KUALA LUMPUR – Newly-elected Badminton World Federation (BWF) council member Datuk Kenny Goh expressed his aspiration to see Malaysia having a bigger voice in the sports governing body.
Kenny, who is also the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) secretary-general, hopes to resolve a lot of issues which will be brought up in BWF for the sake of badminton development, be it locally or internationally.
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“I want to thank BAM president, Tan Sri Mohamad Norza Zakaria, who nominated me to the council and thank all members who believed in me.
“To be frank, the trust has been placed on me but more so I think now we can really work together as a team to ensure the development in this sport for Malaysia and globally,” he told Bernama when contacted today.
Badminton scoring system reform just falls short of approval
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Kuala Lumpur, May 22 : A proposal to change the badminton scoring system to best-of-five games of 11 points from the current best-of-three games of 21 points just fell short of gaining enough votes at the annual Badminton World Federation (BWF) meeting held virtually on Saturday.
The proposal put forward by the Indonesian Badminton Association and the Badminton Association of Maldives received 66.31 per cent for and 33.69 per cent against from the 282 votes cast, falling just short of the two-thirds majority required to be approved at the 82nd BWF Annual General Meeting (AGM), the badminton world governing body said in a statement, reports Xinhua.
BWF to discuss change in scoring system in annual meeting
Sat, Apr 03 2021 05:02:54 PM
Kuala Lumpur, Apr 3 (IANS): The Badminton World Federation (BWF) will put forth a proposal to alter the badminton scoring system to best-of-five games of 11 points each from the current best-of-three games of 21 points at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on May 22.
Several proposals from member associations will be discussed during the AGM, most notably a proposal from Badminton Indonesia and Badminton Maldives, seconded by Badminton Asia, to amend the Laws of Badminton relating to the Scoring System , the BWF said.
The world governing body for the sport added that the BWF Council had taken forward the proposal and the voting will take place in May, Xinhua news agency reported.
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