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  2. Badminton - Wikipedia

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    The sport was played under the Pune rules until 1887, when J. H. E. Hart of the Bath Badminton Club drew up revised regulations. [5] In 1890, Hart and Bagnel Wild again revised the rules. [ 6 ] The Badminton Association of England (BAE) published these rules in 1893 and officially launched the sport at a house called "Dunbar" [ c ] in ...

  3. Badminton in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Starting in 1936, the American Badminton Association was formed; however, in 1978 and 1996, the name would be changed to its current name of USA Badminton (or USAB). The main reason for the evolutionary changes is due to different groups and clubs from all around the United States uniting to standardize the rules of the game.

  4. Ball badminton - Wikipedia

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    Ball Badminton, 2012. Ball badminton is a sport native to India. It is a racket sport game, played with a yellow ball made of wool, on a court of fixed dimensions (12 by 24 metres) divided by a net. The game was played as early as 1856 by the royal family in Tanjore, the capital of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu, India. It enjoys the greatest ...

  5. Regulation of sport - Wikipedia

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    The regulation of sport is usually done by a sport governing body for each sport, resulting in a core of relatively invariant, agreed rules.People responsible for leisure activities often seek recognition and respectability as sports by joining sports federations such as the International Olympic Committee, or by forming their own regulatory body.

  6. Badminton World Federation - Wikipedia

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    The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member nations: Canada , Denmark , England , France , Ireland , Netherlands , New Zealand , Scotland and Wales .

  7. Badminton Association of India - Wikipedia

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    Badminton Association of India, is the governing body of badminton in India. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The association, which was formed in 1934, is registered under the societies act. [ 4 ] The body has been hosting annual national-level badminton tournaments in India since 1936.

  8. Referee - Wikipedia

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    A referee is an official, in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection. The official tasked with this job may be known by a variety of other titles depending on the sport, including umpire , judge , arbiter (chess) , commissaire , or technical ...

  9. Match fixing - Wikipedia

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    In organized sports, match fixing (also known as game fixing, race fixing, throwing, or more generally sports fixing) is the act of playing or officiating a contest with the intention of achieving a predetermined result, violating the rules of the game and often the law.