Wednesday, August 1, 2012

London Olympics 2012 badminton

  • (CNN)-- The Badminton World Federation says it will hold a disciplinary hearing on Wednesday for eight womens players charged with not using ones best efforts to win a match in doubles contests at the London Olympics.
  • (CNN)
  • Fans jeered the Chinese and South Korean Olympic women's badminton doubles teams for poor play that "It's not like the Olympics spirit to play like this," Sung said at London's Wembley Arena. "How could the No.
  • (Bloomberg)
  • LONDON (Reuters) - The Olympics were reeling on Wednesday from a scandal involving women badminton players who threw matches to manipulate the draw, prompting jeers from the crowd and angering fans for undermining the spirit of the Games.
  • (Reuters India)
  • India opened its medal tally at the London Olympics 2012 with Gagan Narang winning the bronze on which also saw the ouster of the badminton mixed doubles team of Jwala Gutta and V. Diju from the competition.
  • (New York Times)
  • LONDON - Not the best of mornings for Olympic badminton. A disciplinary hearing is set for Wednesday for eight female badminton players, including the reigning world champions from China.
  • (NewsNet 5)
  • The 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London aren't just about badminton and beach volleyball. They're also a chance to show the world what can be done with environmental sustainability at one monstrous event.
  • (The Business Insider)

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