Top seed Beiwen Zhang of the United States overcame Canadian teenager Rachel Chan to secure her first women's singles title at the Pan American Individual Badminton Championships in Guatemala.
Valletta in Malta has been chosen to stage next year’s Badminton Europe Congress as the organisation hopes to avoid a third successive cancellation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The men’s singles and men's doubles finals have been cancelled following the confirmation of three COVID-19 cases at the European Badminton Championships in Ukrainian capital Kiev.
Spanish top seed Carolina Marín is one win away from claiming her fifth successive women’s singles title at the European Badminton Championships after booking her place in the final in Kiev.
Teenager Rachel Chan sprung a big surprise at the Pan American Individual Badminton Championships following a stunning three-game victory over second seed Iris Wang in the women’s singles in Guatemala City.
Pan American Games gold medallist Ygor Coelho of Brazil is out of the Pan American Individual Badminton Championships after he suffered a shock quarter-final defeat to Canada's BR Sankeerth in Guatemala City.
World number 80 Kalle Koljonen stunned third seed Rasmus Gemke in straight games to secure his place in the semi-finals of the European Badminton Championships in Ukrainian capital Kiev.
Top seed Jason Anthony Ho-Shue of Canada fought back from a game down to beat El Salvador's Uriel Francisco Canjura Artiga and reach the third round of the Pan American Individual Badminton Championships in Guatemala City.
Danish duo Anders Antonsen and Rasmus Gemke were forced to dig deep in their respective last 16 matches to stay in the European Badminton Championships in Kiev.
Top seeds and defending champions Viktor Axelsen and Carolina Marín made light work of their opening singles matches at this year’s European Badminton Championships as they advanced to the last 16 in Kiev in Ukraine.
Danish eighth seeds Daniel Lundgaard and Mathias Thyrri were the biggest names to be knocked out on day one of the European Badminton Championships in Kiev, losing to England's Matthew Clare and Max Flynn.
The Pan American Individual Badminton Championships is set to return in Guatemala City after a hiatus last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Danish men's doubles player Joel Eipe has tested positive for COVID-19 and been ruled out of the European Badminton Championships in Kiev in Ukraine.
Poul-Erik Høyer is set for a third term as President of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) after being nominated for the role unopposed.
Badminton player Parupalli Kashyap has called the postponement of the India Open "unfair and upsetting" with the tournament now not counting towards qualification for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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