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Volume 25 – June 2022

• BWF World Tour Hosts 2023 – 2026
• TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2022 – Updated Entry Conditions
• What’s Ahead – YONEX Akita Masters 2022
• Digital Security
• Start Creation Programme
• World Badminton Day – 5 July 2022
• BWF World Junior Championship 2022 – Anti-doping education

Volume 24 – April 2022

• TotalEnergies BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals
• Update from the Athletes Commission
• Update on BWF World Rankings
• Integrity Ruling
• What’s Ahead
• BWF Para Badminton Athletes’ Commission 2021- 2025
• BWF World Tour Hosts 2023 – 2026
• Badminton No.1 on #SPORTINSOCIAL Rankings
• World Badminton Day

Volume 23 – March 2022

• Approved Regulation Changes
• Unfreezing of World Rankings
• BWF Sanction On Russia and Belarus
• What’s Ahead – Upcoming Tournament
•  BWF 83rd AGM 2022

Volume 22 – February 2022

• Athletes’ Commission Chair and Deputy Chair
• What’s Ahead – Upcoming Tournament
• International Sports Federations Social Media Rankings
• Para Badminton Athletes’ Commission Elections

Volume 21 – January 2022

• Spain Masters Cancellation
• Q1 and Q2 calendar
• Athletes’ Commission 2021 – 2025
• Sindhu 7th in Forbes Highest-Paid Female Athletes List
• Para Badminton Regulations 2022

Volume 20 – December 2021

• Happy Festive Season!
• Q1 and Q2 calender
• Para badminton Calendar 2022
• BWF Player of the Year Awards 2020/2021
• Star Creation Batch 4
• BadmintonPhoto Tutorial

Volume 19 – November 2021

• The HSBC BWF World Tour heads to Bali, Indonesia.
• BWF tournament calendar 2022
• TotalEnergies BWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2021 | 12 – 19 December 2021
• BWF Player of the Year Awards 2020/2021
• Education Opportunities | Bachelor of International Sport Management degree

Volume 18 – September 2021

• Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
• BWF Tournament Calendar 2021
• TotalEnergies BWF Sudirman Cup Finals 2021
• TotalEnergies BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals 2020
• The Badminton4U app is coming soon
• Education Opportunities
• Airbnb Grant for Olympians and Paralympians

Volume 17 – August 2021

• Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
• BWF Tournament Calendar 2021
• Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
• Tokyo 2020 Social & Digital Media Guidelines
• Image Access at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
• #RaiseARacket – Campaigns
• Major Championship Draws

Volume 16 – July 2021

• Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
• IOC Refugee Olympic Team
• Tokyo 2020 Playbooks
• IOC Social and Digital Media Guidelines
• Athlete Expression: Rule 50
• #Raisearacket – Campaign
• Image Access at Tokyo 2020
• BWF Tournament Calendar 2021
• Sports Management Scholarships

Volume 15 – July 2021

• Updated Calendar 2021
• Let’s Get Ready To Play

Volume 14 – June 2021

• BWF AGM 2021
• Tokyo 2020 Qualifying
• Tokyo 2020 Playbook
• Save the Date – 23 July 2021
• Social Media Study

Volume 13 – May 2021

• Tournament Updates.
• Preparations for the Tokyo 2020.
• IOC Athletes’ Commission survey regarding Rule 50 were released.
• Post COVID-19 – Research Project
• AirBadminton – Equipment
• Access to Badmintonphoto – Images
• Social Media Learning for Para athletes
• Proposed Scoring System Change

Volume 12 – April 2021

• Covid-19 Protocals
• BWF Tournament Calender
• Proposed Scoring System Change
• Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games Qualifying Guidelines
• Social Media Security
• ‘i am badminton Campaign’

Volume 11 – March 2021

• Revised Tokyo Olympic Qualifying Regulations
• Change to Calendar
• Player Clothing Advertising Guidelines
• What to do if Social Media account is hacked?
• ‘i am badminton Campaign’
• Tournament Details

Volume 10 – February 2021

• Congratulations to Our Champions!
• Player Clothing Advertising Guidelines
• Star Creation Programme
• Upcoming Tournaments
• Para Badminton Tournament Calendar

Volume 9 – 23 December 2020

• BWF Touirnament Calendar 2021
• HSBC BWF World Tour and Tour Finals – Bangkok Jan 2021
• IOC Athletes’ Commission Survey

Volume 8 – 6 November 2020

• Star Creation Programme
• Applications Open for Sports Industry Scholarships
• Thailand Excited to Deliver Asian Leg HSBC BWF World Tour
• Have You Signed Up To Athlete 365?
• Airadmitnon Updates

Volume 7 – 14 October 2020

• COVID-19 Guidelines for DANISA Denmark Open 2020
• Updates on World Rankings and HSBC BWF World Tour Finals

Volume 6 – 7 August 2020

• Cancelled Tournament for 2020
• 81st BWF Annual General Meeting
• Ethics Regulation Updates
• Player Undertaking
• BWF Statutes App
• TOTAL BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals 2020 Draw
• Happy Birthday

Volume 5 – 1 July 2020

• Important Message for Players and Player Entourage
• TOTAL BWF Thomas and Uber Cup Finals 2020 Draw
• Player Happenings
• Farewell Friends
• Happy Birthday

Volume 4 – 13 May 2020

• Latest News
• Survey – Athlete365
• New ‘i am badminton’ Ambassadors Revealed
• Study Sheds Light on Jump Smash
• Athletes’ Commission

Volume 3 – 7 April 2020

• BWF Suspends Further Tournaments in May, June and July
• BWF Freezes World Rankings / World Junior Rankings
• Tokyo 2020 Olympic / Paralympic Games Rescheduled
• BadmintonPhoto Promotion
• #StayHomeStaySafe
• #BadmintonAtHome

Volume 2 – Special Edition – 26 March 2020

• Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games Postponed
• BWF Updates
• Qualification & Rankings
• #StayHomeStaySafe
• #BadmintonAtHome

Volume 1 – 2 March 2020

• Regulation Updates
• Qualification Period for Finals
• Up & About | Star Creation
• Faces of Badminton
• Do you know? – Anti-Doping Rules
• Beyond the Court
• Birthday Wishes
• COVID-19 Updates