- 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 Korean National Badminton Team will be sponsored by Victor for another 4 years. The Victor Rackets Ind. Corp. issued a press release today after the Badminton Korea Association (BKA) […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Korean-National-Badminton-Team-renews-sponsorship-deal-with-VICTOR-115x115.jpg "Team Korea signs with Victor for 4 more years")
![For the second straight year, Mathias Boe’s intent to enter the Malaysia Open was thwarted by a national badminton federation, this time by an administrative error at Badminton Denmark. Photo: […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20161125_2119_HongKongOpen2016_BPRA6716-115x115.jpg "Boe blocked from Malaysia again")
![Two-time Olympic men’s doubles gold medallist Fu Haifeng has appeared on the entry list for the upcoming Malaysia Open. He is entered in the event along with current mixed doubles […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20161020_2007_DenmarkOpen2016_BPYN4150-115x115.jpg "Olympic champion Fu due in Kuching")
![Team Japan blanked Korea 3-0 in the final in Ho Chi Minh City to become the winner of the first ever Badminton Asia Mixed Team Championship. By Don Hearn. Photos: […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20161217_2040_WorldSuperseriesFinals2016_BPRS4730_rotator-115x115.jpg "Japan becomes Asia’s first Mixed Team Champion")
![Tommy Sugiarto and Huang Kaixiang each won his first international title in over a year as the home team settled for one at the Thailand Masters. By Don Hearn. Photos: […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160414_2038_SingaporeOpen2016_Yves4881_rotator-115x115.jpg "THAILAND MASTERS 2017 – Tommy and Kaixiang back on top")
![Former world #1 Lee Yong Dae is getting married and expecting a baby, according to an article published today by Korea’s Yonhap News Agency. The Beijing mixed doubles gold medallist […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Lee-YD-Yonex-PC-IMG_9703-115x115.jpg "Marriage and fatherhood loom for Lee Yong Dae")
![Korean doubles star Lee Yong Dae was formally welcomed as the newest member of Korea’s Yonex Badminton Team. Story and photos by Don Hearn. Additional photos courtesy of Yonex Korea. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Lee-YD-Yonex-PC-요넥스-이용대입단식_1-115x115.jpg "Lee Yong Dae looks forward to new team, less early morning training")
![Sameer Verma picked up his first major title at the Syed Modi International Badminton Championships, where the home team shared the five titles with two top Danish doubles pairs. By […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20161125_2104_HongKongOpen2016_BPRA6492_rotator-115x115.jpg "INDIA GPG 2017 Finals – Victory for a Verma")
![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}
