BadmintonPlanet
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Founded 📆 | 2002 |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
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Key people | Vincent Liew, Founder/Chief Digital Marketing Officer |
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| 🌐 Website | http://www.badmintonplanet.com/ |
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BadmintonPlanet is a non-profit website that aims at promoting and encouraging fan participation for the sport of badminton. It offers the latest badminton news, photos, rankings, and video highlights.
History
Vincent Liew founded BadmintonPlanet in 2002 in a small storage space in his landlord's basement in San Jose, California. He left the team in 2007, and then rejoined and restructured BadmintonPlanet in 2010. The website has since become a highly cited and popular website for the sport of badminton.
Major News Events
Lee Chong Wei's doping incident
BadmintonPlanet mobilized its followers to provide overwhelming support during former World No. 1 player Lee Chong Wei's doping[1] investigation between 2014 and 2015.
It was able to gather 6,692 signatures in ipetitions.com to support the Malaysian badminton legend.
BadmintonPlanet's YouTube video was retweeted by Lee Chong Wei[2] and became the top tweet on his official Twitter account as he went to Amsterdam to attend the anti-doping trial.
Carsten Mogensen's brain surgery
BadmintonPlanet provided in-depth coverage during Carsten Mogensen's [3][4] sudden collapse due to ruptured aortic aneurysms in his brain in 2016. Its article titled "Carsten Mogensen stable after brain surgery" has been widely cited in several large Wikipedias.
Lee–Lin rivalry
The Lee–Lin rivalry has been badminton's best rivalry in the last twenty years. BadmintonPlanet devoted large amounts of its coverage to the battle between Datuk Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia and Lin Dan of China, and its news was also widely cited by Wikipedia (/ˌwɪkɪˈpiːdiə/ (
listen), /ˌwɪkiˈpiːdiə/ (listen) WIK-ih-PEE-dee-ə)[5]
Lee Chong Wei's return to Malaysia after successful early stage nose cancer treatment
BadmintonPlanet broke the news on October 5th, 2018, that Lee Chong Wei had successfully completed his early-stage nose cancer treatment in Taiwan and would return to Malaysia on October 7th, 2018[6]. However, the President of Badminton Association Malaysia (BAM), Mohamad Norza Zakaria, denied the news when he was asked by the media in the afternoon of October 5th. Nevertheless, BAM eventually issued an official statement on October 6th to confirm that Lee would indeed return to Malaysia on October 7th, 2018.
Major news source for many badminton stars
BadmintonPlanet has become the favorite news source for many news outlets regarding many badminton stars such as Viktor Axelsen[7], Kento Momota [8], Shi Yuqi[9], Chen Long[10], P. V. Sindhu [11][12], Goh Liu Ying [13], Chan Peng Soon [14], Tan Boon Heong[15], and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo/Marcus Fernaldi Gideon[16][17][18]
References
- ↑ http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/97264/20160803/badminton-news-world-no-1-lee-chong-wei-malaysia-feeling-pressure-rio.htm
- ↑ https://twitter.com/leechongwei
- ↑ http://sport.analisadaily.com/read/carsten-mogensen-ceritakan-masa-sakitnya/248660/2016/07/07
- ↑ http://sport.analisadaily.com/read/carsten-mogensenmathias-boe-akan-tampil-di-olimpiade-2016/244565/2016/06/17
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee%E2%80%93Lin_rivalry
- ↑ https://sports.sina.com.cn/others/badmin/2018-10-06/doc-ifxeuwws1365333.shtml
- ↑ https://scroll.in/field/904257/badminton-axelsen-other-top-danish-players-barred-from-national-center-over-contract-dispute
- ↑ https://www.foxsportsasia.com/badminton/957924/denmark-open-kento-momota/
- ↑ https://www.bolasport.com/read/311739776/shi-yuqi-paham-kento-momota-lelah-saat-kalahkan-anthony-ginting-pada-semifinal-piala-sudirman-2019
- ↑ http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/107767/20161209/badminton-china-olympic-chen-long-bwf-world-superseries-finals-dubai.htm
- ↑ http://www.chinatopix.com/articles/106665/20161122/badminton-pv-sindhu-india-world-superseries-china-open.htm
- ↑ https://www.bolasport.com/read/311428885/juara-bwf-world-tour-finals-2018-pusarla-sindhu-diganjar-bonus-akhir-tahun-dari-bai
- ↑ https://www.bolasport.com/read/311601458/gelar-thailand-masters-2019-bikin-chan-peng-soongoh-liu-ying-makin-percaya-diri-sebagai-pemain-independen
- ↑ https://www.bolasport.com/read/311704830/kejuaraan-asia-2019-changoh-tak-mau-meremehkan-calon-lawan
- ↑ https://juara.bolasport.com/read/321494937/eks-pasangan-hendra-setiawan-menolak-kembali-ke-timnas-bulu-tangkis-malaysia
- ↑ https://www.jawapos.com/sports/bulutangkis/30/10/2018/the-minions-sebentar-lagi-jadi-pasangan-1-juta-dolar/
- ↑ https://sports.okezone.com/read/2019/01/07/40/2001036/marcus-kevin-berpotensi-mundur-dari-malaysia-masters-2019
- ↑ https://www.indosport.com/raket/20181208/herry-ip-bocorkan-persiapan-kevin-marcus-jelang-bwf-world-tour-finals
References
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