Badminton

* Dane beats Indonesia's Suhandinata 145-120 in election * To form separate council to deal with match-throwing (Recasts with quotes, details) By Angie Teo KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 (Reuters) - Badminton's world governing body (BWF) will create a separate commission to deal with match-fixing problems, Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen said after being elected president on Saturday. Denmark's 1996 Olympic men's singles gold medallist Hoyer Larsen beat Indonesian Justian Suhandinata to claim the role after an election at the BWF headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Former Olympics champion Poul-Erik Hoyer has pledged to improve the image of badminton after winning the presidency of the sport's world governing body.

May 9 (Reuters) - Double Olympic champion Lin Dan of China will defend his World Championships title in August after receiving a wild card for the Guangzhou event, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said on Thursday. Lin's sporadic appearances since defending his Olympic title at last year's London Games have seen his world ranking plummet to a lowly 41, making the 29-year-old ineligible for a direct qualification. However, the BWF Committee of Management (COM) voted unanimously to award him the only men's singles wild card for the August 5-11 event in his homeland. ...

(removes extraneous word from headline) By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI, May 7 (Reuters) - Shuttlers will be allowed two challenges when badminton uses technology to rule on contentious decisions for the first time at next month's Indonesia Open, the governing body of the sport said. The system, featuring ultra-slow motion cameras, will allow players to review line calls and umpire overrules, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said in a statement. ...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- Buoyed by its success hosting a major fishing tournament this winter, Oklahoma's second-largest city is now dreaming of something faster, higher, stronger: the 2024 Summer Olympics.

By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI, April 27 (Reuters) - World number one Lee Chong Wei will have another go at winning an elusive Olympic gold medal provided he remains injury-free, the Malaysian shuttler said on Saturday. Lee lost a second Olympic final to his great rival Lin Dan of China last year and hinted at retirement but his eyes glistened as he spoke about the possibility of being third time lucky. "Yes, Olympic gold is my dream. I tried my best and twice I lost in the final," Lee, 30, told reporters after cruising into the final of the India Open super series tournament. ...

By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI, April 25 (Reuters) - Indian rookie H.S. Prannoy fulfilled a long-cherished dream on Thursday, playing childhood idol Taufik Hidayat and beating him by frequently unleashing effective backhand strokes he modelled on the retiring Indonesian stalwart. Former world and Olympic champion Hidayat, 31, will hang up is racket in June and he clearly struggled against an Indian 11 years younger as the Indonesian went down 26-24, 21-9 in the round of 16 at the India Open super series tournament. ...

By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI, April 22 (Reuters) - China's enviable pool of outstanding talent makes it almost impossible for anyone else to make a dent on their ruthless domination of badminton, top Indian player Saina Nehwal said on Monday. The London Olympic bronze medallist has been something of an aberration in the women's rankings, being the lone non-Chinese in the top five for much of the last year and offering sporadic challenges to the sport's super-power nation. ...