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The Wilson Sporting Goods Company is an American sports equipment manufacturer based in Chicago, Illinois.Wilson makes equipment for many sports, among them baseball, badminton, American football, basketball, fastpitch softball, golf, racquetball, soccer, squash, tennis, pickleball and volleyball.
Badminton South Africa is the national governing body that oversees and manages affairs related to the sport of badminton in South Africa. The body is affiliated to the BWF and Badminton Confederation of Africa. [2] [3] The association was founded in 1938, [4] as the South African Badminton Union (SABU) and had a name change in 1998.
As of 2024, South African citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 106 countries and territories, ranking the South African passport 47th in the world according to the Henley Passport Index. [1] Where visa-free access is permitted, such access is not necessarily a right, and admission is at the discretion of border enforcement officers.
A tennis court is approximately twice the length and width of a badminton court. Tennis racquets are about four times as heavy as badminton racquets, 10 to 12 ounces (280 to 340 grams) versus 2 to 3 ounces (57 to 85 grams). [37] [38] Tennis balls are more than eleven times heavier than shuttlecocks, 57 grams (2.0 ounces) versus 5 grams (0.18 ...
The South African national badminton team (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrika nasionale pluimbalspan; Sotho: Sehlopha sa naha sa badminton sa Afrika Borwa; Xhosa: Iqela lesizwe le-badminton loMzantsi Afrika; Zulu: Iqembu lesizwe laseNingizimu Afrika i-badminton) represents South Africa in international badminton team competitions and is controlled by Badminton South Africa, the governing body for ...
The visa policy of South Africa is how the South African government determines who may and may not enter South Africa. Visitors to South Africa must obtain a visa from one of the South African diplomatic missions unless they come from one of the visa-exempt countries, in which case they get a "Port of Entry Visa".
The South Africa International is an international badminton tournament held in South Africa organised by Badminton South Africa, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) and Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA). Since 2018, this tournament has been a BWF Future Series.
Badminton Africa was formed on 31 August 1977 as African Badminton Federation during a meeting in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The meeting was attended by delegates from seven national organisations from Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania and Zambia. [3] [4] Willibard Kente was elected as a president, and Mariam Hamdan as ...