Badminton Association of India

NEW DELHI: The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has written to the Badminton World Federation (BWF), expressing its interest to host the Sudirman Cup finals this year.

India was scheduled to host the mixed team championship in 2023, but the BWF awarded the rights to Suzhou, China, while giving the 2026 World Championships to India.

Suzhou was due to host the championships in 2021 but, due to the COVID-19 situation in China, the BWF was not able to stage any tournaments in the country and the event was shifted to Vantaa in Finland.

Jun 05, 2020 15:06
NEW DELHI: The inaugural Hyderabad Open badminton tournament, scheduled to be held in August, was on Thursday cancelled by the sport’s world governing body in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, two weeks after the unveiling of a revised calendar.
Apr 28, 2020 19:04
NEW DELHI: The Badminton Association of India is ready to host the $400,000 India Open, an Olympic qualifier, in December this year or January next year, BAI has informed the Badminton World Federation, provided government approval is forthcoming.
Mar 26, 2020 18:03
NEW DELHI: The Badminton Association of India on Wednesday postponed the 84th Senior Badminton National Championships scheduled to be held in Lucknow from April 27 to May 3 after the government put the country under lockdown till April 14 to combat the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic.
Mar 11, 2020 20:03
NEW DELHI: The YONEX-SUNRISE India Open 2020 Super 500 tournament, a crucial event for the Tokyo Olympic qualification, will be held as per schedule, but behind closed doors without spectators due to the global novel coronavirus outbreak.
Feb 10, 2020 17:02
HYDERABAD: The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has outlined plans to overhaul its domestic tournament structure as well significantly increase the prize money on offer. The revamped structure will have three levels of tournaments, Times of India reports. 
Nov 13, 2019 15:11
NEW DELHI: The fifth edition of the Premier Badminton League (PBL) will start from January 20, 2020 and will continue till February 9. Sportzlive, commercial license holders of PBL under the aegis of the Badminton Association of India will host the league this time in four cities - Chennai, Delhi, Lucknow, and Bengaluru.
May 27, 2019 17:05
KUALA LUMPUR: Indonesia's Anton Aditya Subowo was re-elected as the President of Badminton Asia on Saturday. As a result, he will continue as the President for another four years.
Apr 15, 2019 18:04
NEW DELHI: Court intervention has come into play over yet another sports federation administrator treating the body as his personal fiefdom. The Delhi High Court, in a strongly worded judgment, has set aside "the arbitrary, illegal and unethical appointment of friends and family members" by Ashok Singh, president, Delhi Capital Badminton Association, to fill six key posts of the DCBA executive committee.
Apr 13, 2019 15:04
JAMSHEDPUR: The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has appointed K Prabhakar Rao, secretary of Jharkhand Badminton Association (JBA) as chairman of Para Badminton India. In a letter dated 4th April, BAI president Himanta Biswa Sarma has made the announcement appointing K Prabhakar Rao, who is also the joint secretary of BAI, as the chairman of Para Badminton India.
Mar 01, 2019 12:03
NEW DELHI: The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has taken note of leagues to be held this year in Agra and Haryana which haven’t been officially sanctioned and as a result, written to all its affiliated bodies expressing concern over player participation in them, Press Trust of India reports.