With the 2012 Olympics fast approaching, the Badminton World Federation is trying to pretty up its oft-overlooked sport, and courting controversy in the process. In an effort to draw more fans and ...

TOKYO, July 28 – Female athletes have fought long and hard for the right to choose what they wear when they compete at the Olympics and at the Tokyo Games more and more athletes and fans are speaking ...

The world of women's professional badminton has suffered a major decline in interest and viewership in recent years--and the sport's regulators thought they'd come up with the perfect solution to ...

When the Badminton World Federation was looking to raise its profile and glamorize its image last year, it wrote into the official rulebook that women were now required to compete in skirts. BWF ...