The current name was adopted at a request from the International Olympic Committee when the IOC made bandy a `` recognized sport '' , since the acronym IBF at the time was already in use by the International Badminton Federation ( in 2006 , the International Bandy Federation changed names to Badminton World Federation and now uses the acronym BWF ) .
The current name was adopted at a request from the International Olympic Committee when the IOC made bandy a `` recognized sport '' , since the acronym IBF was already in use by the International Badminton Federation .