Black Card given to a badminton player during the game indicates _____________.

The correct answer is disqualification.Key Points

• Badminton
  • ​Lawn, court, or badminton game played with a shuttlecock and lightweight rackets.
  • The shuttlecock, commonly referred to as a "bird" or "birdie," was historically a little cork hemisphere with 16 goose feathers sewn on it that weighed about 0.17 ounces (5 grams).
  • Modern play may still employ these shuttles, although the Badminton World Federation also permits the use of synthetic shuttles.
  • The game is called after Badminton, which was initially played around 1873 at the duke of Beaufort's country home in Gloucestershire, England.
  • Poona, a game played by British army officers stationed in India in the 1860s, is directly related to badminton.
  • In 1899, the first unofficial all-England men's badminton championships and the inaugural badminton competition for women were arranged the next year.
  • Badminton made its Olympic debut in 1972 as a demonstration sport and in 1988 as an exhibition sport. It was made a full-medal Olympic sport for the 1992 Games, including competition in the men's and women's singles (one against one) and doubles events (two against two). The mixed pairs event debuted in the 1996 Olympics.
  • As per the guidelines laid down by the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the length of a standard badminton court remains the same - 13.40m (44 feet) - for both types of competitions. 
  • But the width differs with the singles court running wide till 5.18m (17 feet), denoted by the side lines, while for the doubles court, the width is extended to 6.1m (20 feet), marked as the doubles sidelines. 
  • The 2022 BWF World Championships were a badminton competition that took place from August 22 to August 28 at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan (formally known as the Total Energies BWF World Championships 2022 due to sponsorship considerations).
  • 2022 BWF World Championships medalist table

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