It was my first time being a line judge for an international tournament,’’ said the 27-year-old, who had been officiating badminton matches since her secondary school days. The role of a line ...

The side winning a game will begin serving the next game. Are there referees and line judges during the Olympic badminton tournament? There will be one referee in charge of the entire tournament.

There will be one umpire and one service judge assigned to a match, and each court will have 10 line judges as well. Note: Some components of NBCOlympics.com may not be optimized for users browsing ...

VAR must be applied in badminton,” said Tien-chen ... “After I hit the shuttle, the line judge called it out, so I was about to challenge the decision,” said Yuqi.