Badminton

Badminton is an Olympic sports since 1992
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs (doubles).

The game of badminton is similar to that of tennis. Players are supposed to hit a shuttlecock over the net so that it lands inside the marked court, before the player or players on the other side of the net can react. However, due to the nature of the object hit and the smaller size of the badminton court, it depends more on stealth and reaction play, and less on power, than does tennis.

There are typically five events: men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles (each pair is composed of one man and one woman).

A shuttlecock is a projectile used in the sport of Badminton. Traditionally, a shuttlecock is made from a head of cork and a skirt of overlapping goose feathers.
For most casual players, this has been replaced by a shuttlecock made using a plastic head and skirt. The feather shuttlecock is still used by "serious" players and for competitions.