Olympic badminton is participated in by men and women, in singles or teams of two. There is a single-elimination tournament.
Each match is played to the best of three games, and games go up to 21 points. Rally scoring is used, which means the team or person does not need to serve to score.
A player or team must win by two points, or be the first player or team to 30 points.
Badminton made its Olympic debut in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Since then, 50 different nations have competed.
India’s badminton star Saina Nehwal said her decision to play in select international tournaments has worked wonders for her and the day is not far when she will be the World Number One.
Saina, currently ranked sixth, said she was now participating in limited tournaments and is more focussed on winning titles.
The 20-year-old is the top seed in Badminton Asia Championships beginning here Monday and is supremely confident.
“I am playing in selected tournaments now and it has worked well...Read Full Story
Top seed Saina Nehwal of India on Friday booked her place in the women's semi-finals, beating Thailand's Porntip Buranaprasertsuk 21-13, 21-19 at the BWF World Super Series Masters Finals. The 19-year-old Indian, a semi-finalist last year, needed a win in her final Group A match to advance in the 500,000 dollar tournament after losing to Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia in her first match. Nehwal, who became the first Indian to win the World Junior title last year, stopped Porntip with some...Read Full Story
Saina Nehwal in Top Five, Indias Ace Badminton Player Saina Nehwal Breaks into Worlds Top 5, Saina Nehwals Career Best Ranking India's ace badminton player Saina Nehwal has gained her career-best rankings after she gained the fifth spot following her stupendous show in the All England Badminton Championships earlier this month.
Riding on her fantastic show, the Indian gained a couple of spots in the latest list with 58516.7646 points in her kitty.
However, the rankings are widely dominate 1...Read Full Story
NEW DELHI: Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal touched a new high on Thursday as she zoomed into the top-five of the world rankings at a career-best fifth spot following her stupendous show in the All England Badminton Championships earlier this month.Saina, whose previous best on the chart was the sixth spot she attained last year, surprised one and all by becoming the first Indian woman to reach the semi-finals of the prestigious All England Super Series Championships.Read Full Story
HYDERABAD: Saina Nehwal, currently India’s best known badminton player, has expressed her ambition of winning the women’s singles gold medal at the Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi later this year. “My target this time is gold,” the 19-year old World No. 8 from Hyderabad told the Economic Times, showcasing her eagerness to build on the success of last few years. In the last four years she has won seven major titles including the prestigious Chinese Taipei Open and reached the quarter...Read Full Story
London, Feb 13: Two British badminton hopefuls have been accused of ungentlewomanly conflict after a war of words on Twitter in the run up to the Olympics. Glaswegian Imogen Bankier, 24, and Bolton-born Jenny Wallwork, 25, are both competing for one mixed ...
JAKARTA: Indonesia's parliament is considering a cash injection for the national badminton team to boost its chances of winning medals at this year's Olympic Games in London, reports said Thursday.
A Palo Alto police officer was selected to represent the United States in an emerging sport -- badminton. Officials announced Friday that Ben Lee, a Palo Alto police officer, will be the United States badminton coach for the London Olympics. About 200 athletes train at the California Badminton Academy in Fremont, and its reputation was enhanced after the announcement was made. "When I got the notice that I got it, I was beyond excited...
Officer Ben Lee will lead the team at the 2012 Olympic Games held in London from July 27 to Aug. 12. Badminton matches are scheduled between July 28 and Aug. 5 at the Wembley Arena, one of the facilities hosting Olympic competitions. Lee has ...
Olympic badminton hopeful Rajiv Ouseph hosted a master class for around 60 people at Harrow Leisure Centre last Saturday. The UK number one badminton player was on court answering questions and teaching skills to adults and children in Christchurch Avenue.
Bangalore, Feb 13 (PTI) UK Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Jeremy Browne played badminton with former ... was organised by the British High Commission and Olympic Gold Quest (OGQ). They were joined by Ian Felton, British Deputy High ...
• British players involved in war of tweets• Wallwork tells Bankier: "jog on back to Scotland"The battle for an Olympic place between Jenny Wallwork and Imogen Bankier intensified today as the pair became embroiled in a Twitter row which ended with Wallwork telling the Glaswegian Bankier to "jog on back to Scotland".England's Wallwork, who plays alongside the veteran Nathan Robertson, and Scotland's Bankier, who partners Chris Adcock, appear...
she said. Robertson already has one Olympic medal from Athens 2004 when partnering Gail Emms and now he’ll be out to achieve something similar with his playing-partner girlfriend. Asked what it’s like juggling a relationship on court as well as off it ...
If necessary, we can disburse lots of money because what is important to us is to regain Indonesia's glory in badminton," Zulfadli, a Golkar Party ... available for sports development this year, including the Olympics and the Asian Beach Games.
Instead of playing at a temporary venue that was going be constructed in east London close to Olympic Park, the badminton events will be played at Wembley Arena during the London 2012 Summer Olympics. Located right next to the much-larger Wembley Stadium ...
Olympic badminton consists of five events - men's singles and doubles, women's singles and doubles, and mixed doubles. Each involves a single-elimination tournament, with the top ...
The South Koreans had to be content with the bronze, but they gave their country its first Olympic badminton medal. At that edition of the Games, the Republic of Korea won a total ...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia : The Olympic flame arrived in Malaysia on Sunday ahead of a relay in which it will be guarded by about 1,000 police watching for possible protesters over China's Tibet crac