Eight women charged for “throwing” badminton matches

China's Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang play against South Korea during their women's doubles group play stage Group A badminton match during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Wembley ArenaLONDON (Reuters) – The World Badminton Federation charged eight female players with misconduct on Wednesday after four Olympic doubles teams had attempted to "throw" matches to secure a more favourable draw later in the tournament. "The pairs have been charged … with 'not using one's best efforts to win a match' and 'conducting oneself in a manner that is clearly abusive or detrimental to the sport'," the federation said in a statement. …



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