- Website
- http://www.badzine.net/
- Description
- Raphael is the Chief Editor of Badzine International. He is the founder of the website together with Jean François Chauveau. After many years writing for the BWF and many publications around the world about badminton, he now leads a team of young and dynamic writers for Badzine.
![Once again, Mother Nature has taken the life of a young man, this weekend. Tan Chee Tean was only 23 years old. Eric Meijs, last year, also disappeared in a […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/40455113_10156412485776893_4291910086739099648_o-115x115.jpg "EDITORIAL – Life is short…")
![Once again the badminton fraternity mourns the sudden death of one of his young players – Malaysia’s Tan Chee Tean, only 23, died in a car accident Friday according to […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170404_1129_MalaysiaOpen2017_BPYL9239-115x115.jpg "Young Malaysian shuttler dies in car accident")
![Early on Saturday, the Badminton Association of Malaysia confirmed that Lee Chong Wei had been diagnosed with an early stage of nose cancer and that he was getting treatment in […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180707_2044_IndonesiaOpen2018_YVES2352-115x115.jpg "Chong Wei’s condition confirmed by BAM")
![The recent Uber Cup disastrous outing for China will leave one woman down. According to Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post, Zhang Ning, head coach for the women’s singles team, […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170922_1757_JapanOpen2017_BPYL4785-115x115.jpg "Zhang Ning fired")
![Peter Ganes, one of the most respected umpires from Denmark, passed away yesterday. Some very, very sad news… I remember the first time I met Peter, in the early 2000’s. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Peter.GANES-04-DEN-RS-OlympicGames2004-115x115.jpg "Good bye Peter…")
![Great news for the British Olympic badminton squad from UK Sport yesterday : one year after the huge cut in funding, badminton will benefit from a 2-year Olympic funding of £630,000 […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171126_1520_World_Para-Badminton_2017_IU5G7217-115x115.jpg "Good news for British Olympic and Paralympic squads")
![The badminton family mourns the passing of Dutch badminton star Erik Meijs, who, according to the German newspaper Bild, died Thursday night in a hospital in Dusseldorf after a terrible […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171017_1049_DenmarkOpen2017_BPRS0446-115x115.jpg "Erik Meijs dies in car crash")
![The Yonex Belgium International ended on Saturday in Leuven, with a win from Kento Momota, who is slowly climbing his way back to the top of the World Ranking. Spanish […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170917_0629_BelgianInternational2017_026-115x115.jpg "BELGIAN INTERNATIONAL – Momota roars, Qi bows")
![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}
