- 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 World Federation (BWF) issued a press yesterday saying that it had “accepted a request from its Deputy President Gustavo Salazar Delgado to be excused from his duties until […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/BPRS1086-115x115.jpg "BWF Deputy President excused from duties")
![Reigning World Junior Champions He Jiting and Du Yue won the mixed doubles title at the Thailand Open, finding success in their first appearance in a Grand Prix Gold final. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20151113_1414_WorldJuniorChampionships2015_RS__1871_rotator-115x115.jpg "THAILAND OPEN 2017 Finals – World Junior Champs title on first try")
![Indonesia’s Jonatan Christie is into his first major final as he beat Soong Joo Ven to reach the final of the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold, where other teens are […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170414_1808_SingaporeOpen2017_BPYL3251_rotator-115x115.jpg "THAILAND OPEN 2017 SF – Christie among 4 teens up for Thai titles")
![In one of the more obscure aspects to Korea’s historic win at the 2017 Sudirman Cup, Kim Won Ho became the first second generation winner of the prestigious trophy. Photos: […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170528_1832_SudirmanCup2017__SUD6970_only-MD-115x115.jpg "Second generation Sudirman")
![Two-time Olympic men’s doubles gold medallist Fu Haifeng was playing his last match of international badminton when he won the opening match in the final of the 2017 Sudirman Cup. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170528_1352_SudirmanCup2017__SUD0833_feat-115x115.jpg "Fu Haifeng announces retirement…again")
![Malaysia and Japan will play a sequel to their round robin showdown in the Sudirman Cup quarter-final stage, as will Korea and Chinese Taipei. Top-seeded China is to take on […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170525_0023_SudirmanCup2017_BPYN1719-115x115.jpg "Sudirman Cup quarters half deja-vu")
![Korea’s Son Wan Ho (pictured) is poised to ascend to #1 in the world men’s singles rankings tomorrow. With his three predecessors Lee Chong Wei, Lin Dan, and Chen Long […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170524_1451_SudirmanCup2017__SUD7790-115x115.jpg "Son Wan Ho to be king for a…week!")
![Denmark may have lost its tie to Indonesia in the last Group 1 tie of the Sudirman Cup round robin stage but with Viktor Axelsen and Mia Blichfeldt (pictured right, […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170524_2241_SudirmanCup2017_BPYN1486-115x115.jpg "Denmark loses but still advances")
![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}
