A few months ago, Lino Muñoz, the first Mexican man to qualify for the Olympic Games in the badminton competition, announced his retirement from the badminton courts, leaving behind two Olympic participations, Pan American medals and various international achievements as a badminton player and person. “It was a very difficult decision because badminton has been […]
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Canada and USA are part of the BWF World Tour and are included in the new World Tour Calendar from 2023 to 2026 with Super 500 and Super 300 events respectively. BWF PRESS RELEASE The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is excited to reveal there will be an additional four stops on the BWF World Tour from […]
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Text by BWF Taking a game off the Minions at the All England was an encouraging sign for Jason Ho-Shue and Nyl Yakura as the end of Olympic qualification drew near. But with the Olympics postponed and the circuit suspended, the goalposts have had to be shifted and priorities re-examined. Yet, the Pan Am champions, who were 15th in the […]
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Text by BWF | Badminton Photo Like many of their peers elsewhere, Canada’s Joshua Hurlburt-Yu and Josephine Wu – Pan Am’s best mixed doubles pair – are currently training independently at home. At No.14 in the Race to Tokyo, the Canadians were well placed to qualify for Tokyo 2020 but with the circuit suspended, have had to modify their […]
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Text by BWF When it was announced that Para badminton would be included in the Paralympic Games for the first time, many athletes rushed to qualify. Vitor Tavares was one of them but he seemed to take his time, almost as if he was slowly and steadily picking off his opponents one at a time […]
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Text by BWF|Badminton Photo Not for Lauren Lam the conventional process of climbing up the ladder from junior level to the seniors. The USA left-hander, just 16 years old, has vaulted straight into the tiger pen, as it were, confident that exposure to top-level badminton would provide a surer route towards excellence. Among the big decisions she […]
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TEXT BY BWF | BADMINTONPHOTO There are some accomplishments in sport that define its outer reaches, the limits of what is possible. Don Bradman’s Test batting average of 99.94, and more recently, Rafael Nadal’s 12 French Open victories will possibly stand the test of time. They set impossibly high standards for those who seek to […]
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Pan Am Champion 2018, Michelle Li (CAN), and Pan Am Ranking N°1, Beiwen Zhang, are competing at the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals, a tournament that takes place from December 12 to 16 in Guangzhou, China, and that brings together the best of this 2018. Check Schedule and Results here. Follow the Live Streaming. Our Pan […]
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TEXT BY DEV SUKUMAR | BWF The success of Michelle Li, Canada’s most successful contemporary Women’s Singles player, is remarkable given the constraints she has had to face. Over the last few years she has travelled the circuit on her own, unlike most of the other top players who are part of teams with coaches, […]
Read More »Once again, our continent will have the opportunity to host one of the most important sporting events in the world: The Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018. That is why the of Argentina Republic Badminton Federation (FEBARA) is carrying out an arduous work in favor of the massification and professionalization of the local badminton. During […]
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