Eight
badminton players have been charged by the sport's governing body for appearing
to try to throw their matches at the London Olympic Games. Players from China,
South Korea and Indonesia all face disciplinary action.
Four pairs
in the women's doubles competition were charged with misconduct on Wednesday by
The World Badminton Federation after two fixtures ended in controversy.
"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.
The
incident on Tuesday involved one pair from China, one from Indonesia and two
from South Korea. Their conduct prompted angry spectators at the Wembley arena
to shout abuse and jeer as the teams appeared to deliberately serve into the
net or hit the shuttlecock long or wide.
All four
teams were already through to the quarter-finals. It's alleged they were
attempting to throw the matches in order to secure a more favorable draw later
in the tournament.
At present
all four pairs are still included in the order of play with their
quarter-finals scheduled for Wednesday evening.
ccp/jm (AFP, Reuters)
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Indonesia's
Greysia Polii, back, and Meiliana Jauhari play
against South Korea's Ha
Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung during
their women's doubles group play stage Group C
badminton
match during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the
Wembley Arena on
Tuesday. (Reuters/Bazuki Muhammad)
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