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Sport > Participate in badminton (the links below will take you online)
Check the news and results
	Badminton Central This is a site that provides up to date information about everything that’s going on in the world of badminton. News, results, product reviews, discussion forums and technique is all included here.
	Badminton Daily This is a very comprehensive site that provides up to date news and results from the world of badminton. It can be a little slow to open.
	Badminton Online This is a good UK based site that is designed to be the number one source for badminton information on the internet, providing information on everything from the history of badminton to the latest world rankings and international badminton news.
	World Badminton This online magazine gives news, results, features and galleries from the world of badminton.
Contact a sports governing body
	Badminton Association of England The Badminton Association of England site contains up to date results from domestic and international badminton competitions. It also has links to all affiliated clubs throughout the UK, which you can search for by county.
	International Badminton Federation This is the official site of the International Badminton Federation. It has up to date information about everything that’s going on in the sport, including rankings, news, rules, event calendars and information about the development of the sport.
Find sports event calendars
*See Also:* Sport > Book a sport ticket
	BAofE - Events The official site of the Badminton Association of England has a comprehensive calendar of events in the current season and into next year. Major events can be read about in more detail.
	Sportal - Calendar This is one of the most comprehensive online sports calendars, containing all forthcoming events from about a 140 different sports for years to come. It is easy to use and you can events by date, nation or sport. An excellent site.
	Virgin - Sports This area of the Virgin site allows you to find out what sporting events are coming up in a variety of sports. Easy to use links take you to specific sports sites that also provide news and information about their particular sport.
	What's On When - Sport This is an absolutely huge and very comprehensive site that can tell you what's on and where for most sporting events all over the world. You can search by sport, location or when its actually on. However, it does have the occasional irritating advert.
Gamble Online
	Free-Bet.co.uk Free-Bet is a site that not only provides links to many of the best online betting sites, but also tells you which ones are currently offering free bets. It briefly describes each site and any free bet offers that they are running.
	Sporting Odds A simple to use online betting shop that offers you two free £10 bets after you have placed some bets of your own. One of the easier sites to understand and navigate around with easy to understand odds and betting systems. Good for the casual gambler.
	SportingBet Sporting bet is the biggest of the online betting services. It even allows you to check their stock price online! Allows tax free betting on almost any major sporting event. Definitely worth checking out.
	William Hill The online version of William Hill bookmakers enables you to bet tax free on almost any sporting event.
Get the rules
	BaofE - Rules This page from the website of the Badminton Association of England provides the comprehensive version of the official rules of badminton.
	IBF - Official Rules The obvious place to find the most up to date and comprehensive version of the rules of badminton is here in the official site of the International Badminton Federation. This page contains one of the most comprehensive versions of the rulers on the web.
Investigate fitness and training
*See Also:* Sport > Investigate sports medicine issues
	Badminton Central - Technique This page from the Badminton Central site provides access to a number of training and technique improvement articles from the Washington State Badminton Association Newsletter that cover many of the aspects of the game.
	Badminton Online - Training This part of the Badminton Online site provides a small but useful number of training tips to improve your overall technique. Although the warm ups don’t exist yet, the rest of the tips are well presented and illustrated with small animations.
	Badzone The Badzone is a good site that contains a lot of useful tips and tutorials to improve your game. The tutorials are accompanied by photos and its all presented in a fairly clear and easy to understand way.
	BAofE - Coaching This page from the Badminton Association of England site provides information about the coaching courses that they offer and answers many common questions about what is involved in being a coach.
Join a club
	BAofE The website of the Badminton Association of England contains one of the most comprehensive and easiest ways of searching for badminton clubs across the UK. You can search by county and find the details of the best badminton clubs in your local area.
	Racket Club This ''virtual club'' has been set up as a point of contact for anyone with an interest in squash, tennis or badminton. It is an excellent source of information about clubs, coaching and facilities. A very useful site.
Look at equipment reviews (sport)
	Badminton Central - Reviews This page from the Badminton Central site contains a huge number of reviews of racquets, strings, shuttlecocks, shoes and other equipment, all written by members of the public. This will help you to make a more informed choice about future purchases.
	Badzone - Reviews This part of the Badzone website contains a number of reviews of a wide range of badminton equipment. Many of the major brands are included in these reviews and each review contains useful specifications for each product.
	Shuttlecock - Reviews This is a part of the Shuttlecock.com website and it contains a large number of reviews of badminton racquets, strings and shuttlecocks.
Look up general reference (world records etc.)
*See Also:* Shopping > Buy books
	Guinness Book of Records This is the online edition of the Guinness Book of Records. It requires the 'Flash' plug-in to view but once you have this, this site is an easy way to find loads of interesting and informative world records.
Purchase kit and equipment
	E-Racquets A good online source of racquets and accessories for badminton, squash or tennis. Equipment from some of the best manufacturers is available and the equipment is usually from the latest ranges. There are also some very good discounts over the high street.
	PWP PWP offers an opportunity to purchase specialist clothing and equipment for tennis, squash and badminton. It also offers videos, competitions and news.
	ShopQ - Sports This is a fast and easy to use site that contains links to a huge range of online shops from where you can purchase a huge range of sporting goods. Each link has a brief description and each one has been checked out by ShopQ staff.
	Sports Shoes This is an excellent site for finding sports shoes form most of the major manufacturers at reasonable prices. There are some great discounts on popular models of shoe and all shoes are available to buy online.
	Sportsmart This site has absolutely loads of sportswear and equipment available for a wide range of different sports. Prices are very reasonable and they have secure online ordering. Also includes a washing guide and sizing charts.

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