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Nigeria’s Eniola Bolaji stunned the more fancied Ukrainian Oksana Kozyna 18-21,21-14,21-18 in the SL3 category to win the first-ever gold medal by an African Para badminton player outside the continent at the Spanish Para badminton International Championship which ended on Sunday 16th May 2021. Eniola put up a spirited fight to come from one set…
The 82 BWF virtual AGM held on 22nd May 2021, elected new BWF Council Members for the 20 vacant positions available at the BWF Council, 2 of which were reserved for African candidates as per the new BWF Gender and regional balance regulation, 7 for Europe, Asia 8, Pan Am 2, and Oceania 1. The…
The Badminton Confederation Africa (BCA) in collaboration with the Burundi Badminton Federation under the leadership of President Francois Ndondo held their first-ever Shuttle Time Tutor, Teachers course, and Training Camp from the 29th April to 7th May 2021 in Bujumbura, Burundi. This comes after a backdrop of years of political turmoil that the country went…
The Badminton Confederation Africa (BCA), in close collaboration with the Egypt Badminton Federation (EBF), recently conducted a Badminton World Federation (BWF) Level 1 Coaching Course, in Cairo, from the 2nd to the 9th of April 2021. A total of 12 National coaches comprising of 9 men and 3 women attended the course including one coach…
The Badminton Confederation Africa (BCA) awarded the 2020 AWIBA award to the 32-year-old Egyptian, Queen of African Badminton, Miss. Hadia Hosny. Launched in October 2018, the annual AWIBA award was introduced by the BCA Council to reward outstanding women who have contributed to the development of badminton in Africa by demonstrating irreproachable attitude and dedication…
First Brush With Badminton I was born in Harare in a middleclass family. My father was into boxing and soccer and he wanted me to play soccer but it all changed when my brother Limbikani Kopolo came back home with badminton rackets and shuttles. I went to a government school where I showed my talent…
In line with BCA strategic plan and development programme, three activities were organized in Burkina Faso. They included: Shuttle Time Tutors Course from 3rd to 5th of April 2021, Shuttle Time Teachers Course from 6th to 7th of April 2021; and Training Camp from 8th to 10th of April 2021. The aim of these activities…
The Africa Badminton community is in mourning after the sudden demise of one of its prolific players from Nigeria, the late Mr. Bello Oyebanji through a tragic motor accident on the 21st of April 2021. The late Bello was the head coach of Kwara State Badminton, a certified BWF Shuttle Time Tutor, Africa’s no 1…
The year 2020 has been challenging as the COVID-19 pandemic affected different aspects of life. However, it did not stop Ivory Coast Badminton Federation (FIBAD) from restarting the Shuttle Time programme in 2021. Led by Shuttle Time National Coordinator Kouame Koffi Stephane, a Refresher course was delivered to the existing Shuttle Time Teacher workforce on 13 March…
The Badminton Confederation Africa (BCA) will be hosting their virtual Annual General Meeting (AGM) on the 19th of June 2021, as per their Constitution and following the success of the 2020 virtual AGM. The AGM is usually a physical meeting but due to the Covid-19 pandemic containment measures, the members could not meet physically, therefore…
