- 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
![Badminton Canada announced on their Facebook page this evening that their bid to host the 2018 World Junior Championships had been successful. Full details are not available at this time […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20150711_1132_PanAmGames2015_Yves6697-115x115.jpg "Badminton Canada announces successful bid for 2018 World Juniors")
![Former World Champion Ko Sung Hyun is said to be planning to take legal action against the Badminton Korea Association (BKA) according to a report published today by the Donga […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20161028_1855_FrenchOpen2016_BPYN3953-1-115x115.jpg "Ko Sung Hyun braces for legal action")
![Japanese former world #2 Kento Momota’s return to domestic competition is official. His named appeared in the entry list last week for the Japan Ranking Circuit Competition in Saitama City […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Momota-All-Nippon-2015-115x115.jpg "Momota comeback set for Saitama")
![The Badminton World Federation (BWF) welcomes seven new members to its 27-member BWF Council today, following voting at the Annual General Meeting (AGM). One more new member will join next […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170520_1530_SudirmanCup2017_BPYN4348-115x115.jpg "BWF Council – 8 remain, 18 voted in, 2 absent, 1 on the way")
![As always with a team event, there are several top players who end up attending without their regular partners. In the 2017 edition of the Sudirman, we have injuries, retirements […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Free-agents-115x115.jpg "The Sudirman Cup’s ‘free agents’")
![Korean men’s doubles stars Kim Ki Jung and Yoo Yeon Seong are officially off the Korean national badminton team as of today. This marks the end of a generation for […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20140831_1513_WorldChampionships2014-YN9915-115x115.jpg "And then there were none…Yoo and Kim complete Korean doubles sign-off")
![China may have seen to correcting their nominations to include world #2 Lu Kai for the Sudirman Cup but Team Korea is minus 3 current and former top 5 players […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170411_0923_SingaporeOpen2017_BPYL7617_rotator-115x115.jpg "Lu in, Yoos & Kims out as China and Korea finalize Sudirman squads")
![Former world #1s Yoo Yeon Seong, Kim Ha Na, Lee Hyun Il, Tang Jinhua, and Bao Yixin all figure into some interesting entries for the next Superseries badminton event. By […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20150328_1744_IndiaOpen2015_Yves1188-115x115.jpg "Jakarta surprises in store from former #1s")
![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}
