Playing under their new name, Loughborough Lightning badminton franchise scored a decisive opening night victory in the AJ Bell National Badminton League, away at Surrey Smashers. After finishing runners-up for the second season in a row, Lightning who were formerly known as Loughborough Sport, travelled south to take on a strong Surrey Smasher side. After
Birmingham Lions’ star Fontaine Chapman believes welcoming new sides into the AJ Bell National Badminton League comes at a pivotal time for badminton as season 3 of the UK’s first professional team league looks to further boost the sport’s profile after a brilliant bronze medal win in Rio. England’s top ranked singles player Chapman flourished
Leading investment platform and stockbroker services provider AJ Bell have extended their title sponsorship of the National Badminton League (NBL) for a further two years as the UK’s first ever professional badminton league expands for Season 3. The renewed title sponsorship will see AJ Bell have a strong presence, including on and off court branding,
Team GB badminton star Lauren Smith celebrated the start of Women’s Sports Week in spectacular fashion by pairing new partner Sarah Walker to the women’s doubles title at the FZ Forza Prague Open. The Championship win in the Czech Republic saw Smith continue an 11 match winning streak that has seen her go unbeaten, winning
The AJ Bell National Badminton League (NBL) season 3 will start on 17 October as the fixtures for the new 2016/17 season were confirmed. The opening round of matches will see reigning champions Birmingham Lions start their title defence at home to new franchise team, Suffolk Saxons. Match-Week 1 also sees Surrey Smashers welcome Loughborough
Rajiv Ouseph booked his place in the knockout stages of the men’s singles competition at Rio 2016 with a confident victory over Japan’s Sho Sakaki yesterday (Sunday). The 29-year-old eight-time national champion from Hounslow advanced with a 21-15, 21-9 win over world number 25 Sakaki, avenging his quarter-final defeat at the 2015 Yonex All England
GB’s mixed doubles pair Chris and Gabby Adcock and men’s doubles duo Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis recorded thrilling three-set victories over seeded pairs on the second day of the badminton competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games yesterday (Friday). The Adcocks defeated fourth seeds and London 2012 bronze medallists Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna
Rajiv Ouseph and Kirsty Gilmour (pictured above) got GB’s Rio 2016 campaign off to a good start after recording victories in their opening singles group matches on Thursday (11 August). Ouseph, making his second Olympics appearance, beat Petr Koukal of Czech Republic 21-14, 21-18, to secure Team GB’s first badminton win. The 29-year-old dominated proceedings to
As of today, Loughborough University’s National Badminton League (NBL) franchise will play under the Loughborough Lightning umbrella, uniting with the universities successful netball and cricket franchises. The original Loughborough Lightning brand was launched eleven years ago for the university’s netball franchise. More recently, the inaugural women’s cricket Kia Super League team was launched, with the
GB Head Coach Jakob Hoi is looking forward to seeing Team GB’s badminton stars battle it out on the highest stage of all after the official draw was made for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil yesterday. Headlining the eight-strong squad bound for Rio, Chris and Gabby Adcock – ranked seventh in the world and winners of the World Superseries
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