Watch the new National Badminton League live on Sky Sports

Chris Adcock is among the top talent featuring in the NBL

The inaugural National Badminton League launches this month and Sky Sports will be bringing you live action from the brand-new competition.

The NBL features six teams who take each other on over six different match nights, with one taking place each month until April 2015.

The top four then make it through to the final tournament in June when the overall winner will be crowned.

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Badminton Olympic silver medalist Nathan Robertson and England international Panuga Riou joined David Garrido to discuss the league and exciting times for

It promises to be a thrilling league, adopting a shorter form of the game as eight players compete for each team in two singles and three doubles matches.

Commonwealth gold medallist Chris Adcock will captain the University of Nottingham team as the NBL boasts a wealth of top talent, plus some of the sport’s hottest prospects.

Athens 2004 Olympic silver medallist and NBL ambassador Nathan Robertson told Sky Sports News HQ: "I've been waiting for this moment for 20 years. I wish we'd had this when I first came on to the scene as a young player.

"It's been great to be involved with the process of bringing live badminton regularly.

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Although it's been an Olympic sport since 1992, England will now have it's own National Badminton League, which the players believe will benefit the game h

“It’s critical to develop new players and for the young players it does sometimes feel a long way away from to get to the Olympics, Commonwealth Games or World Championships to showcase their talent within the media, but now these guys will have a platform to really express themselves every month."

You can buy tickets for the NBL with Sky Tickets. Click here to see all available fixtures.

Fixtures live on Sky in bold. Channels to be confirmed. Subject to change.

Match Night 1 - 6th October

Birmingham Lions v Team Derby

LIVE: Milton Keynes Badminton v Surrey Smashers

Match Night 2 - 3rd November

LIVE: Loughborough Sport v Team Derby

University of Nottingham Badminton v Milton Keynes Badminton

Match Night 3 - 1st December

LIVE: Birmingham Lions v University of Nottingham Badminton

Surrey Smashers v Loughborough Sport

Match Night 4 - 26th January

Milton Keynes Badminton v Birmingham Lions

LIVE: University of Nottingham Badminton v Loughborough Sport

Surrey Smashers v Team Derby

Match Night 5 - 23rd March

Birmingham Lions v Loughborough Sport

LIVE: Team Derby v Milton Keynes Badminton

University of Nottingham Badminton v Surrey Smashers

Match Night 6 - 27th April

Team Derby v University of Nottingham Badminton

Loughborough Sport v Milton Keynes Badminton

LIVE: Surrey Smashers v Birmingham Lions