- 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 Badminton Korea Association (BKA) today advertised on its website for a new Head Coach for the Korean national badminton team, to take charge through to just after the Olympic […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170528_1831_SudirmanCup2017_BPYN6968-115x115.jpg "Korea advertises for a new Head Coach")
![5 years after reaching her first Grand Prix Gold final in Macau, Canada’s Michelle Li became champion at the Macau Open Super 300. By Don Hearn. Photos: Jane Piyatat / […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20181104_1220_MacauOpen2018_AA1I2717_rotator-115x115.jpg "MACAU OPEN 2018 Finals – Michelle rules in Macau")
![A quintet of Korean veterans are back from retirement and into the finals of the Macau Open, including past champions Lee Hyun Il and Shin Baek Cheol / Ko Sung […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20181103_1523_MacauOpen2018_8Y3A0469_rotator-115x115.jpg "MACAU OPEN 2018 SF – Korean veterans converge")
![The 2018 Denmark Open marked the first time in at least a decade that all five titles were won by the world #1 shuttlers. By Don Hearn. Photos: Mark Phelan […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20181021_1240_DenmarkOpen2018_MPP_6802_rotator-115x115.jpg "DENMARK OPEN 2018 – The best are the best")
![Leana Ratri Oktila won two gold medals at the Asian Para Games last week in Jakarta, blocking one three-repeat and aiding another. By Don Hearn. Photos: Don Hearn / Badmintonphoto […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Susanto-Oktila_rotator-115x115.jpg "Oktila wins 2 Para Games golds, Susanto wins 3rd straight")
![Goh Jin Wei beat China’s Wang Ziyi to become the first player to have won both a Youth Olympic gold and a World Junior Championship title. Photo: Badmintonphoto (archives) Three […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180730_1657_WorldChampionships2018_AA1I9712_featured-115x115.jpg "Goh adds Youth Olympic gold to her list of firsts")
![World #1s, World Champions, and Asian Games gold medallists are all in the top 8 as the Race to the Guangzhou World Tour Finals (WTF) enters the homestretch, with 10 […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180923_1456_ChinaOpen2018_YVES2277_rotator-115x115.jpg "WTF qualification back on track")
![Lee Zii Jia became the first Malaysian men’s singles player other than Lee Chong Wei to win 5-figure prize money in the last 6 years. By Don Hearn. Photos: Yves […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20181007_1456_ChineseTaipeiOpen2018_YVES5154_rotator-115x115.jpg "CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN 2018 – A new Lee, a new hope?")
![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}
