About Badminton World Championship
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World Championship
The World Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for selected top ranked badminton players to compete for one of the three most prestigious title in badminton.
Lin Dan Confirms To The World That He Is Back
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World
The fat lady has sung and Lin Dan is back on top form by winning the China Masters 2007. After playing stressful matches for the past several days, Lin Dan has erased rumors that he lost his form and confirmed to the world that Super Lin Dan is back and ready for the World Championship 2007 in Malaysia.
Super Lin Dan Showing His Power
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World
After losing matches his winning streak in the Singapore Open and Sudirman Cup, Lin Dan is stepping up to the plate to live up to his title as Super Lin Dan in the China Master 2007 Super Series badminton tournament. Lin Dan fought his way in three close games to beat Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia to move up to the China Master 2007 Men's Singles final.
Badminton Rules Summary
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Rules & Laws
A badminton match comprises the best of three games. A coin is tossed before the first game, and the winner of the toss may serve first or pick an end of the court. In Classic scoring format, only the serving side can score and the winning team needs 15 points in doubles and men's singles, or 11 in women's singles. In the new Rally Point scoring format that just recently adopted and used for major tournaments, whoever won the rally scores a point and the winning team needs 21 points to win the match.
Badminton Heating Up in the Bay Area
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National
SportsFocus (KICU-36 TV or Cable 6) show a coverage of badminton in the Bay Area on March 16, 2007. The coverage includes some clips of the Yonex Bay Area Open Spring 2007 and interviews of its top Bay Area junior national players.
The clip can be seen by following a link at http://www.bayareaopen.org.