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Fact of the day

Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis in 1904, making him the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Games. He claimed a silver medal in the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting and another bronze in the tug of war competition as a member of Southwest Turnverein of Saint Louis No. 2 team. He is recognised as an American by the International Olympic Committee although he was a German national at the time of the Games.

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Malaysian badminton team training at University of Bath

August 20 - Malaysia have started using the University of Bath to prepare for major events with its badminton team, including the world's top ranked doubles pair Koo Kien Keat and Tan Boon Heong (pictured), basing itself there ahead of the Yonex World Championships, which open in Paris next week.

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Wood named as new British head badminton coach

August 4 - Andy Wood (pictured) has been named as Badminton's GB new head coach in the build-up to the London 2012 Olympics, it has been announced.

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Ouseph moves up world rankings after US victory

By Mike Rowbottom

July 29 - Britain’s Rajiv Ouseph (pictured), winner of the Yonex US Open badminton title last weekend, heard today that his performance was good enough to lift him into the world’s top 20 for the first time.

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Former Paula Radcliffe team-mate put in charge of GB Badminton's preparations for London 2012

July 24 - Badminton England today named Scot Vikki McPherson (pictured), formerly one of the country's leading distance runners, as the new head of GB Performance in the countdown to the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

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Badminton England performance director quits

July 17 - Ian Moss has quit as Badminton England's £75,000 ($118,000) per year performance director following less than two years in the job, it was announced today.

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Singh calls Indian badminton re-election victory for Olympic Movement

By Duncan Mackay
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June 13 - Randhir Singh, the secretary general of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), has hailed the unanimous re-election of V.K Verma as President of the Badminton Association of India (BAI) "as a victory for the Olympic Movement" after the country's former cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin (pictured) dropped plans to stand.