JAPAN AND INDIA LIKELY TO WIN THE 4TH SLOT IN THOMAS AND UBER CUPS
Wednesday, 03 Mar 2010
Japan and India look favourites to qualify through to the Final Rounds of the Thomas and Uber Cups respectively at the expense of Ukraine and the Netherlands .   At the conclusion of the Asian preliminaries in Thailand over the weekend, Japan did well enough to be placed fourth behind Indonesia , Korea and India in the Thomas Cup series and engage in a face-off with the fourth-placed European team, the Ukraine for a trip to the Kuala Lumpur Finals in May. Ukraine was placed fourth behind Denmark , Germany and Poland in the European qualifier.

BASE Project
Monday, 22 Feb 2010
“BAC Launches BASE Project for Grass root Development”   Badminton Asia Confederation, in our continuous effort to achieve development of badminton sport in every part of Asia has launched our new “Badminton Awareness in Schools and Educational institution” (BASE) Project for member associations. The program delivers basic badminton equipments to schools through their respective National Association. The effort is an echo to the understanding achieved between all continents with Badminton World Federation (BWF) during the development meeting in Lausanne last September. All member associations are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to grow their grass root badminton development in their country and make badminton the number one racket sport in all schools.      

SIXTEEN TO ATTEND BAC’S REFEREES’ ACCREDITATION 2010
Wednesday, 10 Feb 2010
In conjunction with the Thomas and Uber Cups Preliminaries in Bangkok, Badminton Asia Confederation will organize a Referee’s Accreditation Course from 20 th – 25 th February 2010. The 6-day event will be held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Bangkok .   Sixteen participants from 11 member-nations of the Confederation will be participating. They include Steve Cheng Wing Ki (Hong Kong), Foong Tow Chuan (Malaysia), Herman Subarjah (Indonesia), Teodulfo Villaflor (Philippines), Yoon Kok Thean & Chew Heng Seng (Singapore), Fan Haibo (CHN), Gursharan Singh (IND),   David Chang & Ryan Tsai Ming Che (Taipei), , Sayan Budhawanna & Ms Usa Nakmai (Thailand), Tomoharu Sano & Hiroyuki Kojima (Japan) and Ms Hoang Thi Thu Ha & Nguyen Quang Kieu Khuyen (Vietnam).

BANGLADESH CELEBRATES SAF GAMES SUCCESS
Monday, 08 Feb 2010
Since the inception of the South Asian Games way back in 1984, Bangladesh had been consistently among the medal winners. Though not a powerhouse in the region which through the years had been dominated by India , Bangladesh athletes had performed reasonably well against the rest who make up the regional body - Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Nepal , Bhutan , Maldives and Afghanistan .   At the First Games in Kathmandu , Bangladesh won 2 gold medals and a total of 23 in all colours, which had them ranked as the fourth highest behind India (88), Sri Lanka (37) and home nation Nepal (24). Its best performance came at the second series in its own backyard in Dhaka where it won a total of 64 medals including 9 gold medals. The nation’s best gold medal haul was at the 6 th Games in Islamabad in 1993 where it won 11 medals.

INDIAN COMPLETES A CLEAN SWEEP IN DHAKA
Friday, 05 Feb 2010
After completing a sweep of the team competition at the South Asian Games in the Bangladesh city of Dhaka over the weekend by beating Sri Lanka 3-0 in both the Men and Ladies events, India continued its domination in the Individual championships by posting both finalists in all the five disciplines.   Though not fielding some of its more reputed players like Saina Nehwal, Jwala Gupta, Arvind Bhat and Anup Sridhar, the Indians were still a potent force over their neighbours in the region.   The seven gold medal haul was excitedly welcomed by Indian coach Dipankar Bhattacharjee. “We were good throughout the tournament but to have had finalists in all the five disciplines in the individual championship was very welcome,” the coach was to remark at the conclusion of the badminton events at the SAF Games.

INDIA KICKSTARTS WITH TEAM WHITEWASH AT THE SAF GAMES
Thursday, 04 Feb 2010
India wasted little time in picking up a ‘double’ in the Team Events of the 11 th SAF Games in Dhaka . The nation had dominated badminton in all previous occasions, and its seriousness at maintaining that record was already evident when the team list for the Games was announced.   Except for the ranked Saina Nehwal , India was represented by its strongest lineup. Probably the reasons could be two-fold - to ensure that both the men and the ladies returned home with Gold medals, and also a show of solidarity among members of the South Asia nations to give credibility to the Games by having the best and the strongest participate in them.

TWO DOWN AND TEN TO GO FOR CHONG WEI
Wednesday, 27 Jan 2010
Lee Chong Wei enjoyed a new high at the Malaysian Open on Sunday 24 th January in Kuala Lumpur . He won the event for the 6 th time, scored his first back-to-back success in the Super Series and continued his reign as the top ranked player in the world. The absence of Lin Dan who, two weeks earlier had also skipped the Korean Open, did little to taint that triple accolade.   Visibly disappointed at the absence of Lin Dan in Kuala Lumpur , the Malaysian expressed “the whole world is waiting for my next battle with Lin Dan. Hopefully it materializes at the All England .” The English leg is the next in the Super Series, from 9 th March.   One can probably understand Chong Wei’s disappointment at the Chinese ace’s withdrawal from the two opening legs. After closing off 2009 with the Masters Title, Chong Wei looks to have hit his best form coming into the new year. He has been quite irresistible in Seoul and Kuala Lumpur .

CHONG WEI THROWS DOWN THE GAUNLET AT KOREAN OPEN
Tuesday, 19 Jan 2010
Malaysia ’s Lee Chong Wei has offered himself ‘to be beaten’…. at least that’s the impression one gets in the wake of his confident performance at the 2010 Korean Open Super Series.   Since his demoralizing trouncing at the hands of China ’s Lin Dan at the Beijing Olympics, the world’s top ranked singles player has been gradually picking up the pieces. An injury did not help make matters easy either but if anything Chong Wei’s determination is finally paying off. Under the continued guidance of the old warrior Misbun Sidek, the Malaysian seems to have finally found himself in a position to justify his status as not only as the top-ranked player but also the best in the business.