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Disgraced Badminton Player Announces Retirement, Blames Poor Performance On InjuriesOne of the eight badminton players who was disqualified from the Olympics for match-fixing is fighting back against those allegations, while also announcing her retirement from professional competition. ...

Don't Blame Badminton Players For Throwing Matches. Blame The Sport's Crappy System.Four teams of women—two from South Korea, one from China, one from Indonesia—were kicked out of the Olympics after they all attempted to lose their matches in the group stage. It was a farce, bringing boos from the crowd and condemnation from the Olympic and badminton communities. Yet the fault lies...

Eight Badminton Players Who Tried To Throw Games Disqualified From Olympics A bizarre scene unfolded yesterday at Wembley Arena as badminton teams from China and South Korea both attempted to throw the match in order to attain a preferable elimination round seed and drew massive boos from the audience for playing roughly in the manner you or I would while drunk at a back...