ANYONE WHO has tried to play badminton at the beach will be familiar with the problem of wind blowing their feathered shuttlecocks off-course. On anything other than a completely calm day ...

A price increase in the cost of badminton shuttlecocks in China is reported to have been caused by an unlikely suspect – declining pork prices. The price for one of the most popular models of ...

For a dozen training shuttles, about 22 euros (24 dollars) have to be paid, for competition shuttles easily double. The price rise is linked to the changing eating habits of the Chinese. Chinese ...

Shuttlecocks are the reason. Prices have shot up, forcing him to spend an additional 180 yuan (US$24) a month on them, compared to his usual 280 yuan expenditure before the pandemic.