Badminton, the Glossary
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net.[1]
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105 relations: Aerobic conditioning, Agility, All England Open Badminton Championships, Asia, Association football, Badminton Asia, Badminton Asia Championships, Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics, Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles, Badminton at the Summer Olympics, Badminton Confederation of Africa, Badminton England, Badminton Europe, Badminton House, Badminton Oceania, Badminton Pan America, Badminton World Federation, Ball badminton, Bath, Somerset, Battledore and shuttlecock, Beach, Biomechanics, BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix, BWF Super Series, BWF World Championships, BWF World Junior Championships, Canada, Carbon nanotube, Carbon-fiber reinforced polymer, China, Chinese Taipei, Cone, Cork (material), Crossminton, Denmark, Drag (physics), Duke of Beaufort, England, Eurasia, European Badminton Championships, Feather, Folkestone, France, Fullerene, Gloucestershire, Great Britain, Hanetsuki, India, Indonesia, Isaac Spratt, ... Expand index (55 more) »
- Racket sports
- Sports originating in England
- Sports originating in South Asia
- Summer Olympic sports
Aerobic conditioning
Aerobic conditioning is the use of continuous, rhythmic movement of large muscle groups to strengthen the heart and lungs (cardiovascular system).
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Agility
Agility or nimbleness is an ability to change the body's position quickly and requires the integration of isolated movement skills using a combination of balance, coordination, speed, reflexes, strength, and endurance.
All England Open Badminton Championships
The All England Open Badminton Championships is the world's oldest badminton tournament, held annually in England.
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Asia
Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. Badminton and Association football are sports originating in England and Summer Olympic sports.
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Badminton Asia
The Badminton Asia is the governing body of badminton in Asia.
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Badminton Asia Championships
The Badminton Asia Championships (formerly Asian Badminton Championships until 2006) is a tournament organized by governing body Badminton Asia to crown the best badminton players in Asia.
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Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Badminton had its debut as an official medal sport at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
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Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Mixed doubles
The badminton mixed doubles tournament at the 2012 Olympic Games in London took place from 28 July to 3 August at Wembley Arena.
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Badminton at the Summer Olympics
Badminton had its debut as an official event on the 1992 Summer Olympics and has been contested in eight Olympiads.
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Badminton Confederation of Africa
The Badminton Confederation Africa (BCA) (formerly known as Badminton Confederation of Africa) is the governing body of badminton in Africa.
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Badminton England
Badminton England is the national governing body for the sport of badminton in England.
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Badminton Europe
Badminton Europe (BE) is the governing body of badminton in Europe.
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Badminton House
Badminton House is a large country house and Grade I Listed Building in Badminton, Gloucestershire, England, which has been the principal seat of the Dukes of Beaufort since the late 17th century.
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Badminton Oceania
Badminton Oceania (BO) is the governing body of badminton in Oceania.
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Badminton Pan America
The Badminton Pan Am (BPA) organisation is the governing body for the sport of badminton in the Americas and is recognized as such by the Badminton World Federation - BWF.
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Badminton World Federation
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
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Ball badminton
Ball badminton is a sport native to India. Badminton and Ball badminton are racket sports.
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Bath, Somerset
Bath (RP) is a city in the ceremonial county of Somerset, in England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths.
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Battledore and shuttlecock
Battledore and shuttlecock, or jeu de volant, is an early sport related to modern badminton. Badminton and Battledore and shuttlecock are racket sports.
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Beach
A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles.
Biomechanics
Biomechanics is the study of the structure, function and motion of the mechanical aspects of biological systems, at any level from whole organisms to organs, cells and cell organelles, using the methods of mechanics.
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BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix
The BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was run from 2007 to 2017.
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BWF Super Series
The BWF Super Series was a series of Grade 2 badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF).
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BWF World Championships
The BWF World Championships, formerly known as IBF World Championships, and also known as the World Badminton Championships, is a badminton tournament sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF).
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BWF World Junior Championships
The BWF World Junior Championships (also known as the World Junior Badminton Championships) is a tournament organized by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to crown the best junior badminton players (under-19) in the world.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Carbon nanotube
A scanning tunneling microscopy image of a single-walled carbon nanotube Rotating single-walled zigzag carbon nanotube A carbon nanotube (CNT) is a tube made of carbon with a diameter in the nanometre range (nanoscale).
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Carbon-fiber reinforced polymer
Carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (American English), carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers (Commonwealth English), carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics, carbon-fiber reinforced-thermoplastic (CFRP, CRP, CFRTP), also known as carbon fiber, carbon composite, or just carbon, are extremely strong and light fiber-reinforced plastics that contain carbon fibers.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Chinese Taipei
"Chinese Taipei" is the term used in various international organizations and tournaments for groups or delegations representing the Republic of China (ROC), a country commonly known as Taiwan.
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Cone
A cone is a three-dimensional geometric shape that tapers smoothly from a flat base (frequently, though not necessarily, circular) to a point called the apex or vertex.
Cork (material)
Cork is an impermeable buoyant material.
