The World Schools Badminton Championships are being played 25th May to 31st May in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. There are 45 teams from 15 different countries (Belgium, Bulgaria, England, France, China, Chinese-Taipei, Iran, Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain and Turkey) competing in 4 different categories: 15 teams...

The BADMINTON England Circuit Finals 2010 take place at the National Badminton Centre, Milton Keynes on Saturday 29th May.

WEMBLEY ARENA, which will host the BWF World Championships in August next year, was today also confirmed as the venue for the Olympic badminton tournament at London 2012. SILVER STARS: Athens silver medallists Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms in action for the last time at Beijing in 2008 Picture and copyright: www.badmintonphoto.com

The Yonex All England Championships was today named among the BWF's five Premier Series events on the Super Series circuit for 2011-2013. The other four events are the Korea, Indonesia, Denmark and China Opens. Picture: England's first Super Series winners Nathan Robertson and Anthony Clark, who lifted the 2009 Singapore men's doubles title...

Andrew Ellis and Chris Langridge reached the semi-finals of the men's doubles at the 23rd Spanish International in Madrid this weekend. But there was disappointment for European bronze medallists Heather Olver and Mariana Agathangelou (pictured).

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