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Yavarivafa selected for Paris 2024 Olympic Games
5 May, 2024
Dorsa Yavarivafa, IOC Refugee Scholarship Holder in badminton for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, has been selected to the IOC Refugee Olympic Team.
Yavarivafa will be the second badminton player to represent the IOC Refugee Olympic Team after Syria-born Aram Mahmoud, who participated in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
IOC President, Thomas Bach announced the news …
YONEX host legacy match in Birmingham
In another enthralling contest among the best youth talent from across the globe, YONEX hosted the Legacy Match at the All England Open Badminton Championships.
U13 teams from England, Japan and China featured on the hallowed YONEX All England centre court on Finals day.
The event was led by former All England Champion and badminton icon, Peter …
Legend Tai says goodbye to All England for last time
Tai Tzu Ying, one of YONEX All England Open’s all-time greats departed the stage for the final time at the 2024 Championships.
As she made her way to the semi-finals, the excitement at getting to play the three-time champion ramped up from opponents.
It took eventual winner Carolina Marin at close to her best to defeat the …
About The
Championships
The All England Open Badminton Championships, or simply All England, is the world’s oldest and most prestigious badminton tournament.
Played annually, it developed after the success of the world’s first open tournament held in Guildford in 1898. The tournament was successfully organised in April 4, 1899, however only three categories (Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles) were originally staged. Both Men’s and Women’s Singles were added the following year.
The first two tournaments were named “Badminton Association Tournament” and it was eventually considered (especially after the first Thomas Cup series in 1949) the unofficial World Badminton Championships until 1977 when the International Badminton Federation launched its official championships. The Championships have only ever been halted twice: during World War I from 1915 to 1919 and World War II from 1940 to 1946.
