Last updated on November 23rd, 2023 at 01:56 amThe Badminton Scottish Open 2018 has been taking place at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow. Kirsty Gilmour managed to retain her women’s single title overcoming the second seed Line Hojmark Kjaesfeldt of Denmark. Gilmour took the first game reasonably comfortably winning 21-16 but found it much harder in the second despite leading …
Last updated on March 23rd, 2022 at 01:40 amIt will no doubt come as little surprise to hear that many of the world’s most successful sports stars earn huge amounts of money. I’m sure you would not be that surprised to learn that many earn far more outside of their chosen sport than from within it. Sure they need the …
Last updated on April 2nd, 2019 at 05:30 amThe CEO of Badminton Scotland Anne Smillie has announced that she is to retirement from her post. She had held the position since 1990 and had also been a BWF Council member between 2003 and 2009. You can find more on the story over at the BWF website but here’s what the …
Malaysian badminton players Tan Chun Seang, 31 and Zulfadli Zulkiffli, 25 have been banned for 15 and 20 years respectively for match-fixing. During the independent hearing both players were found to have “engaged in corruption offences over a significant period and a significant number of tournaments” from 2013. Not only will the players be banned from playing badminton but the …
Last updated on May 31st, 2022 at 09:33 pmIt’s time to catch up on all of the main highlights at this year’s Commonwealth Games from a badminton perspective. So here’s a quick Commonwealth Games 2018 badminton Round-up. The men’s singles saw Lee Chong Wei claim victory over former world number one Kidambi Srikanth from India. He won 19-21 21-14 21-14, …
Last updated on March 23rd, 2022 at 01:41 amPoul-Erik Høyer the BWF President recently addressed the proposed changes by the BWF Council by saying they will ultimately benefit the players. In fact he said the aim of many of the changes will be focusing on our players that will deliver better financial rewards. He said “As outlined in our Strategic …
Badminton may well be a great sport played by a vast amount of people but there's no getting away from the problems that the professional games still faces. So what is the future of badminton? Well the BWF Council believes it has the answers and is planning to implement changes if passed at the upcoming AGM.