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Kate Foo Kune
Kate Jessica Kim Lee Foo Kune (born 29 March 1993) is a badminton player from Mauritius. She began playing badminton in Mauritius at age six. Her first major tournament participation was 2013 BWF World Championships in China, where she lost in the first round of women's singles to Sarah Walker of England. Foo Kune represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was the flag bearer for Mauritius during the Parade of Nations. As a junior player, she won the Under-15 and Under-19 African tournaments. In 2015, she was awarded the Sportswoman of the Year award in Mauritius. In doubles, she partnered with Yeldy Marie Louison, while in mixed doubles, she partnered with Julien Paul. Her career-best ranking remains 63 as of 2016, and her best performance remains the gold at 2015 African games. Personal life Kate Foo Kune is the second child of Jacques and Cathy Foo Kune (née Ng), both leading mixed doubles badminton players who several championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moka
Moka () is a village in Mauritius located mainly in the Moka District. The western part of the village lies in the Plaines Wilhems District. Since 1967 it forms part of Constituency No. 8 Quartier Militaire and Moka. The village is administered by the Moka Village Council under the aegis of the Moka District Council. According to the census made by Statistics Mauritius in 2011, the population was at 8,846. The elevation is 203 meters and can be up to 425 meters in some places. Moka is directly on the other side of the Moka Range from Port Louis. The village is close to the mountain Le Pouce and the town Beau-Bassin Rose-Hill. Réduit is a suburb of the village where the State House and University of Mauritius is situated. The village is also home to the Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation and the Mahatma Gandhi Institute. History Housing boom Moka is centrally located in Mauritius and as such has experienced a real estate development boom in the past few years. This was mainly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 African Badminton Championships ...
The 2011 African Badminton Championships is a continental badminton championships organized by the Badminton Confederation of Africa. This championships were held in Marrakesh, Morocco between 4-12 May. Medalists Medal table References External links Individual ResultTeam Result {{DEFAULTSORT:2011 African Badminton Championships African Badminton Championships 2011 in African sport African Badminton Championships African Badminton Championships The African Badminton Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Confederation of Africa (BCA) to crown the best badminton players in Africa. For the team event there is the African Badminton Cup of Nations. This is not to be confuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Mauricien
''Le Mauricien'' is a French-language newspaper, based and distributed in Mauritius. The newspaper, founded in 1908, is released daily and is one of the most read in Mauritius. The publishers, Le Mauricien Ltd., also publish ''Week-End'', ''Week-End Scope'' and ''Turf Magazine''. It is an independent newspaper. History ''Le Mauricien'' celebrated its hundredth anniversary in 2008. Some of the former editors include Raoul Rivet, André Masson and Lindsay Rivière. The editor and director was Raoul Rivet from 1922 to 1957. ''Le Mauricien'' adopted the offset press in 1978 and subsequently experienced changes, namely by growing from four pages to the current 48-page daily edition. Its price has evolved as well. In 1978, the newspaper's office was set on fire which was later deemed as a criminal act. ''Le Mauricien'' adopted a "midi" format known as the Berliner format in 2010. The pages increased to 48, similar to leading papers elsewhere like ''Le Figaro'' (France), and ''The Gua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Summer Olympics Parade Of Nations
During the Parade of Nations within the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, athletes and officials from each participating team marched in the Maracanã Stadium preceded by their flag and placard bearer. Each flag bearer had been chosen either by the team's National Olympic Committee or by the athletes themselves. Parade order Greece at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Greece entered first, as the nation of the Ancient Olympic Games, ancient and 1896 Summer Olympics, first modern Olympic Games. The host nation Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Brazil marched last. Other teams entered in alphabetical order in the language of the host country (Portuguese language, Portuguese), according with tradition and International Olympic Committee, IOC guidelines. Announcers in the stadium read off the names of the marching teams in French language, French and English language, English (the official languages of the Olympics) as well as Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese, wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Badminton World Federation
