RIO DE JANEIRO – Yu Yang’s racquet sliced through the air, sending desperation volleys back to her Danish opponents. It was match point. At stake, the chance to play for Rio Olympic gold in women’s ...

LONDON – Eight badminton players could be disciplined for their sub-par Olympic effort after embarrassing scenes Tuesday saw them appear to deliberately throw their matches. (AP) Angry fans at Wembley ...

We've seen sporting events before where we believe a team is deliberately trying to lose because it's playing so horribly. However, badminton has taken it to a whole new level in these Olympics. In a ...

Badminton officials at the 2012 Olympic Games in London have thrown out eight players across four teams from the games in badminton in light of a ruling that the players intentionally lost their ...

In what has to be the biggest controversy in the 2012 Summer Olympics so far, the World Badminton Federation (yes, it’s real) “charged eight female players with misconduct” because of their actions ...

LONDON (AP) — 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 ...

LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - The World Badminton Federation charged eight female players with misconduct on Wednesday after four Olympic doubles teams had attempted to "throw" matches to secure a more ...

London, England – Disciplinary cases have been opened against four women's badminton doubles teams under accusations they threw matches the day before to improve their chances in the Olympic ...