![World badminton stars are in action in the first song made for the charity foundation Solibad, Badminton without Borders. The main video and the teaser video feature the world’s top […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Solibad.Song3-rotator-115x115.jpg "Solibad launches first ever “Badminton Song”")
![The best in the badminton world are gearing up for next season – some resting, some training, some playing winter leagues – but as they do, we take a look […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20181104_1443_MacauOpen2018_AA1I3561_rotator-115x115.jpg "2018 by the numbers: Badminton’s bests, mosts, and firsts of last season")
![Singles world #1s Tai Tzu Ying and Kento Momota each earned more in prize money in 2018 than any badminton player in history has previously won in a single year. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Tai-and-Momota-Prize-Money-leaders-2018_rotator-115x115.jpg "Tai and Momota break US$400,000 in badminton prize winnings for 2018")
![The BWF made the obvious choices for 2018 Player of the Year candidates, naming the big winners in all five categories, including mixed doubles World Champions Huang Yaqiong and Zheng […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Players-of-the-Year_rotator-115x115.jpg "Close race for BWF Player of the Year Awards")
![First round appearances at the Syed Modi Super 300 mean that 38 spots at the World Tour Finals have been clinched, with one longshot in India and one serious possibility […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20181115_1655_HongKongOpen2018_BP013525_rotator-115x115.jpg "WORLD TOUR FINALS 2018 – And then there were two…")
![Last week, fans on two continents had the rare chance to see a badminton game max out on points, with both the World Junior Championships and the Hong Kong Open […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20181115_1738_HongKongOpen2018_BP014022_rotator-115x115.jpg "POLL – Do we really need ‘sudden death’?")
![With World Tour Finals (WTF) qualification wrapping up next week in Glasgow, 15 of the 40 tickets have already been clinched, with most of the remainder expected to be finalized […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20181113_1614_HongKongOpen2018_BP013360_rotator-115x115.jpg "WTF – 2 more weeks, 3 more tournaments, 14 more spots")
![The player auction held this week for India’s Premier Badminton League (PBL) included some tidy sums, particularly when seen next to 2018 prize money, even for some of badminton’s biggest […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180128_1633_IndonesiaMasters2018_BP015435_rotator-115x115.jpg "When private leagues help make a living")
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![Denmark’s Mathias Bay-Smidt / Rikke Søby took the Swiss Open title on Sunday in the first major final for either member of this new pair. By Don Hearn. Photos: Sven […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190317_1309_SwissOpen2019_swo19-SVH-1568_rotator-36x36.jpg "SWISS OPEN – Bay-Smidt / Rikke Søby emerge as new mixed force")
SWISS OPEN – Bay-Smidt / Rikke Søby emerge as new mixed force
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![With an incredible final performance against Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen, world #1 Kento Momota became the first ever Japanese men’s singles player to clinch the All England title. By Tarek Hafi, […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190310_1823_AllEngland2019_BP016744_rotator-36x36.jpg "ALL ENGLAND Finals – Momota makes history")
ALL ENGLAND Finals – Momota makes history
11 March 2019 7:35 AM | No Comments -
![Malaysia’s sensational new top 20 pair of Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik wowed the world with their tremendous win over the Asian Games silver medallists Fajar Alfian and Muhammad […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190309_2138_AllEngland2019_BP015239_rotator-36x36.jpg "ALL ENGLAND SF – Malaysian heirs on the big stage")
ALL ENGLAND SF – Malaysian heirs on the big stage
10 March 2019 2:17 AM | No Comments -
![Former top ten player Ng Ka Long bounces back from several months of disappointment with a strong push into the All England quarter-finals, while Japan’s Sonoda and Kamura continue their […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190308_1427_AllEngland2019_BP013226_rotator-36x36.jpg "ALL ENGLAND QF – Ng Ka Long’s rebirth?")
ALL ENGLAND QF – Ng Ka Long’s rebirth?
09 March 2019 1:57 AM | No Comments
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![Both singles finals of the 2019 All England Open were about two players facing their nemesis. While one fought hard and emerged triumphant the other succumbed to his inner demons […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190310_1831_AllEngland2019_RAPL6624_rotator-36x36.jpg "One foe is too many")
One foe is too many
11 March 2019 12:43 PM | No Comments
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