- 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
![Men’s doubles world #1 Yoo Yeon Seong says he and his wife are even contemplating naming their first child “Rio”, if he and Lee Yong Dae can win gold after […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20150920_1309_KoreaOpen2015_Yves7722-115x115.jpg "Yoo Yeon Seong may call his son ‘Rio’")
![Chou Tien Chen became the first Chinese Taipei shuttler in 17 years to take the men’s singles title at his home Grand Prix Gold event. By Don Hearn. Photos: Badmintonphoto […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20151024_1814_FrenchOpen2015_YN__7643_rotator-115x115.jpg "CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN 2016 Finals – Chou Tien Chen ends 17-year wait")
![Chou Tien Chen is hoping to be third time lucky in the men’s singles final at his home Grand Prix Gold event, while compatriot Wang Chi Lin is looking for […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160518_1243_ThomasUberCup2016_YN__8534_rotator-115x115.jpg "CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN 2016 SF – Chou and Wang looking for firsts")
![2014 World Champion Shin Baek Cheol is now off the Korean national badminton team. The 26-year-old shuttler, who narrowly missed qualifying for the Rio Olympics in both men’s and mixed […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/IU5G2311-115x115.jpg "Former World Champ off Korean national team")
![2012 Olympic men’s doubles gold medallist Cai Yun (pictured) has called time on his illustrious career in international badminton. Yesterday, Cai announced on his Weibo blog, that he was leaving […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20150909_1035_JapanOpen2015_RSAL2802-115x115.jpg "Cai Yun says good-bye to international badminton")
![Phase III lists in the Race to Rio were released today and with New Zealand declining the invitation for Dylan Soedjasa to be the Oceania representative in the men’s singles, […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160518_0937_ThomasUberCup2016_YN__7879-115x115.jpg "Mexico’s Lino Munoz gets Rio invitation")
![Korea wrapped up its Summer Championships yesterday in the western city of Dangjin. Kim Ga Eun, Kang Min Hyuk, and Kim Won Ho all titled nationally as they prepare to […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Summer2016-HS-IU5G4356-115x115.jpg "New Korean faces prepare for Asian Juniors")
![Phase II lists for the Rio Olympics have been released by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) and Australia has opted for its doubles qualifiers to take its two continental qualification […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160608_1536_AustraliaOpen2016_BP__2463-115x115.jpg "Australia chooses doubles for Rio, gets one in singles")
![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}
