Tag: Badminton
Sport in 2022: One for the record books
As the years go by, 2022 is probably destined to fade into oblivion in infamy for a number of obvious reasons. But the sport may have offered one of the few bright spots in Denmark… let’s forget the World Cup fiasco for a moment. Breaking American barriersSome of the most memorable moments included major Danish […]
Sport Round-Up: Jonas Vingegaard’s Tour de France bike at auction
The bike, ridden by Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard, has been put up for auction by its Dutch employer, Team Jumbo-Visma. Between now and Monday, bids are welcome on Catawiki’s online marketplace, where 18 bikes, played an important role in the 2022 season for the Dutch cycling team will be presented. “This bike was […]
Sport Round-Up: Everything is still on the line for Denmark at the WC 2022
If, for example, Denmark beats Australia 1-0 and Tunisia wins 2-1, the Danes and Tunisians end up with the same number of points, goal difference and number of goals scored and conceded. Because Denmark and Tunisia played 0-0 in the opening match, fair play points will be decisive. Both are sitting on four yellow cards […]
Sport Round-Up: Denmark’s Euro 92 heroes celebrate 30 years later
Against all oddsNo one gave the 92 team a chance to advance from a tough group with England, France and hosts Sweden. Especially when their best player Michael Laudrup was missing after colliding with coach Richard Møller Nielsen. But somehow they overcame the indomitable odds and faced the defending Dutch champions in the semi-finals. Ruud […]
Sport Round-Up: Denmark scores big on Russia’s football exclusion
Women qualify for the World Cup 2023Denmark has already secured a European group place via the Superliga winner this year, and the Russian expulsion also affects this. Instead of getting into the Champions League qualifier in the third round, the upcoming Superliga winners will instead go into the playoff round. Finally, the Russian women’s team […]
Against medicine "suffocation under pressure"
“Choking under pressure” means when people fail under stress, for example during a sports competition. The situation is also familiar to students who do not have access to information previously acquired in exams or to public speakers who suddenly do not get their word out at the crucial moment. Working group on sports psychology, led […]
Sports top five: A nation galvanized, their performance was unforgettable
Ah 2021. Ye olde bugger. How many sporting goodies you brought us, and yet many of us are happy to see you in the rearview mirror. In fact, the pandemic left its disgraceful mark in the form of cancellations of sporting events, postponements and vaccine drama. So no review of Danish sports would feel complete […]
Sports Round-Up: Premier League enemy for Danish teams in Europe
Hunter 15 Brøndby finished last in their Europa League group and have finished playing European football this season. With three teams left in Europe, Denmark has the most teams out of the countries aiming for the top 15 in the European coefficient ranking. Turkey is currently in 15th place and has two teams left, just […]
Sport Round-Up: Football heroes, Axelsen and cyclists among those who choose the name of the year
Heroes on the field The heavy favorites must be the men’s football team, which overcame Christian Eriksen’s collapse, galvanized a nation in its Euro 2020 semi-final and then qualified for the 2022 World Cup in epic style. Viktor Axelsen has also had a landmark year, where he has won a wealth of trophies such as […]
Sports Round-Up: Cyclist champion fears Great Belt, as if it is the bridge in Khazad-dum in ‘Lord of the Rings’
It sounds like something out of classical mythology or ‘Lord of the Rings’: the hero’s journey has no alternative; an insurmountable obstacle must be passed to continue. “You must not pass!” on the bridge in Khazad-dum and all that. Well, too Slovenian cyclist Tadej Poganoyear, the winner of 2021 Tour de France, the insurmountable obstacle […]
Sport Round-Up: Denmark’s coach destroys FIFA’s World Cup plan
Players are not for FIFPRO, the trade union for international footballers, has not been consulted by FIFA in relation to the plan. FIFPRO has stated that it is not for the FIFA proposal, as the current battle plan is already strict. “I like that we have one euro and one World Cup every four years. […]
World champion saved by English sportsmanship
Delfs met the Englishman Ray Stevens, who was a friend and longtime competitor, and after both had won a set, Flemming Delfs took the break to change jerseys and get some massage. But he had trouble finding his way back to his track and arrived three minutes late. According to the rules, it was equivalent […]
North Jutland parish hit by closure – associations must stay closed
The small parish of Skelund in Mariagerfjord Municipality has exceeded the authorities’ infection limit and will be affected by automatic closure from Monday. The closure affects a number of sports clubs and associations, Mariagerfjord Municipality states on its website. This includes a tennis club and badminton club. At the municipality, Flemming Bækby Nielsen, head of […]
Sport Round-Up: National team coach worried about increasing foreign ownership of Danish clubs
The Danish coach Kasper Hjulmand is worried about the effect that foreign ownership can have on the Danish Superliga. Recently, he told Forbes that he does not like the idea of ​​more club ownership and players being constantly switched around. Should not be a toy “If it’s based on the right values, understanding of Danish […]
Danish News National Round-Up: Minister of Culture resigns after running out of steam
Minister of Culture and Church Affairs Joy Mogensen has resigned – not only from her position in the cabinet, but entirely politics, as she does not want to seek re-election to the Folketing. The 41-year-old, who was recently unable to attend the Olympics in Tokyo because she is pregnant, may one day return as a […]
Copenhagen 2021: LISTER – EUROGAMES
Sports leader conference 16.-17. August; 08.00-21.30, 07.30-17.00; Copenhagen Conference Center, DGI Byen, Cph V; free registration at copenhagen2021.com The Sports Leader Conference is a conglomerate of panel discussions, workshops, speeches and interviews with the aim of making sport a more LGBTI + inclusive place. Chess Aug 20, Kulturhuset Island Brygge, Islands Brygge 18, Cph V; […]
A ‘victor’ like his old man’s idol: Danish Olympic gold medals to name son after winner
In the coming years, it will be a trivial question for rival Dennis Bergkamp, ​​named after Denis Law. Gold medal-winning Danish cyclist Michael Mørkøv, who together with Lasse Norman Hansen won the Madison on Saturday, names his son after a co-top-of-the-podium Olympian: badminton player Viktor Axelsen. The 36-year-old confirmed to DR that “there will be […]
V for Viktor: Badminton player wins Denmark’s second gold
Badminton player Viktor Axelsen won for a few moments Denmark’s second gold at the Olympics in Tokyo in 2020. The 27-year-old avenged his defeat by defending champion Chen Long, 32, in the semifinals of the 2016 Olympics to pick up gold and win in straight sets 21-15, 21-12. The victory means that Axelsen beat both […]
Can poultry star follow the sailor’s success and win another gold for Denmark?
