Olympics Badminton: Eight Women Disqualified from Doubles

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Eight badminton players have been disqualified from the women's doubles competition after being accused of "not using one's best efforts to win". Two pairs from South Korea and one each from China and Indonesia made a series of basic errors in Tuesday's matches. All four pairs were accused of wanting to lose, in an attempt to manipulate the draw for the knockout stage. Play media Indonesia and South Korea have appealed and a decision is expected before Wednesday's quarter-finals "This is the Olympic Games. This is something that is not acceptable. The crowd paid good money to watch two matches." China's Olympic sports delegation has begun an investigation into the matches, state media reported. The country's Olympic Committee opposed any behaviour which violated "sporting spirit and morality", a spokesman said. Further action could be taken based on the results of the investigation, the spokesman said in a report published by Xinhua news agency.
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