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INDIA OPEN QF – Shon sends Gade home; self, Chen to London

Posted on April 27, 2012 | 2 Comments
Shon Wan Ho of Korea scored his first-ever victory over Peter Gade to not only enter his first ever Superseries semi-final but also to earn his ticket to the London Olympics, and secure Chen Jin’s...
INDIA SS – Saina chokes on Bae

Posted on April 27, 2012 | 6 Comments
Saina Nehwal was one of the casualties of the pre quarters at the Fort Siri Complex, New Dehli, during the Yonex Sunrise India Open this Thursday. The Indian Champion was ousted by Korea’s Bae Youn...
OLYMPIC DUMMY LISTS Apr 26th – Poles’ position subject to Aussie whims

Posted on April 27, 2012 | 2 Comments
Despite winning the European Championships, Poland’s Robert Mateusiak and Nadiezda Zieba are ‘out’ of Olympic qualifying territory, now that Australia has claimed a continental spot in mixed doubles, but there is a catch… Presenting the...
URGENT NOTICE – Agus Hariyanto’s account hacked

Posted on April 26, 2012 | No Comments
The former Indonesian player Agus Hariyanto, now a coach from Hong Kong, has seen his Yahoo and Facebook account hacked. A lot of people from the badminton fraternity have received an e-mail from him asking...
U.S. Nationals – Double gold for Grace Peng

Posted on April 25, 2012 | No Comments
The U.S. shuttlers had their national championships played this weekend in Orange County, California and Grace Yun Peng grabbed gold in both women’s doubles and mixed. Medallists in the 2012 USA Badminton National Championships: Women’s...
PEOPLE – A new baby for Markis Kido too

Posted on April 24, 2012 | No Comments
A few hours before Rafael Susilo, another child of a famous badminton player was born : Markis Kido’s daughter, Queensha Olympia Richardo, was born around 11:20 pm on April 23,2012. All of us at the...
PEOPLE – Welcome to baby Susilo

Posted on April 24, 2012 | No Comments
The son of former player from Singapore Ronald Susilo, Rafael Edward Susilo, was born at Thomson Medical today at 11:23AM, Singapore time. All of us at Badzine send our best wishes to Ronald and his...
TAHITI INT’L – No final kick for Bruce-Li

Posted on April 23, 2012 | No Comments
Bruce Li was once world-renowned for being the king of Kung Fu, but the duo of (Alex) Bruce and (Michelle) Li (photo) is today one of the Americas’ best badminton women’s doubles pairs. Yet they...