The draw has been made for the first round of the BADMINTON England Cup 2008.

The Nestle "Have a go free" campaign is due to go live in June 2008 and will be promoted in all major supermarkets throughout the UK and Ireland for a 3 month period.

Defending champion Elizabeth Cann has hit form just at the right time in the countdown to the English National Championships at Manchester Velodrome from February 1-3. Tickets are now sale through Ticketmaster.

England start their Thomas and Uber Cup campaign in Holland from February 12-17 - and they have tough tasks ahead of them in the newly-titled European men's and women's team championships. The top three men's and women's teams will go through to the finals in Jakarta, Indonsia, in May.

BADMINTON England is pleased to announce that entry for the 2008 Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships is now open.

The Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, was quick to praise BADMINTON England's success in bringing the 2011 World Championships to the capital for the first time.