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Olympic Badminton
The badminton competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics will be held from August 9 to August 17.
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.
• Badminton and rhythmic gymnastics to take place at site• Will save on building temporary venue at Greenwich PeninsulaThe International Olympic Committee revealed today that an agreement had been reached "in principle" for London organisers to avoid the need to build a temporary £42m arena by moving two sports to Wembley Arena.Although the two sports involved – badminton and rhythmic gymnastics – have not yet officially approved the move, the...
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Badminton and rhythmic gymnastics will be staged in Wembley Arena during the 2012 Olympics, according to London organisers who said yesterday that they had agreed in principle to relocate the sports as a cost-cutting measure.
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From timesonline.co.uk
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Lord Coe and London mayor Boris Johnson’s proposals to shunt badminton out to the Wembley Arena — or a temporary site in Barking — to save money at the 2012 Olympics has not gone down well with Athens silver medallist Gail Emms.
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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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From p.moreover.com
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• Locog keen to switch venue to Wembley Arena• Decision unlikely to be made until JanuaryEfforts by Olympic organisers to persuade badminton and rhythmic gymnastics to move their events to Wembley Arena in 2012 are unlikely to result in any agreement until next year at the earliest, it has emerged.The capital's north circular ring road is at the centre of the ongoing debate, with the sports still unsure whether the journey times from the...
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• No venues confirmed for badminton or rhythmic gymnastics• Heads of sports to look at alternatives next weekSebastian Coe insists London 2012's organisers will have satisfied the International Olympic Committee's demands to finalise all the venues before the end of the year.IOC chiefs warned London organisers yesterday that they urgently need to end the uncertainty over the venue for two sports – badminton and rhythmic gymnastics. The heads...
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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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The Olympic Board for the 2012 London Olympic Games on Thursday agreed to use existing facilities at Wembley Arena to host badminton and rhythmic gymnastics events during the Games rather than build a temporary venue as the organizers have planed ...
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TOKYO - Bao Chunlai shocked Athens Olympic gold medallist Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia to make it a Chinese double at the Japan Open Sunday after Wang Yihan won the women's crown. The unseeded Asian champion, who previously eliminated third seed Peter Gade
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Times OnlineLondon 2012 confirm events switch to WembleyUSA TodayLONDON (AP) — London 2012 organizers confirmed plans Thursday to stage the badminton and rhythmic events at Wembley Arena instead of a temporary Olympic ...2012 gymnastics venue abandonedBuilding.co.ukLondon town official hits out at 2012 Olympic decisionSportbusiness.com2012 Olympics badminton and gymnast venues are scrappedEast London AdvertiserTelegraph.co.uk -Reuters Canada...
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