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  2. Badminton - Wikipedia

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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 origin remains obscure.

  3. Battledore and shuttlecock - Wikipedia

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    The game is played by two or more people using small rackets (battledores), made of parchment or rows of gut stretched across wooden frames, and shuttlecocks, made of a base of some light material, such as cork, with trimmed feathers fixed around the top. The object is for players to bat the shuttlecock from one to the other as many times as ...

  4. Traditional games of India - Wikipedia

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    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 popularity in India. Ball badminton is a fast-paced game; it demands skill, quick reflexes, good judgment, agility, and the ability to control the ball with one's wrist. [90]

  5. Badminton at the 2002 Commonwealth Games - Wikipedia

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    The badminton competition at the 2002 Commonwealth Games took place at the Bolton Arena in Bolton, England from 25 July until 4 August 2002. [1] There were no bronze medal play off matches because both losing semi-finalists were awarded a bronze medal.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Category:Badminton - Wikipedia

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    Simple English; Slovenčina; Slovenščina; ... Para-badminton (2 C, 1 P) Badminton people (2 C) R. Badminton records and statistics (1 C, 3 P) S. Seasons in ...

  8. Isaac Spratt - Wikipedia

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    Isaac Spratt (1799 – 1876) was a London toy dealer who wrote pamphlets describing the games of croquet and badminton and was influential in the early development of both. It is known he was born in Ibsley, Hampshire and was married with four children. From 1840 he had a toy shop in 1, Brook Street (later no 18) in London's West End.

  9. Sport in India - Wikipedia

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    [2] physical culture in ancient India was fuelled by religious rights. [specify] The mantra in the Atharvaveda says, "Duty is in my right hand and the fruits of victory in my left." The modern game of badminton developed from an English children's game known as battledore and shuttlecock, a game that was most