The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member nations: Canada, Denmark, England, France, Ireland, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales. In 1981, the IBF merged with the World Badminton Federation, and on 24 September 2006, at the Extraordinary General Meeting in Madrid, the name of the organization was changed to Badminton World Federation. When the BWF was founded, its head office was located in Cheltenham, UK. It was then relocated to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 1, 2005. Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul of Thailand is the current president. The BWF has 202 member associations around the world, organized into 5 continental confederations. Continental federations The BWF works in co-operation with regional governing bodies to promote and develop the sport of badminton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the Americas, sixth-most-populous city in the Americas. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese people, Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a List of states of the Portuguese Empire, state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil, Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent John VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and Algar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events in some sports beginning on 3 August. Rio de Janeiro was announced as the host city at the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 2 October 2009. 11,238 athletes from 207 nations took part in the 2016 Games, including first-time entrants Kosovo at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Kosovo, South Sudan at the 2016 Summer Olympics, South Sudan, and the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Refugee Olympic Team. With 306 sets of medals, the Games featured 28 Olympic sports, including rugby sevens and golf, which were added to the Olympic program in 2009. These sporting events took place at 33 venues in the host city and at five separate venues in the Brazilian cities of São Paulo, Belo Horizonte, Salvador, Bahia, Salvador, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Walker (badminton)
Sarah Walker (born 22 November 1989) is an English badminton player. She won the women's singles title at the English National Badminton Championships in 2013 and 2014. Achievements Commonwealth Games ''Women's doubles'' European Championships ''Women's doubles'' European Junior Championships ''Girls' doubles'' BWF International Challenge/Series ''Women's doubles'' : BWF International Challenge tournament : BWF International Series tournament References External links * * Sarah Walkerat Badminton England Badminton England is the Sports governing body, national governing body for the sport of badminton in England. It aims to govern, encourage and develop the sport throughout England. Originally established in 1893 as the Badminton Association ... * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Sarah 1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Basildon English female badminton players Badminton players at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Badminton players at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 BWF World Championships
The 2013 BWF World Championships was a badminton tournament which was held from 5 to 11 August 2013 at the Tianhe Sports Center in Guangzhou, China. Host city selection Copenhagen, Guangzhou, and Macau submitted bids for this edition of championships. On 9 December 2011, Badminton World Federation decided to award the championships to Guangzhou during a meeting in Queenstown, New Zealand. Draw The draw was held on 22 July at Guangzhou, China. Schedule All five events started on the first day and concluded with the final on the last day. ''All times are local (UTC+8).'' Medalists Medal table Participating countries 345 players from 49 countries participated at this year's edition. The number in parentheses indicate the player contributed by each country. * (2) * (2) * (1) * (5) * (4) * (3) * (26) * (17) * (2) * (1) * (5) * (17) * (2) * (12) * (1) * (2) * (5) * (14) * (13) * (14) * (28) * (3) * (1) * (19) * (18) * (1) * (25) * (1) * (3) * (6) * (8) * (2) * (4) * (6) * ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 All Africa Men's And Women's Team Badminton Championships
The 2020 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships was a continental stage tournament of Thomas and Uber Cups, and also to crown the best men's and women's badminton team in Africa. This tournament was held in Cairo, Egypt between 10 and 13 February 2020. Medalists Tournament The All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships officially crowns the best male and female national badminton teams in Africa and at the same time works as the African qualification event towards the 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup finals. 13 teams consisting of 9 men's team and 4 women's team have entered the tournament. Venue Venue of this tournament is Cairo Stadium Hall 2, in Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ..., Egypt. Men's team Group stage Group A * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries For Africa
The 2012 Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa were held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, between 22 and 26 February and sanctioned by Badminton World Federation and Badminton Confederation of Africa. Nigeria and South Africa was the defending champion in men's and women's team events. This tournament serves as qualification stage for African countries for the 2012 Thomas & Uber Cup. Medalists *Men's Team *Women's Team References External links Thomas CupUber Cup {{DEFAULTSORT:2012 Thomas and Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa Africa Continental Team Badminton Championships Thomas Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ... Thomas and Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries For Africa
The 2008 Thomas & Uber Cups Preliminaries for Africa were held in Rose Hill, Mauritius, between 17–21 February and organised by Mauritius Badminton Association. Kenya was scheduled to host the events, but domestic unrest has led to them being moved to Mauritius. South Africa was the defending champion in men's and women's team events. This tournament serves as qualification stage for African countries for the 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup. Medalists *Men's Team *Women's Team See also * 2008 Thomas & Uber Cup qualification References External links Qualifikationsturniere für die Endrunden Thomas-/Uber Cup 2008 (in Germany) Africa Continental Team Badminton Championships Thomas Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ... 2008 in badminton February 2008 sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
