BADMINTON England’s most successful female player, Olympic silver medallist and former World and European Champion, Gail Emms MBE, is backing the country’s young guns to make a big impression at April’s Yonex European Individual Badminton Championships in Manchester, and predicts that the new crop of talent will help England fulfil their ambition...

WITH less than 100 days to go before the 100th All England Open Championships, BADMINTON England and Yonex today announced a further cementing of their long and enduring partnership.

On Sunday November 15th the inaugural Greater Manchester Junior Badminton League fixtures were held at Castle Leisure Centre in Bury. The League brought together 20 teams from ten clubs, with nine teams competing in the younger age group (school year 6, 7 or 8) and 12 teams in the older age (school years 9,10 or 11).   

Gail Emms has joined Wes Brown, Michael Carrick, John O’Shea and Danny Welbeck in launching the groundbreaking new Premier League for Sport partnership between the leading domestic football league and four Olympics sports ahead of London 2012. The Manchester Health Academy in Wythenshawe played host to local school children who have been taking...