Major Badminton sports brand Carlton has taken another step foward to help the UK's best young badminton players by supporting the Richard Vaughan Badminton Academy (RVBA). Carlton take over from Head as the main supporters of the badminton academy for the next three years.

Founder and Head coach Richard Vaughan commented "The new deal with a major badminton brand like Carlton is a great step forward for the Academy, and everyone involved. Carlton have really progressed the past couple of years and I have found their rackets great in testing. This support will find its way down to the young players as well and benefit all involved...

The RVBA’s Sarah Thomas was today confirmed as officially qualified for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. A great achievement for the seventeen year old, adding to her double national title success earlier in the year. This season Sarah has reached the highest rankings of 48 in mixed doubles, 60 in ladies doubles, and 107 in Ladies singles.

Sarah commented “It’s great to be selected for Wales; I have been waiting some time to hear confirmation so now I can concentrate on the hard training that needs to be done to be ready for Delhi. The only negative is that Rachel (Thomas) and I seemed to have missed out in the ladies doubles which is a pity as we must have been awfully close to selection.”

RVBA Head Coach Richard Vaughan "The Commonwealth Games will be a great learning experience for Sarah, and hopefully will give her the experience needed for events later in the year such as the European Junior Championships where she will hopefully be competing for a medal. I am sure India will do a great job with the Games, and as Badminton is a popular sport there it will be a terrific experience for all the team."

With just over 3 months until the start of the 19th Commonwealth Games, all eyes will be fixed on Delhi, who will play host to the Games between 3rd October – 14th October 2010.  The 19th Games will be the largest multisport event held in India's capital city. This year’s Games will be the 2nd time the event has been played in Asia, the last being Kuala Lumpa 1998. Welsh Badminton has had success in past games including Gold at the 1998 Games in Kuala Lumpa (Kelly Morgan) and Bonze in Manchester 2002 (Richard Vaughan).

Badminton will run throughout the games from 4th-14th October at Delhi’s Siri Fort Sports Complex alongside the Commonwealth Squash event. 

The Tahiti Badminton International Series 2010 has been planned for 3-5th September.

Part of the Oceania Badmitnon Circuit Event and a world ranking tournament

Prize-money: US$ 10 000

More information can be found here Tahiti Badminton!

Entries will be accepted if submitted through the Member Association of which the player/pair is a member, or on specific authorisation from the Member Association.

The RVBA are happy to promote a great badmitnon club in the Bristol/Bath area.

Welcome to the start of the new 2010 - 2011 season at Chew Park Badminton Club. Their 1st club night is on Monday 6th September. They are currently looking for new members, prospective members are welcome to come and visit on a club night. If you are interested please contact the Chew park Badminton club via their website.

Badminton Englands Sarah Milne admits the badminton draw will be against her at the inaugural Youth Olympics but having battled a knee injury to be in Singapore she insists anything is possible.

The u19 player is the sole British badminton representative in the Far East having earned selection by taking bronze at the European qualification event in Denmark in March.

However a disappointing World Junior Championships a month later in Mexico could cost Milne dear with seeding for the Youth Olympics based on the April event.

Badminton Malaysia will train at the University of Bath, which has one of the leading university sports departments in the UK, under its Team Bath brand. Richard Vaughan is a graduate from Bath University and and trained for many years at the University with great badminton coaching from Peter Bush.

The eight-strong Badmitnon Malaysia players will be joined by five coaches, six sparring partners and five support staff from the National Sports Institute.

They will be the first group of national athletes from Malaysia to train at the University of Bath since the MoU signed between the University and the Government of Malaysia through the National Sports Institute, in March, as part of growing links between Malaysia and the university.

It is with great sadness that his family announce the passing of Anders Nielsen, aged 43. He fought a courageous but uphill battle since his diagnosis a year ago with esophageal cancer.

Anders was a very talented badminton player, who represented his county Surrey and then England for more than a decade at his chosen sport, badminton.

Anders was one of the top British badminton players when I was in the junior age groups, and he had a great style of badminton, with natural talent, fitness, and hard work. Anders had retired and started his successful business career by the time I reached senior level but I always heard many good things from the older players and coaches. I can remember Tom John a former coach of Anders at the Wimbledon badminton club always reminiscing over Anders training regime, and how hard he worked.

He won the English National singles title twice in 1992 and 1995 and was losing finalist on several occasions. He represented his country 40 times between 1987 and 1996, including the Thomas Cup, the 1994 Commonwealth Games where he won a team gold and men's singles bronze medals, the European Championships winning bronze in men's singles in 1992 and 1994; and represented Great Britain at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. During his career he won many national and international singles titles.

After retiring from professional sport he became a broker in the financial markets in the City specialising in European bonds and bond options.

With his tremendous energy, wit and competitiveness he rapidly rose through the ranks, ultimately managing a broking team at MF Global and then NewEdge Securities. His clients included some of the world’s leading hedge funds.

The 2010 National Badminton League will be offering live streaming of all matches this season as the LA Strings, Pasedena Racquets and California Walnuts go off against each other in a three match tie competition taking place over Sunday 25th-Tuesday 27th July.

Some of the worlds top badminton players will be on display after the US badminton open. The matches will be taking place at these venues/times 

Sunday July 25 - Los Angeles @ Pasedena - 4:00pm (PST - GMT-7)
Monday July 26 - Los Angeles @ California - 7:00pm (PST - GMT-7)
Tuesday July 27 - California @ Pasedena - 7:00pm (PST - GMT-7)

The Live Sport Event website is  a new site which allows you to watch Badminton Live from across the Badminton Asia Confederation, Badminton Confederation of Africa, Badminton Pan Am,  Badminton Europe and Badminton Oceania events, all under the Flag of the Badminton World Federation.

At the end of the badminton season the men compete in the Thomas Cup and the women's battle it out in thier final compeition – the Uber Cup. The competitions happen once every two years, and 2010 is the next tournament year. The finals consist of 12 teams, which is cut down from 50 as players qualify and get dropped from the schedule. You'll also be able to catch the Sudirman Cup – the mixed team event that started in 1989.

Badminton has been an Olympic Sport since 1992, when it premiered at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The top thirty two players in the world compete in the Olympic Competition, with three players from each country. In the BWF Championships, the format remains the same with 3 players submitted from each country. You'll also be able to watch the newest Badminton Tournament started by the BWF, the BWF Super Series, which has only been played since 2007.

Don't miss all of the Badminton action live at www.livesportsevent.com. We'll have high definition feeds and live streaming action, with complete recordable capabilities to watch the games over and over. Don't miss this year's Badminton action – so sign up for your membership today! The Badminton World Federation competitions are going to happen this year once again and www.livesportsevent.com has all the badminton court happenings you could want. If you want to see this Olympic Sport played live in competitions throughout the world you can watch in high def, with live streams and feeds directly from the event all throughout the 2010 Badminton Season.