8 shuttlers kicked out

China's top pair among group exiled for throwing matches

The ugly side of sports reared its head again with eight badminton players thrown out of the London Olympics on Wednesday.

Four doubles pairs, including China's world No 1 tandem of Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli, were disqualified from the Games by the event's governing body, the BWF, for intentionally losing their final group matches in order to secure better match-ups in the knockout stage.