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About Badminton World Championship

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:07:42 PST

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.

Badminton Heating Up in the Bay Area

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:00:00 PST

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.

Lin Dan Confirms To The World That He Is Back

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:59:35 PST

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

Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:05:07 PST

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 Court & Equipment

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:59:36 PST

Section 1 : Court and Court Equipment - describes the rules and laws on court measurement and equipment used to set up badminton court such as net and poles.

About Badminton

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:54:10 PST

Made-for-television radar guns instantly flash the speed of serves, volleys and pitches to the sporting public around the world these days, but few viewers could name the world's fastest racket sport. The title belongs to badminton.

The flight of the shuttlecock, a missile of cork and goose feather that players volley across the net, has been recorded at speeds of 260 kilometres per hour. Speed, agility and lightning-fast reflexes are essential to the game. Add stamina, too - players have been known to cover more than six kilometres in a single match.

While contemporary badminton first appeared in the mid-19th century, it evolved from the game battledore and shuttlecock, which can be traced back to ancient Greece, China, Japan and India.

Especially popular in Asia and Europe today, badminton became a full competition sport at the Olympic Games in 1992.

Badminton Rules Summary

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:57:35 PST

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.