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.

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 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.

Badminton England have confirmed the departure of performance director Ian Moss by mutual consent.

Moss took up the role in January 2009 as the organisation looked to act quickly after disappointing results at the Beijing Olympics.

He oversaw the appointment of former European champion Kenneth Jonassen as GB and England men's singles coach, the Dane starting in his role earlier this week, but he now leaves a void that Badminton England will look to fill rapidly, with the World Championships in Paris taking place next month ahead of October's Commonwealth Games.

Badminton England chief executive Adrian Christy said: "Everyone associated with our GB programme would like to thank Ian for his contribution to our world-class system and wish him every success for the future.

"I am fully focused on putting plans into place to replace Ian and hope to make a announcement within the next few days.

"My main concern is to deliver our world-class aspirations and I will not waiver in our endeavours, which include being best prepared for the World Badminton Championships in Paris next month, the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October, and the Olympic Games in London in 2012."

The Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) are expected to discuss the benefits of retaining the Badminton World Federation (BWF) office, if the world governing body intends to shift its base to another country.

Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek however, said the ministry had not received any letter from BWF to indicate its intention to relocate its office that is currently based at the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium in Cheras.

"We want to look at whether there are any positive aspects if the BWF office remained here or not," he told reporters here Friday.

The issue of a shift by BWF popped up after BAM were said to be unhappy because Malaysia was omitted from the list of hosts for the Premier Super Series badminton championships next year.

Ahmad Shabery said among considerations taken into account to retain the BWF office in the country was the benefits and advantage that Malaysia would derive, especially in terms of sponsorship and hosting exclusive tournaments...

There has been no official announcement yet from the badminton governing body, but the 2011 page of its calendar has now been filled with the major events, including the Super Series and Premier Super Series. The Badminton Super Series Finals for 2010 will be played early 2011 in a place yet to be confirmed.

The travel plans can now be started again for 2011: the BWF has published its calendar for 2011, including the top 12 events - its Badminton Super Series circuit amongst which the 5 big tournaments. There will be little changes however in the set up of the year, with all Super Series going by pair except for the All England which now stands all alone between two Badminton Grand Prix Gold - German and Swiss, while the newly upgraded Indian Open is now set to be staged at the end of April, right after the Asian Badminton Championships

China Badminton Team

China Badminton crowned at the Thomas Cup men's badminton team championships for the fourth straight time on Sunday by cruising over powerhouse Indonesia Badminton 3-0 at the Putra Stadium.

Lin Dan, ranked second in the world, dominated the opener with an easy win over Taufik Hidayat 21-7, 21-14, producing a powerful start for the reigning champions.

Cai Yun/Fu Haifeng made it a sweet revenge in the first doubles match where they edged out Olympic champions Markis Kido/Hendra Setiawan 25-23, 16-21, 21-12 to lift China to a 2-0 lead.

The second singles Chen Jin then held back the challenges from Simon Santoso, who exerted himself to the utmost, by coming from behind 19-21, 21-17, 21-7, to clinch the winning point for China badminton.

The Last 16 of the European Badminton Championships in Manchester kicked off first for the RVBA with the Ladies Doubles match between Sarah Thomas and Rachel Thomas against the Czech Republic top pairing of Alzbeta Basova and Sarka Krizkova. The Czech Republic pair cam out on top in two close sets.

In the mixed doubles Sarah Thomas and Richard Vaughan were up against Top German pair Ingo Kindervator and Birgit Overzie. Despite a good match the German pair proved too strong coming out on top  18-21, 14-21

Badminton Wales Richard Vaughan won the La Garriga Badminton Tournament last weekend. The Spanish Badminton Event was held at the La Garriga Badminton Club, in Catalunya.

In the semi final Vaughan defeated Catalan no1 Marc Gallardo 21-7 21-19, before beating Menorca No1 Navarro 21-7 21-7 in the final.

Badminton Paracuellos Team mate Patricia Perez won the ladies doubles and mixed doubles.