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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The Fredericton tandem of Daniel Murphy and Anand Irrinki, fourth seeded in men's doubles, teamed up to win the men's mixed doubles event at the Ev Staples Badminton Tournament on the weekend.  
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Icelandic badminton player Ragna Ingólfsdóttir claimed the gold in the final of the singles and doubles matches, with partner Snjólaug Jóhannsdóttir, in the Iceland International in Reykjavík yesterday.   
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When the badminton season started in August Mountain Pointe had only one player with any varsity experience. But the Pride team of all seniors became quick learners and made it to the state 5A-I title match where they finished second after losing to...  
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World number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia failed to live up to his pre-match promise, losing to Indonesia's Simon Santoso in the Japan Open badminton tournament on Thursday. The top seed, who has been struggling with his old left knee injury, worked  
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Badminton is a modern Olympic sport that has now established itself on the Maltese sports scene and in schools. It is particularly popular among youths. Badminton is not necessarily practised for purely competitive reasons. Several people play it ...  
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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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OW Yao Han-Chooi Kah Ming were crowned world junior boys’ doubles champions after pulling off a miraculous final victory over Indonesians Barry Anggriawan-Muhammad Ullinuha at the Sultan Abdul Halim Indoor Stadium last night.  
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TOKYO: World number one Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia brushed aside Thailand's Boonsak Ponsana in the Japan Open on Wednesday, showing no ill-effects from a knee injury. The top seed, who said an old injury to his left knee has recently flared, needed ...  
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China's Bao Chunlai poses for photos during the men's singles awarding ceremony at Yonex Open Japan 2009 badminton tournament in Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 27, 2009. Bao beat Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat 2-0 and claimed the title of the event. (Xinhua/Ren ...  
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Have you ever been lounging about your living room, wearing less-than-pants and flipping disinterestedly through the channels on a lazy evening, when all the sudden you inexplicably stopped on, say, a Division II collegiate badminton tournament? You have little or no attachment to or background knowledge of either team; neither squad stands out from the other; they are closely seeded. Minutes in, you’ve probably abandoned this boring badminton...  
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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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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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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 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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