NEWS
China secure Thomas Cup and Uber Cup double
China regained their status as the world’s top badminton nation after ending a six-year wait for a Thomas Cup triumph.
It was double delight for China’s shuttlers in Chengdu, with victory in Sunday’s Thomas Cup final over Indonesia adding to their victory over the same opponents in the Uber Cup final on Saturday.
It’s the first time …
Yavarivafa selected for Paris 2024 Olympic Games
5 May, 2024
Dorsa Yavarivafa, IOC Refugee Scholarship Holder in badminton for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, has been selected to the IOC Refugee Olympic Team.
Yavarivafa will be the second badminton player to represent the IOC Refugee Olympic Team after Syria-born Aram Mahmoud, who participated in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
IOC President, Thomas Bach announced the news …
About The
Championships
The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is the world’s oldest and most prestigious badminton tournament.
Played annually, it developed after the success of the world’s first open tournament held in Guildford in 1898. The tournament was successfully organised in April 4, 1899, however only three categories (Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles) were originally staged. Both Men’s and Women’s Singles were added the following year.
The first two tournaments were named “Badminton Association Tournament” and it was eventually considered (especially after the first Thomas Cup series in 1949) the unofficial World Badminton Championships until 1977 when the International Badminton Federation launched its official championships. The Championships have only ever been halted twice: during World War I from 1915 to 1919 and World War II from 1940 to 1946.
