Paris (AFP) – Skyrocketing raw material prices in China have caused shuttlecock prices to more than double in recent months as suppliers struggle to meet rising demand from badminton enthusiasts ...

With UV-lit courts, glowing shuttlecocks and fluorescent rackets, neon badminton is transforming the sport into an immersive ...

Badminton will trial synthetic shuttlecocks at lower-grade tournaments with a view to potentially using them at elite level, the sport's governing body said, because of a shortage of duck and goose ...

Badminton World Federation (BWF) secretary-general Thomas Lund has clarified the issue of the lack of shuttlecocks across the world. In an interview with news agency PTI, the BWF secretary said that ...

BBC Sport looks at why badminton is runnning out of shuttlecocks, amid a shortage of duck and goose feathers. Feather shortage prompts badminton shuttlecock trial Why is badminton runnning out of ...

Staff members of a sports product company in Jinping county, Guizhou province, make badminton shuttlecocks. XIANG DINGJIE/XINHUA GUIYANG — A delicate goose feather carries much weight in Jinping ...

Badminton traces its roots back more than a millennium, but the modern version of the racket game originated in the late 19th century in England. Today, it is the second most popular sport in the ...

GUIYANG — A delicate goose feather carries much weight in Jinping county, Southwest China's Guizhou province. Once plagued by poverty, Jinping is now a global production hub for badminton shuttlecocks ...