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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).
It is controlled by the Brazil Badminton Confederation (CBBd; Confederação Brasileira de Badminton), the governing body for badminton in Brazil. Brazil is one of South America's most active badminton nations. The team is a member of Badminton Pan America and the South American Badminton Confederation. The team was formed in the early 1980s.
Indonesia has played in the decisive final tie on 22 occasions and once failed to place among the top four teams in 2012. The Indonesia women's team has participated in Uber Cup 27 times, won the title 3 times and once failed to qualify in 2006. Indonesia has played in the decisive final tie on 11 occasions.
The 1972 Summer Olympics saw the inaugural staging of badminton, as a demonstration sport.Two decades later, after a successful exhibition at the 1988 games, the sport was officially introduced to the Olympics in 1989, and debuted in competition at the 1992 Games where 4 events were held, with singles and doubles events for both men and women.
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The Brazil International is the most important international open badminton tournament of Brazil. It is held since the year 1984. Brazilian National Badminton Championships started in 1991. It is part of the BWF International Series.
American colonisation and Christian missionary activities introduced basketball into the Philippines and China, where it became one of their most popular sports. [15] [16] Baseball became popular in East Asia through American contact in the mid-19th century, and further grew after Japan colonised parts of the region, as Japanese colonies increasingly played their coloniser's sport as a way to ...
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