Badminton

Origin in India- originally known as Poona

Dimensions: 44ft x 20ft (17ft)/ 18.4 × 6.1 m

Net height: 5 ft in middle and 5ft 1 inch at the edge
Net width: 20ft

Sport Authority of India- formed in 1984
Head of Badminton Federation of India: Himanta Biswa Sharma

A match consists of best of 3 games of 21 points

Cards
Yellow: Warning for misconduct
Red: Warning for fault- Equal to 2 yellow cards
Black: disqualified for misconduct

Cups
Thomas Cup: men- every 2 years
Uber Cup: Women
India: Syed Modi India International, Narang Cup

1. China has recently won both Thomas and Uber cup

2. India won Thomas cup for the first time in 2022

Ball Badminton: played with yellow ball: origin in India- Tamil Nadu

Players
Nandu Natekar- first badminton player to have Arjuna Award
1st Indian to win All England Badminton Championship- Prakash Padukone- 1st to win the title of World title in Badminton- only player to reach quarter final of the World Championship 4 times- 1st gold in singles in Commonwealth Games
1st Indian women to be ranked No 1: Saina Nehwal- 1st Indian to win World Jr Badminton Championship and aslo to win a Super Series tournament

Badminton Association of India- estd in 1934
Hq- New Delhiv
International Badminton Federation- estd in 1934
Hq- Cheltenham, UK

World Badminton Championship
1st in 1977
held annually

Terms: Double fault, fore hand, back hand