China's Shi Yuqi will rise to badminton world number one for the first time this week and is targeting Olympic glory in Paris to go with the milestone. The 28-year-old dethrones Denmark's Viktor Axelsen as the top-ranked men's player, with the Games in the French capital just over six weeks away.

Shi Yuqi beat Anders Antonsen as China won both singles titles at badminton's Indonesia Open on Sunday. Earlier, Olympic champion Chen Yufei defeated world number one An Se-young in the women's final.

Olympic men's badminton champion Viktor Axelsen pulled out of this week's Indonesia Open with an ankle injury, just weeks before he defends his title at the Paris Games.

World number one An Se-young has returned to winning form after recovering from a knee injury. She defeated China's Chen Yufei to retain her women's singles title at the Singapore Badminton Open on Sunday.

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has released the official list of athletes set to compete at the Olympics after concluding the 2024 BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals. A total of 173 athletes have qualified for a spot at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

Spanish badminton star Carolina Marin has been announced as the recipient of the 2024 Princess of Asturias Award for Sports on Wednesday.

China secured a Thomas and Uber Cup double on Sunday, with both their men's and women's teams defeating Indonesia to claim victory in their respective world team championship finals held in Chengdu.

Following Japan's loss to Malaysia in the quarter-finals of the Thomas and Uber Cup in Chengdu, China, two-time world champion Kento Momota retired from international badminton without playing a single match on Thursday.

Denmark has been selected to host the 2025 European Badminton Championships and the 2026 Thomas & Uber Cup. 

On Thursday, 29-year-old two-time world champion Kento Momota announced his retirement from international badminton. Momota cited a serious car accident four years ago as the reason for his decision, admitting that he had not fully recovered from the incident.

As the qualifying window for the Paris Olympic Games enters its final month, there is at least one race that is headed for a photo finish. This is between the USA's Annie Xu/Kerry Xu and Canada's Catherine Choi/Josephine Wu, who are vying for a place in the Pan Am women's doubles.

Marín won the final against Japan's Akane Yamaguchi, who retired in the second set due to injury. She went from strength to strength in the tournament, beating the best, including reigning Olympic champion Chen Yu Fei. Next stop, the Swiss Open.

The planet's top badminton players will gather in Hangzhou for what will be the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2023, marking the season's conclusion. On Monday, the draw for an exciting tournament will take place, commencing on Wednesday and offering a prize pool of $2,500,000 USD.

There are eight qualifying spots in each of the five categories, with a maximum of two players per Member Association and a spot reserved for the reigning world champion.

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has suspended the membership of the National Badminton Federation of Russia (NBFR). The decision was made at the BWF Council meeting on 11 November 2023.