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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.
The inventor first named his new sport "shuttleball", but soon the game was renamed "speed badminton". Starting from January 2016 the name was changed again, to crossminton. Originally, the idea of the inventor was to create an outdoor variant of badminton, so he changed the ball to be smaller and heavier (today called speeder).
William George Morgan (January 23, 1870 – December 27, 1942) was the inventor of volleyball, originally called "Mintonette", a name derived from the game of badminton which he later agreed to change to better reflect the nature of the sport. [1] He was born in Lockport, New York, U.S. [2]
The Spanish team have never participated in the Thomas Cup but have been in the Uber Cup and Sudirman Cup. The Spanish team has enjoyed success throughout the individual events. Spain has won one Olympic medal in badminton and three gold medals at the BWF World Championships. All of these medals were won by former world number 1 Carolina Marín.
The Spanish International or Spanish Open is an international badminton tournament held annually, since 1974, and is hosted by the Spanish Badminton Federation (FESBA).
The first game of the men's final took longer than the entire women's final. No. 4-ranked Naraoka edged the 45-minute game after No. 3 Kunlavut needed to strap his right knee twice and led 19-18.
The Spain Masters (Spanish: Maestros de España) is an annual badminton tournament held in Spain. This tournament is part of the BWF World Tour tournaments and is leveled in BWF World Tour Super 300 .
Rapper and entrepreneur Snoop Dogg has been all over the Paris Games — both as a torchbearer and a special correspondent for NBC Olympics.