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Badminton was introduced and only played at the 1981 World Games. The badminton events of World Games I were held on July 25–28, 1981, at the San Jose Civic Auditorium in San Jose, California, in the United States. These were the first World Games, an international quadrennial multi-sport event, and were hosted by the city of Santa Clara.
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).
'Tamborines, and music boxes, set to irregular airs, Battledores and shuttlecocks'; [6] also commonly sold in the 1830s [7] and 1850s. [8] The sport was played at the Sydney's George Street Police Racket Ground in April 1850 by Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell and others for 1:47 hours. [9] It was still being mentioned or played in 1910. [10]
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 BWF World Tour is a Grade 2 badminton tournament series, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It is a competition open to the top world ranked players in singles (men's and women's) and doubles (men's, women's and mixed). [ 1 ]
The special shuttlecock and the idea of the game were invented in 2001 in Berlin by Bill Brandes. [3] The game was refined into the final game of crossminton by the Speedminton company. The inventor first named his new sport "shuttleball", but soon the game was renamed "speed badminton".
He became Olympic champion in 2008 and is also a 4-time World Champion. He announced his retirement on 3 December 2024. The 2025 Indonesia Masters was his last tournament. [3] [4] Mohammad Ahsan (born 7 September 1987 in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia) reached a career-high ranking of no. 1 in the men's doubles on 21 November 2013. He was ...
Jim Ryun set a world record in the Mile run, 3:51.1 which lasted for eight years. The mark remained the American record until the Dream Mile in 1981, also on Wide World of Sports. July 1 A. J. Foyt and Dan Gurney win the Le Mans 24-Hour Grand Prix of Endurance. Jim McKay Phil Hill: Chris Economaki: July 29 & August 5