8 badminton players tossed from Olympic doubles Women Out Badminton Scandal Swats Olympics China's Yu Yang quits Players Disqualified for Throwing Matches VIDEO Eight disqualified From London For Playing Like 'Backyard Barbecue Drunks' Asian Teams Accused of to Lose Controversy in women's South Korea Settles Victory Women’s Czech Flag Carrier a Weightier Burden Probe into thrown matches widens IOC asks probe coaches officials Why it's bye birdie Indonesia slams ideals Coverage 2012 Airs on TV5 out trying lose Clark Burckle sixth superfast final Barry Davies an first BADMINTON INQUIRY

Olympics: Why it's bye bye birdie for badminton in Indonesia Badminton remains among Indonesia's most popular sports. But the Olympic match throwing scandal is the latest black eye for a sport whose star is fading in the world's fourth largest country.  Badminton fallout: Coach admits, player quits Olympic officials demanded a deeper investigation into the badminton fixing scandal Thursday as China's coach took the blame for a match being thrown at the London Games and a player appeared to quit the tarnished sport. Probe into thrown Olympic badminton matches widens LONDON (AP) -- Olympic officials demanded a deeper investigation into the badminton fixing scandal Thursday as China's coach took the blame for a match being thrown at the London Games and a player appeared to quit the tarnished sport. Badminton player quitting the sport One of the Chinese badminton players disqualified from the Olympics for trying to lose a match has said she is quitting the sport, accusing the badminton governing body of ruining her dreams. China badminton star quits in scandal A top Chinese badminton star quit the sport on Thursday as an Olympic match-throwing scandal met with dismay and criticism in China, Indonesia and South Korea, from where eight players were disqualified. Chinese player quits badminton after scandal; IOC pressures sport for format change Badminton's governing body is considering advancing only one team from each group or moving to a single-elimination tournament. Badminton debacle prompts soul-searching in China BEIJING – The Olympics badminton-match-fixing scandal that saw the expulsion of eight players — including Chinese doubles champions Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli — prompted heated debate here about whether this country's quest for medals and glory had trumped the spirit of sportsmanship. Read full article >> Badminton chief apologizes, players thrown out LONDON (Reuters) - World badminton apologized on Wednesday for a scandal that has sullied the sport's reputation at the London Olympics and resulted in eight women being disqualified from the tournament. The expulsion of four women's doubles pairs sent shockwaves through the tournament, removing China's top-seeded duo and other doubles pairs from the South Korean and Indonesian teams. "I'm very ... Booted Badminton Star Defends Losing A Chinese badminton star booted from the Olympics for purposely trying to lose has quit the sport, but not before defiantly defending her actions and calling her disqualification from the games "unforgivable." Many Chinese are now rallying around the disgraced Olympians. Badminton: Chinese players slam team mates' expulsion LONDON (Reuters) - China's Olympic badminton players backed their under-fire head coach Li Yongbo and slammed the expulsion of two of their team mates as the match-throwing scandal continued to overshadow the tournament on Thursday. "I think it's extremely unfair. Firstly, it's a problem with the format, that's what I believe," Xu Chen, who will partner Ma Jin in Friday's mixed doubles final ...
Key Words: badminton

References:
http://www.startribune.com/sports/164559426.html
http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2012/08/01/8-badminton-players-expelled-from-olympic-doubles/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19091234
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/02/sports/olympics/olympic-badminton-players-disqualified-for-throwing-matches.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19079432
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19073935
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/01/sports/olympics/south-korea-settles-for-victory-in-womens-badminton.html
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/24-sports-news/article981260.ece
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/24-sports-news/article980943.ece
http://www.lvrj.com/r?19=961&43=192617&44=164708516&32=4051&7=206566&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lvrj.com%2Fsports%2Fbadminton-slams-olympic-ideals-164708516.html
http://www.starmometer.com/2012/07/21/coverage-of-london-2012-olympics-airs-on-tv5/
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120802/BILLBOARD/120802012/-1/rsslink
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18850301
http://pixelhat.net/