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The best badminton players in Europe will converge in Kyiv for the 2021 European Badminton Championships from 27 April to 2 May.
Four of the five reigning champions will be in Ukraine aiming to defend their crowns, with Spain's Carolina Marin looking for an unprecedented fifth women's singes title in

CHOFU, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 16:  Carolina Marin of Spain celebrates after winning a point in the women's singles final match against Nozomi Okuhara of Japan on day six of the Yonex Japan Open at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza on September 16, 2018 in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan.  (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)

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The best badminton players in the world are set to take center stage at the BWF World Championships 2022 in Tokyo, Japan, from 22-28 August.
The competition is expected to be extremely close will all five reigning champions - Loh Kean Yew in men's singles, Yamaguchi Akane in women's singles,

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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - JULY 02: Viktor Axelsen of Denmark competes in the Men's Singles Semi Finals match against Jonatan Christie of Indonesia on day five of the Petronas Malaysia Open at Axiata Arena on July 02, 2022 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Photo by Annice Lyn/Getty Images)

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Carolina Marin is European champions for a sixth time after she outclassed Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour in straight games winning 21-10, 21-12 in 41 minutes at the 2022 European Badminton Championships in Madrid.
The Rio 2016 Olympic champion and local favourite delighted an adoring local crowd on Saturday (30 April), later

NANJING, CHINA - AUGUST 05:  Carolina Marin of Spain celebrates after defeating Sindhu Pusarla of India in the women's singles final on day 7 of Total BWF World Championships at Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Sport Park on August 5, 2018 in Nanjing, China.  (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

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"I'm back!" Carolina Marin triumphs on return at the 2022 European Badminton Championships, Viktor Axelsen wins men's title in Madrid

Carolina Marin is just one win away from successfully defending her continental crown at the 2022 European Badminton Championships in Madrid.
The Rio 2016 Olympic champion and local favourite ousted Turkey's Neslihan Yigit 21-14, 21-13 on Friday evening (29 April) continuing her impressive comeback from the knee injury which prevented

Carolina Marin storms into the final at 2022 European Championships

Carolina Marin has moved one step closer to successfully defending her European title.
The Rio 2016 Olympic champion was tested on day four of the Badminton 2022 European Championships in Madrid before defeating Denmark's Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt 21-11, 14-21, 21-17.
Marin needed one hour and five minutes on Thursday evening

Carolina Marin in Madrid

Defending champions Carolina Marin and Anders Antonsen reach semis at 2022 European Championships 

Badminton star Carolina Marin is back like she never left.
The Spanish shuttler dismantled Ukrainian Maria Ulitina 21-7, 21-8 at the 2022 European Championships in what is only her second match back after an 11-month long injury hiatus kept her out of action.
The Rio 2016 champion, who won last

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2022 European Badminton Championships: Reigning champions Carolina Marin and Anders Antonsen quarter-finals bound

The best badminton players in their continent are set to take centerstage at the 2022 European Championships in Madrid, Spain, from 25-30 April.
Rio 2016 Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marin will make her return to competition after the five-time title holder recovered from the ACL injury that prevented her from

NANJING, CHINA - AUGUST 05:  Carolina Marin of Spain hits a shot against Sindhu Pusarla of India in the women's singles final on day 7 of Total BWF World Championships at Nanjing Youth Olympic Games Sport Park on August 5, 2018 in Nanjing, China.  (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)

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Badminton 2022 European Championships: Preview, schedule & how to watch the stars in action

Olympic gold medallist Carolina Marin is set to return to competition at badminton's 2022 European Championships in Madrid, Spain, from 25-30 April.
The five-time title holder has recovered from the ACL injury that prevented her from competing at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
With no European Championships held in 2020

CHOFU, JAPAN - SEPTEMBER 13:  Carolina Marin of Spain competes in the Women's Singles second round match against Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand on day three of the Yonex Japan Open at Musashino Forest Sports Plaza on September 13, 2018 in Chofu, Tokyo, Japan.  (Photo by Atsushi Tomura/Getty Images)

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Badminton 2022 European Championships draw sees opening round byes for top seeds Carolina Marin and Viktor Axelsen

Kirsty Gilmour claimed her first BWF Super 100 badminton title for two years by winning the SaarLorLux Open in Saarbrücken, Germany.
Having surprised top seed and reigning Olympic champion Carolina Marin in Saturday's semi-finals, Gilmour defeated home player Yvonne Li 21-10, 21-17 in the final.
The 27-year-old Glasgow-based shuttler took

Kirsty Gilmour of Great Britain or Team GB competes against Vytaute Fomkinaite of Lithuania in the Women's Singles Group Stage Badminton match during the 2nd European Games at the Falcon Sporting Club on June 25, 2019 in Minsk, Belarus. (Photo by Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

Kirsty Gilmour backs up win over Carolina Marin to take SaarLorLux Badminton Open

Indian badminton fans remember the 2018 Commonwealth Games for the epic women’s singles final that saw two greats -- Saina Nehwal and PV Sindhu \-\- go head-to-head for the ultimate prize.
While the gold-medal match at Gold Coast lived up to its billing with Saina Nehwal carving out a hard-fought

_Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland took home the bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games._

Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland took home the bronze medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Kirsty Gilmour rates 2018 CWG semis against Saina as ‘toughest’ 

Pune 7 Aces continued their fine form in the Premier Badminton League with a 5-2 win over Chennai Superstarz as they went second on the table with 14 points from 15 ties on Thursday.
Grabbing their opportunity early, the star English mixed doubles pair of Chris Adcock and Gabby Adcock

Chirag Shetty in action for Pune 7 Aces at the Premier Badminton League. Photo: PBL media

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