1. 2008 US/Osaka Women's tournament.

http://www.usabadminton.org/pdf/14thIntlFriendshipLadiesTournament.pdf

[Thanks to Mary Ann Bowles for the info!]


2. NBC Turns to Microsoft to Stream Live Olympics Coverage

"If you're a badminton, handball or archery fan,
you'll have a better go of it during the 2008
Summer Olympics....."

Source: http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=122893


CES 2008: Microsoft's Gates sees advances in video
and more

"...Nearly every competition – even badminton and
archery– will appear online, live and on demand,
at a video hub maintained by Microsoft Corp...."

Source:
http://www.kvue.com/news/top/stories/010708kvuegates-eh.1bd5d7e6.html


China's Olympic athletes under armed guard

"Even Li Yongbo, head coach of the national
badminton team and a well-known press darling,
warned journalists of an unprecedented media
blackout, telling them that "my athletes won't
accept any interviews, even by phone."

Officially the measures are also to guard against
sports espionage, especially with an
unprecedented Olympics medal haul high on the
authorities' agenda."

http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?id=13428

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