Why is it Known as All England Badminton?
[affmage source="amazon" results="2"]badminton racket[/affmage] There are so many sports played all over the world. Sports are popular depending upon their geographical conditions. Among the most popular sports, Football is very popular in South America and Europe. Tennis is very popular in Europe and America. In Asia, Cricket is the most popular sport played almost all parts of Asia. One other sport which is very popular in Asia is Badminton. It is very popular in the east Asia specially in China, Japan and South Korea. Different championship are organized every year in all over the world and world’s top players participated in these events regularly. All England Badminton Championship Badminton is played by either two opposite players or a two opposite pairs (couple). Badminton is first played around mid of 18th century in Europe. In the starting year, it is not very popular sports and just played occasionally. But as days past, it was spread outside the Europe specially in Asian countries. Different players of different countries played against each other and thus create a contest popularize the sports all over the world. At that time, All England Badminton Championship was organized in England which generates a great audience and tough competition among the players. It is the first badminton championship organized at any level. All England Open Badminton Championship or we can say All England is one of the old and prestigious tournament. It is played annually . First All England Badminton Championship was organized in 1898 at Guilford. Then it was organized on 4th April, 1899 with a three category (Men’s Double, Women Double and Mixed Double). First three tournaments called “The Open English Championship” which later on changed to All England Badminton Championship. After few years, Men’s single and Women’s single were also included in this tournament. The tournament was not played twice for a short period. First, it was halted in between first world war (1914 to 1919) and secondly it was disturbed during the second world war (1940 to 1946). Rest it is played on regular [...]
