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The Egypt national badminton team (Arabic: منتخب مصر لكرة الريشة) represents Egypt in international badminton team competitions. [1] [2] The team is controlled by the Egyptian Badminton Federation, the governing body for badminton in Egypt. The team was formed in 1991 after the formation of the Egyptian Badminton Federation. [3]
Battledore and shuttlecock, or jeu de volant, is a sport related to the professional sport of badminton. 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 ...
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.
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The Egypt International is an international badminton tournament held in Cairo, Egypt. The event is part of the Badminton World Federation 's Future Series and part of the Badminton Confederation of Africa 's Circuit.
Badminton was contested at the 2004 Arab Games. The events were held at the Mokhtar-Aribi Hall in El Biar, Algiers, Algeria from 26 September to 4 October 2004. [1] Syria dominated the medal table for a second consecutive time, winning five golds, a silver and a bronze.
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Badminton was contested at the 2007 Pan Arab Games in Cairo Stadium Indoor Halls Complex, Cairo, Egypt from November 19 to November 24, 2007. Syria topped the medal table, winning four gold medals, a silver and a bronze.