The English National Badminton Championships will return to Manchester for the eighth time in a row in February - with a host of records being chased.

With the Regional Inter County Championships already well underway, it was the turn of the counties in the Premier Divisions to take centre stage on the 13th/14th November.

England's five contenders in quarter-final action at the Yonex French Open in Paris tonight all suffered agonising defeats. Check out www.tournamentsoftware.com to view results at the Yonex French Open and Yonex Hungarian Internationals

Elizabeth Cann scored one of the biggest wins of her career today when she beat third seed Pi Hongyan for the first time in the Yonex French Open second round. The big win in the doubles went to Mariana Agathangelou and Heather Olver (pictured), who kocked out the Dutch fourth seeds Lotte Jonathans and Paulien Van...

Chris Adcock (right) and Andrew Ellis pulled off a stunning win by knocking out the third seeds in the first round of the men's doubles on day one at the French Open Super Series event in Paris. Picture and copyright: badmintonphoto.com

Nathan Robertson and Jenny Wallwork, boosted by their first Super Series final together, move on from Denmark to tackle this week's French Open in Paris. Picture and copyright: badmintonphoto.com