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Badminton

Robertson and Langridge steer England to third place in badminton European Men's Team Championship

Team England finished third at the European Men's Team Championship, with Nathan Robertson and Chris Langridge sealing a 3-0 win over Russia with victory over Vitalij Durkin and Alexandr Nikolaenko in Amsterdam. Robertson and Langridge lost the first game ... continued at Daily Mail

London 2012: Badminton teams to train in Derbyshire

Two international Olympic badminton teams are to train in Derbyshire ahead of the London 2012 Games. The squads from Australia and Canada will use the facilities at Etwall Leisure Centre for a week before moving to the Olympic Village in London. The teams ... continued at BBC News

Genteel badminton players cause a right old racket

"Sportsmen trade insults on Twitter”. It is hardly a headline to make you choke on your breakfast toast. Tweeted insults, alas, have become the sour condiment to professional sport. But when it is sportswomen doing the tweeting, and their sport is ... continued at Daily Telegraph

Badminton 'banter' escalates into Twitter row for Olympic hopefuls

The battle for an Olympic place between Jenny Wallwork and Imogen Bankier intensified on Friday as the pair became embroiled in a Twitter row which ended with Wallwork telling the Glaswegian Bankier to "jog on back to Scotland". England's ... continued at The Guardian

Norfolk Under-15 team continue winning run in badminton’s Shires League with 15-5 victory over Lincolnshire

To send a link to this page to a friend, you must be logged in. They started the match with a clean sweep in the four mixed doubles, but then Lincs won three of the four boys singles, Norfolk’s victory coming from Dominic Ely who played well to take his ... continued at EDP 24

Badminton: Rhys Walker to be mentored by former Olympic swimmer

WARWICKSHIRE badminton ace Rhys Walker will receive one-to-one mentoring from British swimmer Adam Whitehead thanks to the Jaguar Academy of Sport. Walker won a Special Recognition Award at the Academy’s annual awards last year, granting him a year’s ... continued at Coventry Telegraph.net

Uganda gov't supports women badminton team for Uber Cup Championships

KAMPALA, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Ugandan government has bought air tickets for the women badminton team to take part in the Uber Cup Championship that kicks off in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Thursday. The team, through the National Council of Sports (NCS) on ... continued at Xinhua News Agency

Badminton: Loughborough Leys hold off Leicester University's determined challenge

Leicester University went close to an upset win over high-riding Loughborough Leys in men's Division Two of the Leicestershire League. A superb maximum from the University's Andrew Peden and Chris Tustian pushed the Leys squad all the way. But Leys ... continued at Leicester Mercury

Great fightback by badminton team

The Isle of Man senior badminton team picked up four out of a possible six points away to Lancashire over the weekend. They lost on Saturday 9-6, but managed to turn the tie round with a 10-5 win on Sunday. It was great fightback from the players after a ... continued at isleofman.com

'Fantastic coup' as badminton teams train in Derbyshire for shot at Olympic glory

OLYMPIANS from Australia and Canada will train and stay in South Derbyshire in the build-up to the 2012 Games. Badminton players from both nations will spend a week in the area before making their way to the Olympic Village in London. The Derby Telegraph ... continued at This is Derbyshire