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  2. Badminton - Wikipedia

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    In tennis, the server has two chances to hit a serve into the service box; in badminton, the server is allowed only one attempt. A tennis court is approximately twice the length and width of a badminton court. Tennis racquets are about four times as heavy as badminton racquets, 10 to 12 ounces (280 to 340 grams) versus 2 to 3 ounces (57 to 85 ...

  3. List of hybrid sports - Wikipedia

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    Padel - A hybrid of tennis and squash. [8][9] Phygital sport - A hybrid of simulation video game and field sport. Pickleball - A hybrid of ping-pong, tennis, and badminton. Polocrosse - A hybrid of polo and lacrosse, played on horseback. Q. QuadraSport - another hybrid of soccer, basketball, football and baseball.

  4. Scoring system development of badminton - Wikipedia

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    The original scoring system in badminton dates back to as early as 1873. [1] A match or rubber is decided by the best of three games. Each game is played to 15 points in the case of men's singles and any doubles games. In the case of ladies' singles, a game is played to 11 points.

  5. BWF World Championships - Wikipedia

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    The BWF World Championships, aka the World Badminton Championships, is a badminton tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation. [1] It's the most prestigious badminton competition, offering the most ranking points, along with the Summer Olympics badminton events introduced in 1992. [2] The winners of the tournament are World ...

  6. BWF World Tour - Wikipedia

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    The BWF World Tour is a Grade 2 badminton tournament series, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). It is a competition open to the top world ranked players in singles (men's and women's) and doubles (men's, women's and mixed). [1] The competition was announced on 19 March 2017 and came into effect starting from 2018, replacing the BWF ...

  7. Ball badminton - Wikipedia

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    Ball badminton. 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.

  8. Lin Dan - Wikipedia

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    Lín Dān. IPA. [lǐn tán] ⓘ. Lin Dan (Chinese: 林丹; born 14 October 1983) [1] is a Chinese badminton player. He is a two-time Olympic gold medallist, five-time World champion, two-time World Cup champion, two-time Asian games gold medalist, four-time Asian Champion, as well as a six-time All England champion.

  9. Badminton World Federation - Wikipedia

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    US$28.27 million [1] Website. www.bwfbadminton.org. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member nations (Canada, Denmark, England, France ...