Next year's badminton world championships in Spain, initially scheduled for August 2021, will instead run from November 29-December 5, the sport's governing body announced Friday. The decision to delay the competition in Huelva was taken to avoid a clash with the Olympic Games in Tokyo, which were postponed by a year due to the coronavirus pandemic. "The new schedule will allow players to have a clear focus for 2021 in which they will have dual objectives of both the Olympic Games and World Championships," the Badminton World Federation said in a statement. Badminton's All England Championships were one of the last major events held worldwide before the coronavirus put most professional sport on hold in mid-March. ole/av/mw/nr