!!!Badminton

Badminton, court game played with long-handled rackets (similar to 
tennis rackets); played in Austria since the beginning of modern 
times, especially by the nobility. Badminton developed into a modern 
day competitive sport in England. At first mainly played as 
non-competitive sport called "Federball" (shuttlecock) in Austria; the 
Austrian Badminton Federation (OeBV), founded 1957, is composed of 143 
regional associations (as of 1993) and has 6,190 members.

!Publications
Oesterreichische Badminton-Nachrichten.


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