- 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
![Tontowi Ahmad will be without his fellow Olympic mixed doubles gold medallist as Liliyana Natsir will not be on hand to partner him at the upcoming Sudirman Cup competition in […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170406_1519_MalaysiaOpen2017_BPYL2806-115x115.jpg "Olympic champion to miss Sudirman Cup")
![All England champion and Superseries leader Lu Kai has not yet been named to China’s 2017 Sudirman Cup squad, a day before the team nomination deadline. In what is certainly […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Liu-and-Lu-Kai-2-115x115.jpg "China to leave All England champ at home?")
![The Nippon Badminton Association has named its team for the upcoming Sudirman Cup competition. The 16-member team includes exactly two players or pairs for each discipline, except for 19-year-old Yuta […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20150517_1806_SudirmanCup2015_RS_L4003-115x115.jpg "Japan names Sudirman team")
![Ygor Coelho denied home favourite Osleni Guerrero a 3rd Pan Am title, while Rachel Honderich accounted for half of Canada’s 4 title haul. By Don Hearn. Photos: Yves Lacroix for […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160206_1218_ChampionnatCanadien2016_Yves6103-115x115.jpg "PAN AM CHAMPS 2017 – 1st for Ygor, 2 for Honderich, 4 for Canada")
![Rajiv Ouseph became the first Brit in 27 years to top Europe in men’s singles as English shuttlers took the last two titles at the 2017 European Badminton Championships. By […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/World-Masters-Games-20170430_1638_EuropeanChampionships2017_BPYN8097_rotator-115x115.jpg "EURO CHAMPS 2017 Finals – England takes two!")
![In their third final appearance, China’s twin towers Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen have finally reached the summit of the Badminton Asia Championships. By Don Hearn. Photos: Badmintonphoto (archives) For […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170311_1235_AllEngland2017_BPYN6626_rotator-115x115.jpg "ASIAN CHAMPS 2017 Finals – Li and Liu finally top Asia")
![Anders Antonsen stunned defending champion Viktor Axelsen, while Rajiv Ouseph saved two match points to set up an unexpected men’s singles final at the 2017 European Badminton Championships. By Don […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170429_1637_EuropeanChampionships2017_BPYN6817_rotator-115x115.jpg "EURO CHAMPS 2017 SF – New champion coming")
![World #45 Kim Hye Rin and Yoo Hae Won ousted their second straight top ten Chinese pair at the Badminton Asia Championships, where for the 3rd time this year, Huang […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160922_1345_JapanOpen2016_BPRS0001_rotator-115x115.jpg "ASIAN CHAMPS 2017 SF – Koreans’ dream run excludes Chinese ladies")
![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}
