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Live scoring for badminton Badminton now has its own live scorer, built for rally scoring: every rally is a point, and the side that wins it serves next. • The score is called the way an umpire calls it — server first — with who is serving and from where: "Faisal serves from the right". • Partners trade places on screen when they win a rally on their own serve, and the server has a flashing ring, so you can check the court against the screen. • Switch sides puts each team on the side you see it from, and before each game you can swap a pair to match how they are standing. • In doubles, tap who won the toss, then tap the side that wins each rally. The winner of a game serves first in the next. Pickleball live scoring follows the court • Partners trade places on screen when their team scores, and after a side out the serve goes to the player on the right — so the screen matches the court all game. • The serving player's chip is always lit. • You can swap a pair to match how they are standing before every set, not just the first. Locked-in pairs A new way to run the court queue, for nights played in fixed partnerships. Choose Locked-in pairs as the queue engine, and partners who finish a game together stay partners for the rest of the night. • Waiting pairs have their own card, showing the games they have played together and their wins and losses tonight. • Tap a pair to put them on the same team in Up next — never on opposite sides of the net. • When a game ends you are asked who won, with the score optional, so tonight's table fills itself as you go. • Disband a pair at any time and both go back to the players waiting to be added. Night summary The trophy on the court queue opens tonight's table: games played, and pairs and players ranked by wins, then win rate, then points. No money in it. Share it as a picture, ready for Facebook or Instagram with gold and silver for the top two, or as text for the group chat. Fixed • In Arabic, the live scorer now keeps the court's left and right the way you see them. • The umpire board no longer offers live scoring for sports it cannot score yet.