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By RJ Mitchell CHRIS GRIMLEY has admitted it will be very much a case of points mean prizes at the Yonex US Open this week. Chris and brother Matthew suffered a tight first round loss in last week’s Yonex Canada Open but with the event enjoying Super 500 status the [...]

Over 88 years ago, on 5 July 1934, that the International Badminton Federation (now BWF) was founded. In recognition of this significant date, and to make this a day of celebration for badminton globally, World Badminton Day is held annually on 5 July. In 2022, more than 200 World Badminton [...]

By RJ Mitchell KIRSTY GILMOUR claimed her eighth major games medal in Krakow with the bronze accolade being the third of that nature to add to a collection of five silver medals claimed from Commonwealth Games, European Games and European Championships respectively. Projecting forward, Kirsty is adamant that there is [...]

By RJ Mitchell ADAM HALL has revealed there is no danger of a look back in anger when it comes to the Men’s Doubles bronze he won at last week’s European Games. Adam and Alex Dunn came up just short (13-21, 21-16, 10-21) against favourites and top seeds Kim Astrup [...]

By Badminton England and Badminton Scotland What a week of badminton action we witnessed at the 2023 European Games! While our athletes express that there were many ups and downs, as spectators and fans we truly admire the preparation, determination and high-level performance of all our athletes throughout the competition [...]

Team GB’s Ben Lane and Sean Vendy will go for European Games gold on Saturday after a stylish display saw them reach Saturday’s final in Krakow. The second seeds are still yet to drop a game at the event, easing past French duo Toma Junior and Christo Popov 21-15 21-14 [...]

Everyone at Badminton Scotland wants to wish the best of luck to Deepti Vijayakumar and Lingyun Xiao who have travelled to the Japan Shonai U16 International Invitational tournament accompanied by coach Julie Hogg. The tournament runs from 1 July – 2 July. There will be no doubt some tough matches [...]

By Badminton England Great Britain will have two representatives in the men’s doubles semi-finals at the 2023 European Games following a successful day of knockout action in Krakow. Alexander Dunn and Adam Hall booked their place in the last four with an impressive 21-11 21-12 victory over Melker Zickerman-Bexell and [...]

By Badminton England Team GB’s badminton squad enjoyed another successful day of action in Krakow, as qualification to the knockout stages was sealed for four individuals or pairs. Kirsty Gilmour was the first to ensure she would take to the court again, as she beat home favourite Wiktoria Dabczynska 21-9 [...]

SCOTTISH Under-17 champion Iona Muir is hoping that a strong performance at this week’s Bulgaria Under – 17 International can help provide her with a happy ending to her time in the age group. Iona, who is from Renfrew, has been under-17 national champion for the last three years but [...]

By Badminton England Team GB’s badminton squad continued their strong start to the European Games group stage with four wins from six matches on the second day of action in Krakow. Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith enjoyed a statement victory over German fourth seeds Mark Lamsfuss and Isabel Lohau, coming [...]

By Badminton England Marcus Ellis and Lauren Smith made a victorious start to the defence of their European Games crown on a successful opening day of action in Krakow. The pair needed just 24 minutes to overcome Slovenia’s Miha Ivancic and Petra Polanc in their Group D opener, comfortably taking [...]