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Badminton: Heather Olver is seeing double

Heather Olver, along with partner Chris Landridge, took two titles each at the Czech International in Brno on Sunday.

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Badminton: Adcock and Bankier unable to salvage a victory

Team GB’s badminton mixed doubles pair of Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier bowed out of the Olympics after losing their final Group A game against gold medal favourites China at Wembley Arena yesterday.

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Badminton: Egelstaff out of Games

Susan Egelstaff’s Olympic challenge came to an end at Wembley Arena this afternoon but she had no regrets after putting in two strong performances in her group campaign.

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Badminton: Egelstaff win makes up for Adcock and Bankier’s disappointment

Susan Egelstaff produced a confident display this afternoon to defeat Slovenia’s Maja Tvrdy in straight games and claim Team GB’s first win of the Olympic badminton tournament.

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London 2012: Lucky charm to help GB badminton pair

Imogen Bankier is hoping that her lucky watch can keep her and badminton partner Chris Adcock ticking through the rounds at London 2012 and towards a medal.

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London 2012: Bluffer’s guide to badminton

Badminton was first played by British officers stationed in India back in the mid-18th century but since then Asia’s appetite has proved insatiable, with Indonesia, Korea and China now the sport’s dominant forces.

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London 2012: BOA announces badminton Team GB

The British Olympic Association (BOA) has announced today four athletes as officially selected to represent Team GB in badminton at the Games.

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Badminton: Adcock and Bankier assured atleast bronze in Euro

GB’s Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier guaranteed themselves at least a bronze medal last night at the European Championships when they won another thriller with GB rivals Nathan Robertson and Jenny Wallwork in Karlskrona, Sweden.

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Badminton: Adcock and Bankier face Robertson and Wallwork at Euro

Following both their third round victories yesterday, Britain’s top two mixed doubles pairs will meet in the quarter-finals of the European Championships in Sweden.

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Badminton: GB’s number one mixed doubles pair win title in Finland

GB’s number one mixed doubles pair Chris Adcock and Imogen Bankier won the mixed doubles title at the Finnish International, Finland, at the weekend, but not without having to battle for the victory.

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