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  2. Badminton - Wikipedia

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    The sport was played under the Pune rules until 1887, when J. H. E. Hart of the Bath Badminton Club drew up revised regulations. [5] In 1890, Hart and Bagnel Wild again revised the rules. [ 6 ] The Badminton Association of England (BAE) published these rules in 1893 and officially launched the sport at a house called "Dunbar" [ c ] in ...

  3. Category:Sports rules and regulations - Wikipedia

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    Rules and/or regulations that are publicly agreed upon sets of principles, policies, criteria, descriptions and/or conducts governing a sport or physical activity for reasons of safety, sportsmanship, equipment or facility design, and competitiveness.

  4. Category:Sports rules and regulations by sport - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Sports rules and regulations by sport" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. J.

  5. Scoring system development of badminton - Wikipedia

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    In 2002 the International Badminton Federation (BWF), concerned with the unpredictable and often lengthy time required for matches, decided to experiment with a different scoring system to improve the commercial and especially the broadcasting appeal of the sport [citation needed]. The new scoring system shortened games to seven points and ...

  6. Regulation of sport - Wikipedia

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    The regulation of sport is usually done by a sport governing body for each sport, resulting in a core of relatively invariant, agreed rules.People responsible for leisure activities often seek recognition and respectability as sports by joining sports federations such as the International Olympic Committee, or by forming their own regulatory body.

  7. Ball badminton - Wikipedia

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    Ball Badminton, 2012. Ball badminton is a sport native to India. It is a racket sport game, played with a yellow ball made of wool, on a court of fixed dimensions (12 by 24 metres) divided by a net. The game was played as early as 1856 by the royal family in Tanjore, the capital of Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu, India. It enjoys the greatest ...

  8. World Athletics - Wikipedia

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    World Athletics, formerly known as the International Amateur Athletic Federation and International Association of Athletics Federations and formerly abbreviated as the IAAF, is the international governing body for the sport of athletics, covering track and field, cross country running, road running, race walking, mountain running, and ultra running.

  9. Spalding Athletic Library - Wikipedia

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    The 1898 Spalding Athletic Library book includes rules (laws) and results for each league (association). [22] July 1908, Spalding issued the official athletic rules of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States. [23] In 1918 Spalding issued a book, Army and Navy Camp YMCA Physical Work to support athletic activities. [24]