- 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
![Ashwini Ponnappa and Sumeeth Reddy pulled off a stunning upset of mixed doubles top seeds Fischer Nielsen and Pedersen as both she and her doubles partner Sikki Reddy vie for […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160330_2108_IndiaOpen2016_Yves7098_rotator-115x115.jpg "INDIA GPG 2017 SF – Ashwini and Sikki into two finals")
![Hong Kong’s Ng Ka Long started off 2017 with a Grand Prix Gold title, as Lee Hyun Il retired with what looked more like a boxing injury. By Don Hearn. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20161127_1701_HongKongOpen2016_BPRS8998_rotator-115x115.jpg "MALAYSIA MASTERS 2017 – Ng Ka Long wins by TKO")
![Korea has seen a late addition to its list of post-Rio retirements as world #2 Ko Sung Hyun announced his retirement from the national team today. In an in-depth interview […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20161124_1314_HongKongOpen2016_BPRS1426-115x115.jpg "Ko Sung Hyun leaves the Korean national team")
![As badminton’s best take a break from the world tour to play winter leagues or train or rest up for 2017, we take a look at some interesting stats from […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160401_1911_IndiaOpen2016_Yves8268-1_rotator-115x115.jpg "2016 by the numbers: Badminton’s bests, mosts, and firsts of last season")
![The latest edition of the China Badminton Super League began last month. This year, foreign participation is up to six from Korea and three from Malaysia, in addition to the […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Qingdao-Fu-115x115.jpg "2016-2017 China Badminton Super League Rosters")
![Korea’s national badminton coaches have named their new team for 2017 and while they still have ten veteran shuttlers who have been in the world’s top 5 this year, these […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/IU5G4358-115x115.jpg "Korea names 5 juniors to national team for 2017")
![Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported today that former All England champion Kang Kyung Jin has been named as the new Head Coach of the Korean National Badminton Team. Kang, who […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160416_1742_SingaporeOpen2016_Yves5965-115x115.jpg "Team Korea gets a new Head Coach")
![The last weeks of 2016 have seen two high-profile badminton couples tie the knot. Just this past Monday, Vietnam’s two Olympians Nguyen Tien Minh and Vu Thi Trang (pictured), had […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Nguyen-and-Vu-115x115.jpg "Two new badminton couples to greet the New Year")
![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}