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Crossminton
Crossminton, previously known as Speed Badminton, is a racket game that combines elements from different sports like badminton, squash and tennis. Badminton and Crossminton are racket sports.
Denmark
Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.
Drag (physics)
In fluid dynamics, drag, sometimes referred to as fluid resistance, is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object, moving with respect to a surrounding fluid.
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Duke of Beaufort
Duke of Beaufort is a title in the Peerage of England.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Eurasia
Eurasia is the largest continental area on Earth, comprising all of Europe and Asia.
European Badminton Championships
The European Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Europe (BE).
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Feather
Feathers are epidermal growths that form a distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on both avian (bird) and some non-avian dinosaurs and other archosaurs.
Folkestone
Folkestone is a port town on the English Channel, in Kent, south-east England.
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Fullerene
A fullerene is an allotrope of carbon whose molecules consist of carbon atoms connected by single and double bonds so as to form a closed or partially closed mesh, with fused rings of five to seven atoms.
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire (abbreviated Glos.) is a ceremonial county in South West England.
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Great Britain
Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.
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Hanetsuki
is a Japanese traditional game, similar to racket games like badminton but without a net, played with a rectangular wooden paddle called a hagoita and a brightly coloured shuttlecock, called a hane.
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.
Isaac Spratt
Isaac Spratt (1799 – 1876) was a London toy dealer who wrote pamphlets describing the games of croquet and badminton and was influential in the early development of both.
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
Karachi
Karachi (کراچی) is the capital city of the Pakistani province of Sindh.
Kinetic energy
In physics, the kinetic energy of an object is the form of energy that it possesses due to its motion.
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Kingdom of Ireland
The Kingdom of Ireland (Ríoghacht Éireann; Ríocht na hÉireann) was a dependent territory of England and then of Great Britain from 1542 to the end of 1800.
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Lead
Lead is a chemical element; it has symbol Pb (from Latin plumbum) and atomic number 82.
Leather
Leather is a strong, flexible and durable material obtained from the tanning, or chemical treatment, of animal skins and hides to prevent decay.
List of racket sports
Racket sports are games in which players use a racket or paddle to hit a ball or other object. Badminton and List of racket sports are racket sports.
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Mads Pieler Kolding
Mads Pieler Kolding (born 27 January 1988) is a Danish badminton player who specializes in doubles.
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Malaysia
Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.
Motor coordination
In physiology, motor coordination is the orchestrated movement of multiple body parts as required to accomplish intended actions, like walking.
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Nanomaterials
Nanomaterials describe, in principle, chemical substances or materials of which a single unit is sized (in at least one dimension) between 1 and 100 nm (the usual definition of nanoscale).
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Natural rubber
Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, caucho, or caoutchouc, as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds.
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Net (device)
A net comprises threads or yarns knotted and twisted into a grid-like structure which blocks the passage of large items, while letting small items and fluids pass.
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Net and wall games
Net and wall games are court games where either a net separates the opponents or a wall serves to reflect the ball to the opponent. Badminton and net and wall games are racket sports.
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Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
Newton (unit)
The newton (symbol: N) is the unit of force in the International System of Units (SI).
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Nylon
Nylon is a family of synthetic polymers with amide backbones, usually linking aliphatic or semi-aromatic groups.
Octagon (sports agency)
Octagon is the sports and entertainment content marketing arm of the Interpublic Group of Companies.
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Olympic sports
Olympic sports are sports that are contested in the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games.
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Pan American Badminton Championships
The Pan American Badminton Championships is a tournament organized since 1977 by the Badminton Pan America (BPA) to crown the best badminton players in the Americas.
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Parabola
In mathematics, a parabola is a plane curve which is mirror-symmetrical and is approximately U-shaped.
Polyurethane
Polyurethane (often abbreviated PUR and PU) refers to a class of polymers composed of organic units joined by carbamate (urethane) links.
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Portsmouth
Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.
Pound (force)
The pound of force or pound-force (symbol: lbf, sometimes lbf) is a unit of force used in some systems of measurement, including English Engineering units and the foot–pound–second system.
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Presidencies and provinces of British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent.
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Projectile
A projectile is an object that is propelled by the application of an external force and then moves freely under the influence of gravity and air resistance.
Pune
Pune, previously spelled in English as Poona (the official name until 1978), is a city in Maharashtra state in the Deccan plateau in Western India.
Racket (sports equipment)
A racket or racquet is an item of sporting equipment used to strike a ball or shuttlecock back-and-forth in games such as tennis, badminton, squash, racquetball and padel. Badminton and racket (sports equipment) are racket sports.
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Republic of Ireland
Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland.
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Sam Groth
Samuel Groth OLY, MP (born 19 October 1987) is an Australian politician and a former professional tennis player.
Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Shuttlecock
A shuttlecock (also called a birdie or shuttle) is a high-drag projectile used in the sport of badminton. Badminton and shuttlecock are racket sports.
Sneakers
Sneakers (US) or trainers (UK), also known by a wide variety of other names, are shoes primarily designed for sports or other forms of physical exercise but which are also widely used for everyday casual wear.
