- Description
- Don Hearn is an Editor and Correspondent who hails from a badminton-loving town in rural Canada. He joined the Badzine team in 2006 to provide coverage of the Korean badminton scene and is committed to helping Badzine to promote badminton to the place it deserves as a global sport. Contact him at: don @ badzine.net
![The seedings were published yesterday for the 2019 European Games, with the best of Europe represented, but a void is left by the recent departure of the reigning women’s doubles […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180429_1347_EuropeanChampionships2018_BP017442_rotator-115x115.jpg "European Games seedings published, minus 2 Baku gold winners")
![China downed Japan 3-0 to win back the Sudirman Cup, taking an 11th title at badminton’s world mixed team championship and doing it for an 8th time without dropping a […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190526_1655_SudirmanCup2019_BPMR_7801_rotator-115x115.jpg "SUDIRMAN CUP 2019 Finals – Another clean sheet, another title for China")
![Former Korean singles star Bang Soo Hyun was inducted into the badminton Hall of Fame on Thursday, at a gala dinner attached to the BWF Annual General Meeting. Photos: Mark […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190523_2023_SudirmanCup2019_BPMP5903-115x115.jpg "Another Atlanta gold medallist joins badminton Hall of Fame")
![Top-seeded Japan survived a first match scare to win a bloody battle with Malaysia 3-0 and book a semi-final against Indonesia at the Sudirman Cup. By Don Hearn. Photos: Badmintonphoto […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190524_1241_SudirmanCup2019_BPMP6557_rotator-115x115.jpg "SUDIRMAN CUP 2019 QF – Japan deals Malaysia agonizing defeat")
![Korea’s attempt at a title defense at the Sudirman Cup ended with An Se Young unable to reproduce her own magic against Ratchanok Intanon, as Thailand won 3-1 to book […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190523_2210_SudirmanCup2019_BPMP6067_rotator-115x115.jpg "SUDIRMAN CUP 2019 QF – No 2nd miracle for An or Korea")
![Only China and Indonesia have a complete collection of world badminton team championship cups but as favourites at this year’s Sudirman Cup, can Japan finally join this most exclusive of […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20150517_1755_SudirmanCup2015_RS_L3791a_rotator-115x115.jpg "SUDIRMAN CUP 2019 Preview – Can Japan complete its collection?")
![17-year-old An Se Young and compatriots Kong Hee Yong / Kim So Yeong beat, respectively, former and current Olympic champions to claim their titles at the New Zealand Open, only […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190505_1744_NewZealandOpen2019_TGE05522_rotator-115x115.jpg "NEW ZEALAND OPEN 2019 Finals – Koreans provides the upsets, mixed the thrills")
![Korean teenager An Se Young booked a spot in the first major final of her career with a hard-fought win over Japan’s Aya Ohori, then her compatriots Kim/Kong beat the […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190504_1437_NewZealandOpen2019_4C2A6237_rotator-115x115.jpg "NEW ZEALAND OPEN 2019 SF – 17-year-old An in first major final")
![Chae Yu Jung / Seo Seung Jae became the only repeat mixed doubles Aussie champions during its Sydney era. Shi Yu Qi and Ou Xuan Yi / Liu Yu Chen […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20221120_1349_AustralianOpen2022_BPLV0036_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN Finals – Historic repeat the feat"){kind=small}
![Blink or leave your seat to buy fast food and it would turn out to have a different outcome from what you were initially led to believe in more than […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20221119_1522_AustralianOpen2022_BPLV0034_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN SF – Fancy seeing you on Sunday"){kind=small}
![In doubles, at a baseline level the pair needs to be reliable and then have something special on top of that to make it further. By Aaron Wong, Badzine Correspondent […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/2022-QF-WD1-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN QF – Finding that little bit extra"){kind=small}
![Drama mixed with entertainment fueled the marquee singles matches. By Aaron Wong, Badzine Correspondent live in Sydney. Photos: Badmintonphoto (archives) World #3 vs world #27 The ultra-popular and charismatic 2021 […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20220715_2118_SingaporeOpen2022_BPYL4448_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN R16 – What actually happened in the last match of the night?"){kind=small}
![It was like a final in the first round as Seo Seung Jae and Kang Min Hyuk took on recent Hylo Open winners Lu/Yang in Sydney. By Aaron Wong, Badzine […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/cr_20220705_1622_MalaysiaMasters2022_BPES3440_rotator-36x36.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN R32 – Wish it were longer"){kind=small}
