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Scoring: In badminton, a match is played best of 2 of 3 games, with each game played up to 21 points. In tennis a match is played best of 3 or 5 sets, each set consisting of 6 games and each game ends when one player wins 4 points or wins two consecutive points at deuce points.
Badminton was introduced and only played at the 1981 World Games. The badminton events of World Games I were held on July 25–28, 1981, at the San Jose Civic Auditorium in San Jose, California, in the United States. These were the first World Games, an international quadrennial multi-sport event, and were hosted by the city of Santa Clara.
In Europe, battledore and shuttlecock was played by children for centuries (the OED dates the words to 1598 and 1599 respectively), [clarification needed] and ancient drawings appearing to depict the game have been found in Greece. [1] It was still being played in the College Garden, Glasgow, Scotland in August 1850, [3] and Japan in 1890 and ...
William George Morgan (January 23, 1870 – December 27, 1942) was the inventor of volleyball, originally called "Mintonette", a name derived from the game of badminton which he later agreed to change to better reflect the nature of the sport. [1] He was born in Lockport, New York, U.S. [2]
The world badminton tournament in 2025 consists of: 1. BWF tournaments (Grade 1; Major Events) BWF World Mixed Team Championships (Sudirman Cup) BWF World Championships; 2. BWF World Tour (Grade 2) Level 1 (BWF World Tour Finals) Level 2 (BWF World Tour Super 1000) Level 3 (BWF World Tour Super 750) Level 4 (BWF World Tour Super 500)
The special shuttlecock and the idea of the game were invented in 2001 in Berlin by Bill Brandes. [3] The game was refined into the final game of crossminton by the Speedminton company. The inventor first named his new sport "shuttleball", but soon the game was renamed "speed badminton".
Freestyle Shuttlecock - Jan Weber - World Footbag Champion 2011-2013 Competitively, the government-run game is called "Hacky-Sack (jianqiu 毽球)" and is played on a rectangular court 6.10 by 11.88 meters, divided by a net (much like badminton) at a height of 1.60 meters (1.50 meters for women). [4]
He is regarded by many, including his peers, as one of the greatest doubles players in badminton history. [1] A superb all-court player with a particular facility in the forecourt, he won the 2000 Olympic gold medal, the 2001 IBF World Championships, and 2005 IBF World Championships with 3 different men's doubles partners.