2012 Summer Olympics Best and Worst moments: Eight badminton players were disqualified from the Olympics for throwing matches so as to avoid tough opponents in the next round, led by Chinese duo Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli. They were throwing matches so as to avoid playing the other Chinese duo in the next round, so that China could still have a shot at earning gold and silver, instead of knocking one team out. Following the DQ, Yu Yang blogged that she is leaving badminton forever.   -- Andrea Reiher, Zap2it
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