Badminton as a Sport
Badminton and Information Related to this Sport Players are Playing Badminton The origin of this game we found about at least 2000 years ago. This game was known as battledore and shuttlecock. The starter countries of these games were ancient Greece, China, and India. In the 18 th century, this game was played in India. In India name of this game was Poona. In 1860 British army officers adopted this game who was appointed in India. They took this game to England. In 1873 they named this game Badminton . This game is played individually, or this game is played with racquet and shuttlecock. Both sides of players hit the shuttlecock with the racquet to get the point. International badminton federation is the governing body of badminton. It was formed in 1934. I start it has nine members: Canada, France, Netherlands, England, New Zealand, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland, and Denmark. After four years the United States of America become the member of the federation. The membership ...