![Pornpawee Chochuwong bested top seed and home favourite Carolina Marin to claim the Spain Masters Super 300 title, the first major crown of the 22-year-old Thai’s young career. By Don […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20200223_1431_SpainMasters2020_BPRS3900_rotator-115x115.jpg "SPAIN MASTERS – First major title for Pornpawee Chochuwong")
![Ng Ka Long ended a title drought of 3 years at the Thailand Masters today, while Ong Yew Sin / Teo Ee Yi ended an even longer wait. By Don […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20200126_1752_ThailandMasters2020_BPJP5751_rotator-115x115.jpg "THAILAND MASTERS Finals – Ng, Ong/Teo end long title droughts")
![The best badminton players in the world are gearing up for the 2020 season – or, for some, the homestretch of the Tokyo Olympic qualification period – but we take […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190705_2050_CanadaOpen2019_BPYL7797_rotator-115x115.jpg "2019 by the numbers: Badminton’s bests, mosts, and firsts of last season")
![An Se Young finally got the better of veteran team-mate Sung Ji Hyun to win the Korea Masters, followed by Japan’s Matsuyama/Shida taking down their Rio gold medallist team-mates. Story […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Gwangju-Masters-2019-3721-115x115.jpg "KOREA MASTERS 2019 Finals – Veteran ladies suffer upsets")
![It will be an all-Korean women’s singles final at the Korea Masters, as An Se Young looks for her 5th title this year, while Sung Ji Hyun is hoping to […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Gwangju-Masters-2019-2535_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA MASTERS 2019 SF – An goes for a 5th, Sung for a second 4th")
![2017 Korea Masters champion Kim Won Ho is in his first semi-final with new partner Park Kyung Hoon after they saw off Olympic and World Champion Zhang Nan in his […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Gwangju-Masters-2019-2189_rotator-115x115.jpg "KOREA MASTERS 2019 QF – Korea finishes strong")
![Zhang Yiman won her first major title at the Vietnam Open and Zhang Shuxian did too, but missed out on the doubles double. Photos: Badmintonphoto (archives) 19-year-old Zhang Shuxian took […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190707_1802_CanadaOpen2019_BPYL8088-115x115.jpg "VIETNAM OPEN 2019 – Two Zhangs win first major titles")
![Seo Seung Jae was beaten twice on finals day at the Chinese Taipei Open, as he and Choi Sol Gyu squandered a 9-point lead and 5 match points before Goh […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190908_1801_Chinese_Taipei_Open_2019_BPJP1336_rotator-115x115.jpg "CHINESE TAIPEI OPEN 2019 Finals – Goh/Tan win with epic comeback")
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![The Badminton World Federation (BWF) announced yesterday that it would be freezing the world rankings at their March 17th state, with no updates until after international tournaments can resume when […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Frozen-BWF-Rankings_rotator-36x36.jpg "BWF freezes world rankings at March 17th")
BWF freezes world rankings at March 17th
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![26-year-old Viktor Axelsen is not the most talented player to come out of Denmark. He is definitely not one of the most consistent players on the tour, and not a […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20200315_1407_AllEngland2020_BPES7764_rotator-36x36.jpg "Viktor Axelsen: The Opportunist")
Viktor Axelsen: The Opportunist
22 March 2020 10:20 AM | No Comments -
![On Friday, the BWF announced the postponement of the Thomas & Uber Cup Finals as well as the suspension of all remaining events in the Tokyo qualifying period. Photos: Badmintonphoto […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180923_1819_ChinaOpen2018_BPYL3919_rotator-36x36.jpg "Continental Championships, Uber and Thomas Cups axed from schedule")
Continental Championships, Uber and Thomas Cups axed from schedule
21 March 2020 10:16 AM | No Comments -
![The curtain finally closed on the 110th edition of the All England and while many had argued it should have been shut down and with players refusing to talk, shake […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20200315_1740_AllEngland2020_BPRS9740_rotator-36x36.jpg "ALL ENGLAND Finals – An edition to be remembered")
ALL ENGLAND Finals – An edition to be remembered
16 March 2020 1:21 AM | No Comments -
![Denmark‘s Viktor Axelsen will again be the sole European contestant on finals day at the All England final after he crushed the dream of Malaysia’s new star Lee Zii Jia. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20200314_1120_AllEngland2020_BPYN4957_rotator-36x36.jpg "ALL ENGLAND SF – Viktor finally?")
ALL ENGLAND SF – Viktor finally?
15 March 2020 5:17 AM | No Comments -
![The outbreak of Covid-19 has forced the BWF to take the extraordinary measure of suspending all international badminton events for 4 weeks. Late on Friday, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190409_0923_SingaporeOpen2019_BPMR1950-36x36.jpg "BWF: “All tournaments suspended until April 12th”")
BWF: “All tournaments suspended until April 12th”
14 March 2020 2:32 AM | No Comments -
![More sad news came today from both north and south as the Canadian Olympic Committee announced it would not send a team to Tokyo this summer, while the last international […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190723_1744_JapanOpen2019_BPYL8065-36x36.jpg "No badminton in Auckland in April, no Canadians in Tokyo in July")
No badminton in Auckland in April, no Canadians in Tokyo in July
23 March 2020 8:17 AM | No Comments
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