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  • P.V. Sindhu at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
    badminton
    / Origin and development

    …directly from the game “poona,” which was played by British army officers stationed in India in the 1860s. The Bath Badminton Club was established in Bath, England, in 1877 and introduced new rules to the game. The formation of the Badminton Association of England (BAE) in 1893 marked a…

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    …directly from the game “poona,” which was played by British army officers stationed in India in the 1860s. The Bath Badminton Club was established in Bath, England, in 1877 and introduced new rules to the game. The formation of the Badminton Association of England (BAE) in 1893 marked a…

    Read More