- 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 Association of Malaysia (BAM) has confirmed that two Malaysian players have been provisionally suspended by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) following allegations of match-fixing, according to a report […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/MAS-scoreboard-115x115.jpg "BAM confirms two players provisionally suspended by BWF")
![While top badminton players complain about being forced to play up to 13 tournaments, new rules could place a world #1 behind an 0-33 shuttler in the race to the […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180203_1405_IndiaOpen2018_MIK_4540-115x115.jpg "BWF Tour: From 10 to 13 and from 12 to 33!")
![Hosts Malaysia may be in a do-or-die battle with Hong Kong in Alor Setar, with a spot at the Badminton Asia Championship semi-final and the Thomas Cup Finals in Thailand […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Malaysian-tie-at-BAC-MWTeams-in-AS-115x115.jpg "Malaysia and Hong Kong fight for last Thomas Cup berth")
![Ireland’s Scott Evans has announced that he is retiring from international badminton. His last event will be the European Men’s Team Championship in Kazan, Russia next week. “After 15 years […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160813_2100_OlympicGames2016_Yves1443-115x115.jpg "Scott Evans to play for Ireland one last time")
![Zhang Beiwen picked up the biggest title of her career, silencing the New Delhi crowd as she blocked local favourite P. V. Sindhu’s attempt at an India Open title defense. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180204_1935_IndiaOpen2018_MIK_6726_rotator-115x115.jpg "INDIA OPEN 2018 Finals – Beiwen breaks Indian hearts")
![The BWF finally plans to test out a new rule to standardize both service height and the judging thereof. But is it really going to solve the problems that need […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160601_1016_IndonesiaOpen2016_BP__4554-115x115.jpg "POLL – How can we be of service?")
![Anthony Ginting won his first title on home soil, winning the men’s singles crown at the 2018 Indonesia Masters. By Don Hearn. Photos: Badmintonphoto (live) It was just last September […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180128_1332_IndonesiaMasters2018_BP013838_rotator-115x115.jpg "INDONESIA MASTERS 2018 Finals – Ginting wins first at home")
![Tse Ying Suet and Tang Chun Man block Zheng Siwei and Huang Yaqiong from winning their fourth straight title, dealing the new pair the first defeat in their partnership to […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180121_1259_MalaysiaMasters2018_BP018809_rotator-115x115.jpg "MALAYSIA MASTERS 2018 Finals – Tang/Tse snap Chinese winning streak")
![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}
