奧運羽毛球8名運動員因消極比賽而被取消參賽資格.
Four pairs of women's doubles badminton players,including the Chinese top seeds,have been ejected from the Olympic tournament for trying to throw matches in an effort to secure a more favourable quarter-final draw.
The Badminton World Federation,the sport's governing body,read a brief statement to a packed throng of media at the Wembley Arena venue for the sport,saying the players had been disqualified for breaching two parts of the players' code:"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 decision comes after the BWF charged the players,one pair from China,two from South Korea and one from Indonesia,in the wake of farcical scenes in the final group stages of the tournament on Tuesday.