Badminton: IOC orders probe into coaches LONDON (Reuters) - World badminton sought on Thursday to draw a line under the match-throwing scandal that resulted in the expulsion of eight players from the London Olympics, even as the IOC demanded a wider probe into their coaches. The International Olympic Committee asked China, South Korea and Indonesia's national delegations to probe the entourages of the four women's doubles pairs who, in ... 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. 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 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 ... Badminton's integrity comes under fire The disqualification of eight badminton players for throwing matches has sent Olympic organisers into damage control and called the integrity of the sport itself into question.The deliberate "tanking" by the Chinese top seeds, two teams from South Korea, and an Indonesian pair was booed by the crowd at London's Wembley Arena and was ridiculed by the Olympics' global audience.The eight players ... Probe into thrown Olympic badminton matches widens 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 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. Sho close as badminton's Lin survives scare Olympic badminton champion Lin Dan suffered a scare before reaching the men's singles semi-finals with a testing three-game win over Japan's Sho Sasaki on Thursday. China's Yu quits badminton after scandal One of the star Chinese badminton players disqualified from the Olympics for throwing a match has announced she is quitting the sport, saying her dreams had been "heartlessly shattered".
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