Badminton

Badminton

A community portal about Badminton with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs. The players or pairs take positions on opposite... [more]

A community portal about Badminton with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs. The players or pairs take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net.

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ended Malaysia's challenge in both events but now there is every reason to dream of a double. Indonesia will be the main foes in both events but Rashid believes Malaysia can fight in all three singles of the team event and the pressure will be on  
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finally resolved in the coming few weeks.' The Badminton World Federation's council is due to meet in Bali on Friday to discuss the issue. It is believed if the Wembley move is rubber-stamped by the sports, athletes will be offered hotel rooms within  
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been fully focused on the Sea Games. Their role will be crucial in the expected team final against Indonesia where a point from them could win Malaysia the gold. They are drawn to meet Olympic champions Markis Kido-Hendra Setiawan of Indonesia in the  
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SHANGHAI, China, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- China's world No. 2 Lin Dan scored an easy win over Jan Jorgensen of Denmark to claim the men's singles title at the ongoing China Open badminton here on Sunday. ...  
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HONG KONG, Nov 14, 2009 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Top players Lee Chong Wei from Malaysia and Peter Gade from Denmark set up a clash for the men's single title of the Hong Kong Badminton Open after both easing past the semifinal opponents here on ...  
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Malaysia's Lee Chong Wei(R) and Denmark's Peter Hoeg Gade display their trophies during the awarding ceremony after men's singles final match between them at Hong Kong open super series 2009 in Hong K...  
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EDINBURGH'S Martin Campbell lost out to fellow Scot Kieran Merrilees as Susan Egelstaff was left to carry Scotland's hopes in the singles at the Bank of Scotland Scottish International badminton event at Glasgow's Kelvin Hall. In the women's doubles ...  
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Some people believe in love at first sight. That kind of instant attraction might work in other ways, too. Even though they had never played as much as a set of competitive badminton as partners, Mountain Pointe seniors Sienna Martinez and Holly...  
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian singles shuttler Mohd Hafiz Hashim played an attacking game to end the gallant run of Nguyen Tien Minh and reach the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open yesterday.  
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ALOR SETAR, Oct 25 — The national junior badminton squad advanced to the final of the World Junior Badminton Championship when they defeated Taiwan 3-1 in the semi-final at the Sultan Abdul Halim Indoor Stadium here today. The mixed doubles pair of ...  
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Malaysia's world number one Lee Chong Wei faces a tough first test at this week's Japan Open as he bids to recapture the title he won in 2007. The top seed, who was runner-up last year, must beat in-form Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand in the first round. The 11th-ranked Thai player reached the final at the China Masters at the weekend, losing to home favourite Lin Dan. The winner of that match will take on either Hsieh Yu-hsing of Taiwan or Indonesia's Simon Santoso before a probable third-round clash against defending champion Soni Dwi Kuncoro of Indonesia. The top half of the draw also ... Read Full Story
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Teen sensation Saina Nehwal made history on Thursday when she became the first Indian woman to reach the world badminton championships quarter-finals, bringing welcome respite to an event hit by more player withdrawals. Nehwal, 19, posted an 18-21, 21-18, 21-10 victory over Bulgaria's Petya Nedelcheva, just hours after two Austrian doubles players joined the England squad in pulling out of the tournament for security reasons. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) confirmed that Juergen Koch and Peter Zauner had flown home ahead of their second-round match against the sixth-seeded Danish pair of Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen. "The two players left Hyderabad stating that they ... Read Full Story
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Teen sensation Saina Nehwal became the first Indian woman to qualify for the World badminton championships quarter-finals with a tough win against Bulgarian Petya Nedelcheva on Thursday. The 19-year-old came back strongly after losing the opening game to post an 18-21, 21-18, 21-10 victory, much to the delight of the spectators. Sixth-seeded Nehwal will now clash with second-seeded Chinese Wang Lin, a 21-10, 23-21 winner over Korean Hwang Hye Youn. Juliane Schenk knocked fourth-seeded Chinese Wang Yihan out of the championships with a 21-18, 21-15 win to advance to the quarter-finals. Wang was the lone seeded Chinese shuttler to fall as Lin Dan and ... Read Full Story
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World number ones Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia and Zhou Mi of Hong Kong crashed out of the world badminton championships here on Friday, losing in the quarter-finals. Fifth-seeded Chinese Xie Xingfang pulled off the day's first upset when she downed top-seeded Zhou 21-15, 21-18 in 47 minutes to enter the women's singles semi-finals. Indonesian Sony Dwi Kuncoro, seeded sixth, then shattered top-seeded Lee's dream of winning the maiden world title with a 21-16, 14-21, 21-12 victory in the men's singles quarter-finals. "I have beaten him before and the strategy this time was to attack because if I had slowed down he would have ... Read Full Story
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World number two Chen Jin of China faced some anxious moments before overcoming Indian Parupalli Kashyap in the second round of the World badminton championships here on Wednesday. Unseeded Kashyap, cheered by the home crowd, surprised the second-seeded Chinese when he bagged the opening game but then failed to match his opponent to lose 14-21, 21-10, 21-7 in 53 minutes. Denmark's Jan O Jorgensen pulled off the only major upset in the men's section when he downed eighth-seeded Korean Park Sung Hwan 21-16, 17-21, 21-15. Favourites Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, Indonesian Taufik Hidayat, Denmark's Peter Gade and Chinese Lin Dan also made it ... Read Full Story
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