The First Thomas Cup Final In 1939 Sir George Thomas who was the president of the International Badminton Federation (now Badminton World Federation – BWF) presented the Thomas Cup officially known as The International Badminton Championship Challenge Cup to the...
2021 Yonex All-England Badminton Championships- With no spectators! The 2021 Yonex All-England Championships would be the first time in its 111th history that spectators would not be allowed in the arena. Unfortunately, one Turkish player and the Indonesian team were...
2020 Yonex All-England Championships Men’s Singles Final: – The 26-year-old great Dane Viktor Axelsen fulfilled his childhood dream as he romped to an impressive first Yonex All-England title. He breezed past No.1 seed Chou Tien Chen (China) 21-13, 21-14 to...
The History of the All England Badminton Championships The first Championships were played at the London Scottish Drill Hall in 1899 with only doubles played, singles being introduced the following year. The Championships would use three venues in London before...
Thomas Cup Badminton Fit for the Queen England, after hosting the inaugural Thomas Cup Final contest at Preston in 1949 again had the honour in 1982. This would be the first Thomas Cup Finals to be concluded at a non-Asian venue since the inaugural contest 33 years...
1947- THE ALL ENGLAND – That was Played on Ice. In 1939 the Badminton Association of England decided that their All-England venue at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, London was now no longer big enough, they had been using the venue for 25 years....
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