF at the fourth edition of the BWF Member Association Awards on Saturday 26 April 2025.
June 1, 2025
Inclusive, Innovative and Sustainable Sport
The 13th BWF Members’ Forum 2025 in Xiamen, China covered four key topics relevant to the community: Capacity Building, Sustainability, Inclusive Badminton, and Events Innovation.