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![In spite of the stellar cast for this year’s Australian Open, the missing Europeans in men’s doubles and the unheralded absentees in the other doubles categories do make a difference. […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20170415_1757_SingaporeOpen2017_BPYL4570_rotator-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN Preview Part 2 – Finding one’s voice")
AUSTRALIAN OPEN Preview Part 2 – Finding one’s voice
Posted on June 18, 2017 | 1 CommentIn spite of the stellar cast for this year’s Australian Open, the missing Europeans in men’s doubles and the unheralded absentees in the other doubles categories do make a difference. […] -
![As always with a team event, there are several top players who end up attending without their regular partners. In the 2017 edition of the Sudirman, we have injuries, retirements […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Free-agents-115x115.jpg "The Sudirman Cup’s ‘free agents’")
The Sudirman Cup’s ‘free agents’
Posted on May 18, 2017 | No CommentsAs always with a team event, there are several top players who end up attending without their regular partners. In the 2017 edition of the Sudirman, we have injuries, retirements […] -
![The Sudirman Cup’s outcome is a different historical indicator of shifts in badminton power to that of the the Olympic Games and World Championships, and Thomas-Uber Cups. Our preview specialist, […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20150517_1749_SudirmanCup2015_RS_L3690_rotator-115x115.jpg "SUDIRMAN CUP Preview – Tide to ebb for defending champions at Gold Coast?")
SUDIRMAN CUP Preview – Tide to ebb for defending champions at Gold Coast?
Posted on May 15, 2017 | 1 CommentThe Sudirman Cup’s outcome is a different historical indicator of shifts in badminton power to that of the the Olympic Games and World Championships, and Thomas-Uber Cups. Our preview specialist, […] -
![Chen, Lin, Lee: the past three world #1s prepare to converge on Olympic gold in Rio but which one will take it and who else might sneak in? By Aaron […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/IU5G5184_rotator-115x115.jpg "OLYMPIC MS PREVIEW – Gold requires fulfilling three or more criteria")
OLYMPIC MS PREVIEW – Gold requires fulfilling three or more criteria
Posted on August 2, 2016 | 1 CommentChen, Lin, Lee: the past three world #1s prepare to converge on Olympic gold in Rio but which one will take it and who else might sneak in? By Aaron […] -
![Women’s singles in badminton heads into the 2016 Olympic Games with more than just World Champion Carolina Marin promising to give this gold a new home. By Aaron Wong. Photos: […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20151211_0433_WorldSuperseriesFinals2015_RS__2958-1_rotator-115x115.jpg "OLYMPIC WS PREVIEW – Beyond the next big thing is Reinvention")
OLYMPIC WS PREVIEW – Beyond the next big thing is Reinvention
Posted on August 1, 2016 | No CommentsWomen’s singles in badminton heads into the 2016 Olympic Games with more than just World Champion Carolina Marin promising to give this gold a new home. By Aaron Wong. Photos: […] -
![Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi are the first non-Chinese top seeds in 20 years in an Olympic women’s doubles badminton competition, but can they turn it into gold? By Don […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20160313_1407_AllEngland2016_BP__2470_rotator-115x115.jpg "OLYMPIC WD Preview – Breaking China’s 20-year lock")
OLYMPIC WD Preview – Breaking China’s 20-year lock
Posted on July 31, 2016 | No CommentsMisaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi are the first non-Chinese top seeds in 20 years in an Olympic women’s doubles badminton competition, but can they turn it into gold? By Don […] -
![The four seeds from London’s mixed doubles badminton event are returning as top contenders for gold but new power from Korea, Britain, and Indonesia will be spicing things up in […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20150913_1325_JapanOpen2015_RSAL7637_rotator-115x115.jpg "OLYMPIC XD Preview – Familiar faces, familiar flags")
OLYMPIC XD Preview – Familiar faces, familiar flags
Posted on July 30, 2016 | No CommentsThe four seeds from London’s mixed doubles badminton event are returning as top contenders for gold but new power from Korea, Britain, and Indonesia will be spicing things up in […] -
![Men’s doubles will continue to be the only badminton discipline without a repeat Olympic champion, but four past Olympic gold medallists – all with different partners – are among the […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/CAI-FU-30-WorldChampionships2013_rotator-115x115.jpg "OLYMPIC MD Preview – 4 big guns battle for 2nd gold")
OLYMPIC MD Preview – 4 big guns battle for 2nd gold
Posted on July 27, 2016 | No CommentsMen’s doubles will continue to be the only badminton discipline without a repeat Olympic champion, but four past Olympic gold medallists – all with different partners – are among the […]