Here's what you need to know about badminton at the 2024 Paris Olympics. When did badminton become an Olympic sport? The Olympic Summer Games added badminton in 1992, although the mixed doubles ...

BALTIMORE — Growing up in Baltimore, 22-year-old Presley Smith began playing badminton at 9 years old. The sport is not as popular in the United States as it is in Europe and Asia, something Smith ...

I’ve spent the past year waking up at 6 a.m. to practice badminton swings in my backyard before school. Throughout the days, I’ve blasted YouTube tutorials on footwork and begged friends to rally with ...

Mathew Fogarty said badminton’s European elite made fun of him for playing professionally at age 59. That was three years ago. Fogarty still competes at the sport’s highest level, taking part in the ...

Welsh teenager Archie Morton says badminton has given him everything after winning gold at the World Transplant Games ...

Despite healthy participation numbers, sport is underfunded and operates under the radar in contrast to powerhouse nations in Asia Simon Briggs writes about tennis, cricket and a variety of other ...

If you think playing badminton has anything to do with batting a plastic birdie at a backyard party, it’s time to reassess. Using rackets that weigh mere ounces and a featherlight projectile, this ...

For years, Malaysia’s most successful individual athlete was a squash player. But that changed on Thursday when a para badminton champion made history and set a new record, all at 37. Cheah Liek Hou ...

Badminton fans can look forward to huge changes in the sport from 2027 onwards. Among the changes announced by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) are increasing the World Tour Super 1000 from four ...

Badminton, modern version of the ancient game of battledore & shuttlecock, takes its name from the county seat of the Duke of Beaufort. Legend says it started there in 1873 when the guests at a dinner ...