Sports · 29 April 2026

PV Sindhu joins BWF Council as voting member

Exam-focused facts from the 29 April 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

  • PV Sindhu has assumed a full voting position on the Council of the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
  • Sindhu was elected as the Chair of the BWF Athletes' Commission.
  • She officially entered the BWF Council at the end of 2025.
  • Her first appearance before the global badminton membership took place during the BWF Annual General Meeting in Horsens.
  • Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul is the President of the BWF.