Badminton

6/20/2025 |  USOPC Decertifies USA Badminton as National Governing Body (SportsTravel) The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee has decertified USA Badminton as the sport’s national governing body in the country and assumed oversight of the sport’s high-performance programs, the USOPC announced on Wednesday.
USOPC Chief Executive officer Sarah Hirshland said during a media teleconference that after the certification review group evaluated actions and activities that USA Badminton had taken detailing deficiencies within the organization, the decision was made that USA Badminton did not satisfy the terms agreed upon.

6/2/2025 |  USOPC Asks USA Badminton to Relinquish NGB Certification (SportsTravel) The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee has requested that USA Badminton give up its status as the national governing body for the sport in the United States.
USA Badminton announced the request in a letter to its members last week. It said in the announcement that the decision was made by the USOPC’s Compliance Review Group.

10/14/2024 |  USOPC Moves to Decertify USA Badminton (SportsTravel) The United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee sent a letter to USA Badminton last week that informed the national governing body that it will pursue its decertification.
Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer Holly Shick sent the letter last week. USA Badminton’s former chief executive officer, Linda French, was banned for five years in January by the U.S. Center for SafeSport for discouraging a USA Badminton staff player from reporting an abuse case.

9/1/2024 |  Ukrainian badminton player chasing first Paralympic medal with an unexpected guest in the stands (Associated Press (AP)) PARIS (AP) — Oksana Kozyna’s Paralympic debut was sure to have some unexpected moments, but the surprise she received might beat anything that could have happened on the court.
The Ukrainian para badminton player was raised in an orphanage for disabled children in Dnipro, Ukraine, alongside teammate Oleksandr Chyrkov. Before her first singles match in the SL3 classification (standing with lower limb impairment), she met one of her former teachers from the orphanage — a reunion that brought back memories of learning the sport while also featuring all the emotions felt by Ukrainians as the war continues back home.

8/9/2024 |  EXEC: Yonex Posts DD Fiscal Q1 Int’l Growth on Yen Depreciation, Badminton Surge (SGB UPDATE) Yonex Company, Ltd. reported fiscal 2025 first quarter global net sales increased 11.0 percent year-over-year (y/y) to ¥31.07 billion for the period ended June 30, compared to ¥27.99 billion in the prior-year Q1 period. Consolidated sales reportedly reached a record high, driven in part by the positive effect of yen depreciation on overseas sales.

• Badminton, which represented 57.1 percent of sales at Yonex for the quarter ended June 30, grew 7.7 percent to ¥17.74 billion in fiscal Q1. Non-Japan sales represented 79.5 percent of total category sales.