Latest update... London to stage 2011 Badminton World Championships London was officially unveiled on Monday as the venue for the 2011 World Championships as UK Sport, the funding body, keeps to its promise of delivering world-class events in the lead up to the 2012 Olympics. By Rod Gilmour Published: 10:16PM BST 19 Apr 2010 Badminton England, the national governing body, will host the championships at Wembley Arena from Aug 8-14, and it forms part of the 64 events being held in Great Britain every two weeks up until 2012, announced last October at a cost of £32 million. Locog, London 2012's organiser, has still to confirm that badminton will be hosted at Wembley for 2012 after initial plans to build a temporary stadium in Greenwich were put on the backburner due to the £40 million estimated cost. ------------------ *Read completely though telegraph.co.uk -- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ot...stage-2011-Badminton-World-Championships.html
Saw the news today as well. I think it's just that Wembley is the official location that's the actual news ...
Not really news then, we knew it was in London & there is only one place I can think they would stage it.......I had already assumed it was at wembley Although it would be nice at the o2, Badminton just wouldn't get enough spectators IMHO....
Wembley to host 2011 World Championships BWF chief operating officer Thomas Lund said in a media release: “Badminton England have, over the years, established the All-England championships as one of the best-organised tournaments on the BWF calendar and the BWF are confident that Badminton England will continue to do a wonderful job in hosting the world championships.” http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2010/4/21/sports/6096377&sec=sports
Brilliant , so we got 2011 All Englands World Championship 2012 All Englands Olympics My gosh , all the biggest tournament ..... it is mouth watering
Any potential Mens Singles player favourite come to mind? . So... This event will happen in just about one year's time from now. Any potential Mens Singles player favourite come to mind? I think that Lee Chong Wei will be the favourite. .
Badminton England start preparations for World Championships after Wembley nod Badminton England, the national governing body, will meet world badminton officials in the next three weeks to begin preparations for the World Championships after an agreement was reached last week to host the sport at Wembley Arena in 2012. By Rod Gilmour Published: 7:30AM BST 01 Jun 2010 The 2011 World Championships, to be held in August, will be a test event for the London 2012 Olympics and negotiations will take place with the Badminton World Federation to fathom expectations for the event. Locog, London 2012's organisers, finally reached an agreement last week for badminton and rhythmic gymnastics to be staged at Wembley Arena after months of prolonged negotiations. ----------------------------------------- *Full article taken from Telegraph.co.uk -- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/ot...or-World-Championships-after-Wembley-nod.html
