Badminton

Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net.

Badminton was originally not called badminton.

It was eventually named badminton after the Badminton House in Gloucestershire, England.

Badminton is often played as a casual outdoor activity in a yard or on a beach;

Since 1992, badminton has been a Summer Olympic sport with four events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, and women's doubles, with mixed doubles added four years later.

There are over 150 member nations that belong to the International Badminton Federation.