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia.
Strength athletics
Strength athletics, also known as Strongman competitions, is a sport which tests competitors' strength in a variety of non-traditional ways.
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Structural support
A structural support is a part of a building or structure that provides the necessary stiffness and strength in order to resist the internal forces (vertical forces of gravity and lateral forces due to wind and earthquakes) and guide them safely to the ground.
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Sudirman Cup
The Sudirman Cup is an international badminton mixed team competition contested by member countries of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia.
Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Badminton and Tennis are racket sports, sports originating in England and Summer Olympic sports.
Thanjavur Maratha kingdom
The Thanjavur Maratha kingdom ruled by the Bhonsle dynasty was a principality of Tamil Nadu between the 17th and 19th centuries.
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Thomas Cup
The Thomas Cup, sometimes referred as World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF), the sport's global governing body.
Uber Cup
The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Women's Team Championships, is a major international badminton competition contested by women's national badminton teams.
Umpire
An umpire is an official in a variety of sports and competition, responsible for enforcing the rules of the sport, including sportsmanship decisions such as ejection.
United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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Wales
Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
Yard (land)
A yard is an area of land immediately adjacent to one or more buildings.
1949 Thomas Cup
The 1949 Thomas Cup was the inaugural tournament of Thomas Cup, the most important men's badminton team competition in the world.
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1957 Uber Cup
The 1957 Uber Cup was the inaugural Uber Cup; a women's international team badminton championship promoted by Betty Uber.
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1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad and officially branded as Munich 1972 (München 1972), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972.
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1977 IBF World Championships
The 1977 IBF World Championships were held in Malmö, Sweden in 1977.
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1981 World Games
The 1981 World Games were the first World Games, an international multi-sport event, and were held in Santa Clara, California, United States.
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1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad and officially branded as Seoul 1988, were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.
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1992 Summer Olympics
The 1992 Summer Olympics (Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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2009 Sudirman Cup
The 2009 Sudirman Cup (World Mixed Team Badminton Championships) was held in the Guangzhou Gymnasium in China from May 10 to May 17, 2009, having been arranged in December 2005.
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See also
Racket sports
- Badminton
- Ball badminton
- Basque pelota
- Battledore and shuttlecock
- Beach tennis
- Bentley Fortissimo
- Crossminton
- Downside ball game
- Frescobol
- Frontenis
- Jokari
- Jombola
- List of racket sports
- Matkot
- Mixed doubles
- Net and wall games
- One wall paddleball
- POP tennis
- Paddle ball (sport)
- Padel
- Paleta frontón
- Pan Pong
- Pickleball
- Pitton (sport)
- Platform tennis
- Qianball
- Racket (sports equipment)
- Racketlon
- Rackets (sport)
- Racquetball
- Real tennis
- Shuttlecock
- Snauwaert
- Soft tennis
- Speed-ball
- Sphairee
- Squash (sport)
- Squash tennis
- Stické
- Table tennis
- Tennis
- Tennis polo
- Touchtennis
Sports originating in England
- Association football
- Badminton
- Bandy
- Baseball
- Bowls
- Cricket
- Croquet
- Cumberland and Westmorland wrestling
- Darts
- Devon wrestling
- English billiards
- Eton fives
- Extreme ironing
- Ferret-legging
- Field hockey
- Fives
- Grice hockey
- History of tennis
- Indoor cricket (UK variant)
- Lancashire wrestling
- Miniten
- Netball
- Rackets (sport)
- Rallycross
- Rounders
- Rugby fives
- Rugby league
- Rugby union
- Scoring the Hales
- Shin-kicking
- Squash (sport)
- Table tennis
- Tennis
- Touchtennis
- Underwater hockey
- Walking football
- Water polo
Sports originating in South Asia
- Badminton
- Dandi biyo
- Dueball
- Gillidanda
- Jobbarer Boli Khela
- Kabaddi
- Kabaddi at the South Asian Games
- Leg cricket
- Malla-yuddha
- Mokkar Boli Khela
- Musti-yuddha
- Pehlwani
- Punjabi kabaddi
- Snooker
- South Asian martial arts
- Tennikoit
Summer Olympic sports
- Archery
- Association football
- Association of Summer Olympic International Federations
- Badminton
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Boxing
- Canoeing
- Cheerleading in Australia
- Competition climbing
- Cycle sport
- Diving (sport)
- Equestrianism
- Fencing
- Field hockey
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Handball
- Judo
- Karate
- Modern pentathlon
- Olympic weightlifting
- Open water swimming
- Rowing (sport)
- Rugby sevens
- Sailing (sport)
- Shooting sports
- Skateboarding
- Sport of athletics
- Surfing
- Swimming (sport)
- Synchronized swimming
- Table tennis
- Taekwondo
- Tennis
- Triathlon
- Volleyball
- Water polo
- Wrestling
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badminton
Also known as Badders, Badmington, Badminton court, Badminton player, Badminton players, Badmiton, Badmitten, Badmitton, Etymology of badminton, History of badminton, Poona (sport), Rules of badminton, Shuttler, .
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