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Badminton was known in ancient times; an early form of the sport was played in ancient Greece and Egypt. In Japan, the related game Hanetsuki was played as early as the 16th century. In the west, badminton came from a game called battledore and shuttlecock, in which two or more players keep a feathered shuttlecock in the air with small racquets.
Sports invented by the British. MORE... Badminton is thought to have its roots in battledore and shuttlecock, a game played by British soldiers in India during the 18th century. Eventually, the soldiers took badminton back to England, where its rules were standardised for the first time.