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HISTORY OF BADMINTON
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•Badminton came from a game called “Poona” in India during the 18th century
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• British Army officers settled there took a competitive version back to England in the 1860s.
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• The new sport was launched in 1873 at Badminton House, Gloucestershire, For this reason this game was called officially Badminton.
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• In 1893, the Badminton association of England published the first collection of laws. The first badminton competition was played in 1899.
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• The International Badminton Federation (IBF) (now known as Badminton World Federation) was stablished in 1934 and ever since It has been developing this sport
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• Some Asian countries and Denmark have been dominating the International Badminton, with China the most dominating in recent years.
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CREDITS
• All the images in this presentation come from Creative Commons