- 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
![No fewer than four former top ten badminton players will tie the knot this December, two of them to each other, while there will be at least two all-badminton weddings […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Dec2018-marriages_featured-115x115.jpg "December is badminton wedding month!")
![Three ladies at the Gwangju Korea Masters had to bow to their elders – or eonni in Korean – on Sunday as all three doubles finals ended long title droughts. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/IU5G5847_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA MASTERS 2018 Finals – The power of eonni!")
![3-time winner Eom Hye Won is back in the final at the Gwangju Korea Masters, but she and Ko Sung Hyun are up against a hot pair looking for a […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/iu5G4152_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA MASTERS 2018 SF – Eom looks to title in her limited run")
![The last remaining top seeds at the Korea Masters, Jordan/Oktavianti and Son Wan Ho, made it through tough quarter-final contests. Story and photos: Don Hearn Praveen Jordan and Melati Daeva […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/IU5G3838_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA MASTERS 2018 QF – Top seeds survive third test")
![Korea’s Joongang Ilbo reported today that Ahn Jae Chang had been named the new Head Coach of the Korean national badminton team. Ahn, who comes to the job from his […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20140518-1434-Thomas-Uber-Cup-2014-RAPH9491_featured-115x115.jpg "Ahn Jae Chang becomes the new Korean Head Coach")
![China and Spain will be doing the heavy lifting as the BWF announced hosts for 18 of their major events from 2019 to 2025. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) yesterday […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/BWF-MAJOR-EVENTS-HOSTS-2019-2025-AWARDED-1-115x115.jpg "China and Spain take on major badminton hosting duties")
![First round appearances at the Syed Modi Super 300 mean that 38 spots at the World Tour Finals have been clinched, with one longshot in India and one serious possibility […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20181115_1655_HongKongOpen2018_BP013525_rotator-115x115.jpg "WORLD TOUR FINALS 2018 – And then there were two…")
![Last week, fans on two continents had the rare chance to see a badminton game max out on points, with both the World Junior Championships and the Hong Kong Open […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20181115_1738_HongKongOpen2018_BP014022_rotator-115x115.jpg "POLL – Do we really need ‘sudden death’?")
![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}
