LONDON — The temptation, when you wander past the core sports of swimming, gymnastics and track, when you stumble into the periphery, is to stifle laughter when you see just how silly — it’s really ...

(AP) LONDON - Four badminton teams were kicked out of the women's doubles at the London Games on Wednesday for trying to lose on purpose, conduct that a top IOC executive said strikes at the heart of ...

A recent proposal by the World Badminton Federation could see the nature of the sport shift dramatically, with each ...

The women's doubles badminton semifinals took place on Friday with two Chinese duos earning a spot in the gold medal match to take place on Saturday. In the second match of the day, Chen Qingchen and ...

LONDON – Eight female badminton players, including the world champions from China, face a disciplinary hearing Wednesday after being accused of trying to throw matches at the Olympics a day earlier to ...

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 ...

IFTIKHAR: I mean, the biggest highlight, I guess, and the biggest lowlight probably was this whole badminton controversy with, you know, eight players from South Korea, China and Indonesia that were ...

Badminton generally isn't one of the most talked about sports on the Olympic program, but thanks to a match-fixing scandal, that has certainly changed. Punishments have been levied, but the most ...

On December 23, 2025, in Henan, China, @Xiǎomiányáng shared a funny badminton video capturing a light mishap during doubles ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Former top-10 player Joachim Persson of Denmark was banned for 18 months by the Badminton World Federation on Thursday in regard to match-fixing. Persson was found guilty by ...