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Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net.Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players per side).
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 .
The time period between 1949 and 1967 was the biggest period of badminton popularity in the United States. In 1949, David Freeman brought the United States its first ever world championship title. Freeman won the Men's Singles at the All-England Championships. Additionally, between 1949 and 1967 the United States won 23 championships in badminton.
Pickleball - A hybrid of ping-pong, tennis, and badminton. Polocrosse - A hybrid of polo and lacrosse, played on horseback. Q. QuadraSport - another hybrid of soccer, basketball, football and baseball; R. Racketlon - a combination sport in which competitors play a sequence of the four most popular racket sports: table tennis, badminton, squash ...
This page lists all badminton players who have won titles in BWF Super Series, BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix, and BWF World Tour events since the implementation of the circuit in 2007. This list is not provided by the Badminton World Federation (BWF), but by referring to the winners lists of the previous seasons.
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) Hall of Fame is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.It honours both players and other contributors to the sport of badminton.The BWF Hall of Fame is a non-profit organization with the goal to preserve, celebrate, and inspire the sport of badminton around the world.
This article lists the attendance of many sports competitions around the world, based in some cases on the number of tickets sold or given away, rather than people actually present. The list is almost exclusively stadium field and indoor arena ball sports. Top leagues in weekly attendance includes speedway sports.
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