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Despite the ravaging Coronavirus pandemic that has stopped most of the sporting and social events, the Badminton Federation of Benin, in close collaboration with the Badminton Confederation Africa (BCA), held a 2-week spectacular badminton extravaganza from the 16th of August to 1st of September 2021, in the city of Ouidah, Benin. To ensure the safety of all…
I was born on New Year’s Day of 1996 in the Niamey region. I spent all my childhood close to my parents. It was a peaceful life. My father wanted me to become a police officer like him and my brothers but since he saw that I liked to study and that I was obsessed with sport he let me pursue my…
Early Days I was born into a modest family and in a rural environment. My childhood was normal, without turbulence or inequalities. I tried as much as possible to adapt to life like all other children my age. I was interested in sports organised locally, such as street football and other popular sports. Badminton at Barcelona ’92 In 1992, in my capacity as an official and sports…
The BCA is committed to ensuring its developing Member Associations receive the necessary support to make sure that the trained coaches remain in the structure and contribute to the development of the players. As per its strategic plan to continuously grow the capacity of the developing Member Associations, the BCA conducted the BWF level 1…
Childhood Days I grew up in a village in the eastern region of Ghana. Football and athletics were the most common sports in the community and schools. I was involved in athletics. In high school, I took part in long jump and ran a few 200m and 400m races for my house in boarding school.…
The BCA is proud to announce the executive and council member’s election results for the 2021- 2023 period. A two-year transition period approved in the 2020 AGM to align the BCA Constitution with the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to ensure that the elected President of the BCA who automatically becomes the BWF Vice President, gets to serve…
The African team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has now been unveiled. Announcing the race to Tokyo rankings, the BWF confirmed that the list will not change between now and the start of the Olympics, the official closing date of the qualification period. This is as per the revised Tokyo 2020 qualification system since no…
I grew up in Ngoaékélé district in Cameroon. We lived close to a university and so were surrounded by sportspeople. This allowed me to practice several sports at a high level, such as football, basketball and athletics. Badminton and I I discovered badminton in 1999 at Lycée Fustel De Coulanges, a French international school…
DJIBOUTI AND SOMALIA SHUTTLE TIME ACTIVITIES. As outlined in the Badminton Confederation Africa Strategic Plan, the implementation of the Shuttle Time programme is Key towards the development of Badminton in its new Member Associations. To ensure the success of the implementation of the Shuttle Time programme in its newer Associations, the BCA has put in…
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…
