Although it appears clear that Badminton House, Gloucestershire, owned by the Duke of Beaufort, has given its name to the sports, it is unclear when and why the name was adopted.

The International Badminton Federation ( IBF ) ( now known as Badminton World Federation ) was established in 1934 with Canada, Denmark, England, France, the Netherlands, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, and Wales as its founding members.

Although she was reluctant, she decided to live at Badminton House, Gloucestershire, with her niece, Mary Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort, the daughter of her brother Lord Cambridge.

The last Olympic Games that included the long, or " classic ", three-day format was the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney, while Rolex Kentucky, the Badminton Horse Trials, and Burghley Horse Trials ran their last long format three-day in 2005.

The first annual, Olympic-level event developed was the Badminton Horse Trials, held each year in England.

First held in 1949, the Badminton event was created after a poor performance by the British Eventing Team at the 1948 Olympic Games, with the purpose of being a high-class preparation event, and as extra exposure for the military horses, who very rarely had the chance to compete.

" after falling from her horse at the Badminton Horse Trials, although possibly this was self-censorship by the reporters and she actually used " Fuck off!

Pike won a scholarship to Badminton School, and while appearing in a production of Romeo and Juliet at the National Youth Theatre, was noticed by an agent who helped her embark upon a professional career.

On February 6, 2010, the Centro de Alto Rendimento de Badminton ( high performance badminton center ) was inaugurated in the Complexo Desportivo Municipal area.

The family seat was once Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire but is now Badminton House near Chipping Sodbury in Gloucestershire.

He was twice British Chess Champion and a 21-time All-England Badminton champion.

He nevertheless took the oaths in March 1689, and was so far reconciled as to entertain William at Badminton on 7 September 1690.

where an elaborate monument was set up to his memory ; it was moved in 1878 to Badminton.

In the 2006 / 2007 BUCS season, LJMU was successful in winning the leagues in Men's Badminton, Women's Basketball, Women's football 1st, Netball 1st, Netball 2nd, Netball 3rd, Women's Rugby and Men's Gaelic football.

The university was runners up in Women ’ s Football 1st, Badminton, Women's Gaelic football and Rugby league.

He was a member of the council of the International Badminton Federation for 10 years and was one of three deputy referees for the badminton competition at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, GA. Hales won back-to-back national junior titles in 1959 and 1960, and became a national champion again by winning the Grand Master's ( 60 and over ) men's singles title in 2002 and 2003.

Badminton was held at The Dome and Exhibition Complex at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney from 17 – 23 September 2000.

Indonesian badminton athletes have played in Indonesia Open Badminton Championship, All England Open Badminton Championships, and many international events, including the Summer Olympics and won Olympic gold medals since badminton was made an Olympic sport in 1992.

Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex from 14 August through 21 August.

In January 2007, it was renamed the Badminton Theater after it had been remodeled.

Currently, the Olympic event is consider a CCI ***, a rank lower than Badminton which is a CCI ****.

The houses compete in a variety of event such as the inter-form Hockey / Dance / Netball / Badminton tournaments throughout the year.

He played with Candra Wijaya for a few months, preparing for Thomas Cup event and succeeded to be the runner up of Asian Badminton Championships, lost to Jung Jae Sung and Lee Yong-dae in the final, 21 – 16 21 – 18.

** Badminton Horse Trials, the three-day event

The Badminton Horse Trials is a three-day event, one of only six annual Concours Complet International ( CCI ) Four Star **** events as classified by the Fédération Équestre Internationale ( FEI ), which takes place in April or May each year in the park of Badminton House, the seat of the Duke of Beaufort in Gloucestershire, England.

Badminton was first held in 1949 by the 10th Duke of Beaufort in order to let British riders train for future international events and was advertised as " the most important horse event in Britain ".

In 1959, it was decided to hold Badminton in two sections, called the Great and Little Badminton, due to the popularity of the event and the number of entries.

The cross country day at Badminton attracts crowds of up to a quarter of a million, which are the largest for any paid-entry sport event in the United Kingdom, and the second largest in the world ( after the Indianapolis 500 ).

Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics included the four events held at the previous Games ( men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles ) as well as a fifth event: mixed doubles.

Mark Todd continued to compete Charisma in England, where he placed second at the 1985 Badminton Horse Trials, and won every one-day event of the season in which they competed, except Dauntsey after a fall on cross-country.

Golden Willow competed in the prestigious Badminton Horse Trials in 1949, the first year of the event.

He won the Badminton Horse Trials in 1971 and 1972 riding Great Ovation, in 1974 on Colombus, and in 1981 on Lincoln.

Having linked its General Studies classes with Badminton School since 1972, it admitted girls to the Sixth Form in 1987 and is now fully coeducational.

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In November 1972, he participated in First Djakarta Badminton Open Tournament.

By 1988, when he finished his schooling, Gopichand had made a mark for himself in the Badminton circuit.

* Phil Collins, Badminton Player ( silver medal 1988 Olympics )

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