The British Olympic Association (BOA) has today named the seven players who will compete at the rescheduled Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games as the badminton squad is announced. Lauren Smith and returning Olympic medallist Marcus Ellis earn an automatic qualification place in the mixed doubles after finishing in eighth spot on the Badminton World Federation (BWF)
England’s double Commonwealth and European Champions Chris and Gabby Adcock have today announced their retirement from badminton. The Team GB Olympians have competed on the HSBC BWF World Tour together since 2013 and have achieved remarkable success throughout that period. Having first discovered her passion for playing at school, Gabby attended a local club alongside
Jack Shephard, Andrew Martin, Rachel Choong and Rebecca Bedford have all become Para-badminton World Champions after a week full of medals for the English team in Basel. Shephard successfully retained the SS6 singles title he won two years ago with a stunning performance in Switzerland, beating Hong Kong’s Wong Chun Yim 21-17 21-10 in Sunday’s
English badminton’s national champions Ben Lane and Jess Pugh clearly find something magical in the Madrid air. Three years ago, the young English pair, fresh from winning U19 European Junior bronze, landed the Spanish International title; the third of their fledging senior career at International Challenger level. Roll forward to 2019 and, after a title
10 years on from their Sudirman Cup debuts in Guangzhou,Chris and Gabby Adcock are set to add to their combined 115 England caps when they return to China for badminton’s premier world team championships next month. The European and Commonwealth champions, well anchored in the top 10 of the world for over seven years, have
England and Team GB badminton stars Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith have reached the Quarter Finals of the Malaysia Open – a high profile Super 750 tournament on badminton’s world tour. The Mixed Doubles duo, who both made their Olympic debuts in Rio, defeated China’s Ou Xuanyi and Feng Xueying 21-14, 24-22 to set up
England’s Ben Lane and Jess Pugh added the 2019 Polish Open title to their growing collection of international honours today in Częstochowa on badminton’s European tour. The reigning national champions, both aged 21 and now ranked inside the world top 30, were top seeded for the trip to Poland and justified top billing with a
Huge boost to grass roots badminton as new National Team League announced Badminton England has revealed that a brand new, tiered National Team League, capable of supporting hundreds of clubs, will be launched in January 2021, following a successful feasibility study. The ‘progressive’ pyramid league will follow the established team league structures seen in other
English badminton national champions Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith have reason more than most to look back on a ‘job well done’ in 2018 after qualifying for badminton’s prestigious HSBC BWF World Tour Finals to be held in Guangzhou, China 12-16 December. The pair, who both made their Olympic debuts for Team GB in Rio,
University of Bath fresher Molly Chapman is aiming to finish her U19 career on a high note when she represents England at the BWF World Junior Badminton Championships in Canada next week. The Santander Sporting Scholar, who started a Sports Performance course in September, will partner Freya Redfearn in the girls’ doubles competition taking place
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