🇪🇺 Europe's biggest climbers this week Christian Faust Kjær and Rasmus Kjær are Europe's biggest climbers this week, moving up 12 places in the World Rankings. 📈 A semifinal finish at the US Open sees the new partnership reach a career-high ranking of World No. 39. 👏🏸 See the full rankings here 👇 https://badmintoneurope.com/rankings

Major changes for Europe in the newly announced BWF World Tour calendar for 2027 and 2028 📅 👉 Two Super 1000 tournaments on European soil. 👉 A new format for top-tier events. 👉 And important changes to the European tournament landscape. Read more ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/calendar-announced-27-28 #badminton #welivebadminton 📷: BWF — Badminton World Federation / Badmintonphoto - Yves Lacroix

Two exciting tournaments are coming up on European soil 👀 👉 FZ FORZA Future Series Nouvelle-Aquitaine 2026 📍 Pessac, France 🇫🇷 📅 03–05 July 👉 European Universities Games 2026 📍 Salerno, Italy 🇮🇹 📅 26 July–01 August Who’s ready? 🔥 #welivebadminton #badminton

🏆 YONEX Italian Open 2026 podiums Four out of five titles stayed in Europe after a strong week in Bolzano! 🇮🇹 MS: 🥇 Karan Rajan Rajarajan 🇩🇰 🥈 Victor Kauffmann 🇩🇰 WS: 🥇 Prakriti Bharath 🇦🇪 🥈 Anwesha Gowda 🇮🇳 MD: 🥇 Danial Iman Marzuan / Aaron Sonnenschein 🇩🇪 🥈 Malik Bourakkadi / Kenneth Neumann 🇩🇪 WD: 🥇 Lisa Curtin / Yulia Tang 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🥈 Kirsten de Wit / Debora Jille 🇳🇱 XD: 🥇 Jan Völker / Emma Moszczynski 🇩🇪 🥈 Simon Krax / Amelie Lehmann 🇩🇪 Congratulations to all medallists! 👏

🏆 First Super 300 title for Line Christophersen! 🇩🇰 During the night, Line Christophersen claimed her first-ever Super 300 title at the YONEX US Open 2026. 🎉 With a 21-16, 16-21, 21-11 victory over Kaloyana Nalbantova in the final, the Dane secured the tournament title after an exciting three-game battle. 🏸 It was also the first Super 300 final appearance for Nalbantova 🌟 Congratulations to both athletes on an impressive week! 👏👏 📸: BWF / @Badmintonphoto – Yves Lacroix

Choose your character! Full of toys 🧸 or rackets and hydration 🏸💧 Whats in your bag? #welivebadminton #badminton

Round of 16 - YONEX Italian Open 2026 Watch all courts on badmintoneurope.tv or by downloading the Badminton Europe App on App Store or Google Play store

Round of 32 - YONEX Italian Open 2026 Watch all courts on badmintoneurope.tv or by downloading the Badminton Europe App on App Store or Google Play store

After a year away from competition, Léonice Huet is back. 💪 But this comeback is about much more than returning to court. In the first edition of Off Court, the French player opens up about injury, identity, social media and what it means to rebuild from zero. 👉 Read the full story here: https://tinyurl.com/offcourt-leonicehuet Off Court is our new series exploring the stories, identities and journeys of the people who shape badminton, on and off court. 💫 #welivebadminton #badminton

The YONEX Italian Open 2026 is now live! 🤩🇮🇹 Visit badmintoneurope.com to watch all the courts now! 🔥 🔗 also in bio #welivebadminton #badminton