The referee is in overall charge of a badminton tournament or championship(s) of which a match forms part, to uphold the Laws of Badminton and Competition Regulations in the BWF Statutes.

For these Olympic Games, there will be one referee overseeing the entire event. There will be one umpire and one service judge assigned to a match, and each court will have 10 line judges as well.

Pramod Bhagat, who won a gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, says working hard and having confidence in yourself are the keys to success in Para badminton, a sport he has enjoyed for more .