It had been a long time coming, but after sailor Anne-Marie Rindom’s victory in the Laser Radial class yesterday, Denmark was able to add another gold medal in the men’s badminton through Viktor Axelsen, whose last starts at 13:50 EST. Nation in celebration Yesterday, however, Rindom belonged. The 30-year-old double world champion in the event […]
DGI-Byen is building ‘Denmark’s largest sports bar’ for EURO 2020
When the European Championships start this Friday in Rome, it marks the first time that Copenhagen is one of the 11 official host cities. Copenhagen hosts four matches at the Park: Denmark’s three group matches against Finland, Belgium and Russia together with a last-16 match. But do not despair if you missed tickets – there […]
Blue lots: Coronapas must be a driver’s license – not an entry ticket
Instead of requiring companies to see a valid corona passport, it should act as a driving license, where it is the passport holder’s responsibility to have a valid corona passport when checked by the authorities. – This means that we think we must take seriously that the corona passport is a hindrance and a restriction […]
Sports round: Third time lucky for Pernille Harder?
After defeats in 2018 and 2020, Pernille Harder hopes to be lucky for the third time in the Women’s Champions League final on 16 May in Gothenburg. And the good news is that her vanquisher on these occasions, the French power plant Lyon, will not wait for her and Chelsea. Another crucial Chelsea goal for […]
Badminton halls and movie theaters are still waiting
While Danes can now flock to restaurants and cafes, and most schoolchildren can get to school in one way or another, there are empty cinemas, at the dumbbells and at the indoor badminto…
OVERVIEW: Here it is still closed after April 21st
Here is an overview of some of the places that are still closed: * Fitness centers: Can according to reopening agreement from 22 March open no earlier than 6 May. It must be agreed in more detail. Alternatively, May 21st. * Venues, theaters and cinemas: May open May 6. * Indoor sports for adults in […]
Indoor sports for children: Two models in play for reopening
It appears from the draft the government has sent to the parties before negotiations on Thursday afternoon on further reopening. On both models, the assembly ceiling of 25 people is without corona pass. When reopening only non-contact sports, the health authorities estimate that the spread of infection will be low. Non-contact sports include badminton, gymnastics, […]
The many students of the music schools have to look far after reopening
At the national organization for Danish Music and Culture Schools, DMK, it annoys chairman Thomas Winther that the schools have not yet been allowed to reopen, and that there is also no plan for when they can. – It is important for the approximately 100,000 children who go to our schools that they can not […]
Pope’s plan for after Easter: Liberal businesses and malls must open
– As much as possible must open. That there is room for. But at least liberal professions, children and young people back in school and education, and malls need to be reopened. It will be a real blow to take if we can handle it. And then we have to make a plan for the […]
Sports Round-Up: Danish basketball players face fateful day
The Danish basketball team needs a miracle tonight in Vilnius against Lithuania with a place in next year’s EuroBasket, the square held European championship, up to the winner. After a 65-88 defeat in the hands of the group leaders Belgium on Saturday, which was also played in the Lithuanian capital, Denmark must now repeat its […]
Sports round: Do not forget Grinch, Denmark is trying to steal the world championship!
Denmark landed its easiest World Cup qualifying group in December, when it drew Austria, Scotland, Israel, the Faroe Islands and Moldova, but now a new opponent has raised its head – from within. Over 5,300 Danes have already signed a citizens’ proposal to boycott the tournament in late autumn next year based on host Qatar’s […]
Never a boring day in Denmark
Activities outside of work and school are fundamental to Danish society: they are the cornerstones where the balance between work and private life for which it is famous is maintained, and it is a process that arises early. Three out of four Danish children regularly participate actively in sports, and approx. half of all adults […]
Researchers are calling for individualized sports lessons
Young people who are not physically active in their free time are injured almost as often in school sports as young people who are used to playing sports, despite the fact that they participate less often in school sports. This is shown by a new Swedish study that hopes to contribute to making sports lessons […]
Danish badminton star will be mayor of Gribskov
The former Olympic gold medalist in badminton Poul-Erik Høyer will be the Liberal Party’s leading candidate for mayor of Gribskov Municipality. He says this to Frederiksborg Amts Avis according to Ekstra Bladet. There are local elections in 2021. – I want to create unity and communities and always ensure that we are where we need […]
Hard-shooting profile is taken south of the border
Stine Jørgensen was for many years a profile on the Danish national team and in the best Danish handball league. Now the hard-shooting full-back, who turns 30 on September 3, has been taken south of the border, where she will play for a foreign club for the first time. Meanwhile, the national team – at […]
