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Olympic Badminton Players Disqualified Over Match Throwing

They tried to lose to win. And now they have been thrown out of the Olympics. It was a stunt so glaring, so obvious that the crowds jeered and the referees tried to intervene. It began when Chinese top seeded women Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang starting serving into the net and missed easy volleys. Already guaranteed a slot in the next round, they want to let South Koreans Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na finish at the top of Group A so they could avoid playing Chinese compatriots and second seeds...Full Story
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