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Games employing shuttlecocks have been played for centuries across Eurasia, [a] but the modern game of badminton developed in the mid-19th century among the expatriate officers of British India as a variant of the earlier game of battledore and shuttlecock. ("Battledore" was an older term for "racquet".) [4] Its exact
Racket sports (or racquet sports) are games in which players use a racket or paddle to hit a ball or other object. [1] Rackets consist of a handled frame with an open hoop that supports a network of tightly stretched strings.
All Africa Games 2007 Newsletter du Mois de Juillet 2007 Nigeria overwhelms S. Africa in All-Africa Games badminton , published by Xinhua on 2007-07-16; retrieved 2011-09-01.
Pages in category "Badminton at the 2011 All-Africa Games" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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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 ...
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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.