![The Australian Badminton Open again falls on the NSW Queen’s Birthday long weekend. Why does it not matter when favourites falter? Our preview specialist, Aaron Wong, explains. Photos: Badmintonphoto A […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180926_1355_KoreaOpen2018_YVES0084_rotator-115x115.jpg "AUSTRALIAN OPEN Preview – Try stopping an army of 24-year-olds")
![Only China and Indonesia have a complete collection of world badminton team championship cups but as favourites at this year’s Sudirman Cup, can Japan finally join this most exclusive of […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20150517_1755_SudirmanCup2015_RS_L3791a_rotator-115x115.jpg "SUDIRMAN CUP Preview – Can Japan complete its collection?")
![In Part 2, we take a closer look at how the draw helps or hinders a player’s campaign at the 2019 All England. By Aaron Wong. Photos: Badmintonphoto After opening […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20181214_1319_WorldTourFinals2018_BP011750_rotator-115x115.jpg "ALL ENGLAND Preview Part 2 – Rate the vulnerability of #1s")
![The hallowed All England Championships began 120 years ago and continues to serve as badminton’s corridor of snapshots, charting its evolution through fashion, dominance, attitudes, rules and prize money. All […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180318_1514_AllEngland2018_BP018475_rotator-115x115.jpg "ALL ENGLAND Preview Part 1 – March charts metamorphosis")
![If in-form Kento Momota wants to add Asian Games gold to him World title, he will have to fend off a combination of ageing masters, wily underdogs, and fellow contenders […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180818_0953_ASianGames2018_RAPL8961_rotator-115x115.jpg "ASIAN GAMES 2018 Men’s Singles Preview – Can China conquer Mt. Momota?")
![As Tai Tzu Ying vies again for the most prestigious title of her career, the illustrious cast of the women’s singles world will again line up to stop her. By […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180318_1409_AllEngland2018_BP028171_rotator-115x115.jpg "ASIAN GAMES 2018 Women’s Singles Preview – The field plays catch-up with tantalizing Tai")
![Japan is the new power in women’s doubles but with the Asian Games propensity for not following script, let’s look the various pairs who might get a look in at […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180708_1617_IndonesiaOpen2018_YVES4700-1_rotator-115x115.jpg "ASIAN GAMES 2018 Women’s Doubles Preview – Japanese empresses to reign supreme?")
![Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo & Marcus Fernaldi Gideon look like the strongest contenders as they lead the world’s ranking and will be playing at home. But some other pairs may just […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20180803_1429_WorldChampionships2018_MIK_3536-rotator_1236-115x115.jpg "ASIAN GAMES 2018 Men’s Doubles Preview – Minions on the cusp of an Indonesian hat-trick")
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![Semi-finals day at the World Championships ended with two upsets of 2018 finalists from China, and Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Sapsiree Taerattanachai become the first Thais ever to reach a doubles […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190824_2101_WorldChampionships2019_BPMR_8301_rotator-36x36.jpg "WORLDS SF – Thai pair in the final for the first time ever")
WORLDS SF – Thai pair in the final for the first time ever
25 August 2019 3:14 AM | No Comments -
![Former World Champions Ko Sung Hyun and Zhang Nan were on the other side of the Eurasian continent winning Super 100 titles in Akita a day before the Worlds kicks […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190730_1759_ThailandOpen2019_BPYL8576_rotator-36x36.jpg "JAPAN MASTERS – On eve of Worlds, past champs busy winning elsewhere")
JAPAN MASTERS – On eve of Worlds, past champs busy winning elsewhere
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![Thai women’s singles star Ratchanok Intanon failed to bring home the winner’s trophy, much to the dismay of the partisan Thai fans, but Chinese Taipei’s Chou Tien Chen helped to […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190804_1947_ThailandOpen2019_BPYL5283_rotator-36x36.jpg "THAILAND OPEN Finals –Ratchanok dissappoints, Chou delights the Thai fans")
THAILAND OPEN Finals –Ratchanok dissappoints, Chou delights the Thai fans
04 August 2019 6:38 PM | 2 Comments -
![India’s Satwiksairaj Rankireddy / Chirag Shetty crouched low and leapt high as they stunned reigning World Champions Li/Liu to take the 2019 Thailand Open title. By Don Hearn, Badzine Correspondent […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20190804_1557_ThailandOpen2019_BPYL0881_rotator-36x36.jpg "THAILAND OPEN Finals – Indian youngsters tower over two towers")
THAILAND OPEN Finals – Indian youngsters tower over two towers
04 August 2019 11:42 AM | 1 Comment -
![It was a very happy weekend for former Pan Am Games gold medallist Toby Ng, who got married on Saturday, but in a way, it was the couple who gave […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/25-Reasons-WHY-BADMINTON-is-Like-Marriage_thumb-36x36.jpg "Badminton like marriage? Let us count the ways…")
Badminton like marriage? Let us count the ways…
19 August 2019 11:59 AM | No Comments -
![Former world #2 Kim Sa Rang revealed in an interview yesterday that he and former national team-mate Eom Hye Won will be exchanging vows in December. Kim was giving an […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/Eom-and-Kim-from-Gwangju-36x36.jpg "Another Korean badminton couple to tie the knot in December")
Another Korean badminton couple to tie the knot in December
14 August 2019 7:37 AM | No Comments -
![India got one title at the 2019 Hyderabad Open Super 100 today courtesy of Sourabh Verma, but Ashwini Ponnappa and Sikki Reddy lost to veteran Jung Kyung Eun and 18-year-old […]](http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/ngg_featured/20171011_0851_WorldJuniorTeamChampionships2017_BPRA9358-36x36.jpg "HYDERABAD OPEN – 2 teens title, 4 have to settle")
HYDERABAD OPEN – 2 teens title, 4 have to settle
11 August 2019 2:14 PM | No Comments
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