Daily Archives: March 18, 2020

Fiji’s Liam Fong receives the Daniel Shirley Sportsmanship Award

Events, General NewsBy Tom March 18, 2020

Every year at the continental championships, a player is awarded with the Daniel Shirley Sportsmanship Award. Daniel Shirley is one of New Zealand’s most decorated badminton players over the last 25 years, winning three bronze and one silver medal across three Commonwealth Games. In 2005, he also went on to win a bronze medal at…

IOC issues communique on Tokyo 2020

EventsBy Tom March 18, 2020

BWF MEDIA STATEMENT The International Olympic Committee (IOC), while continuing its consultations with stakeholders of Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, has issued a communique on the principles established by the IOC Executive Board, together with their implementation in cooperation with all the stakeholders concerned. Badminton World Federation is fully supportive of all the positions stated in…