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Eight Badminton players were disqualified from London 2012 for throwing their matches.<\/h2>\n
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In an attempt to lose their matches the top seeds from China, a pair from Indonesia and\u00a0two pairs from South Korea deliberately conceded points. Spectators who had paid to watch the matches booed the players\u00a0off the courts at Wembley Arena.\u00a0Lord Coe, London 2012 organiser, acknowledged the disgust and dismay of the crowd, \u00a0describing the lack of effort by the players as “depressing” and “unacceptable”.<\/p>\n

The Badminton World Federation announced the next day that the players would be disqualified from the Olympics for infringing two rules: “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.”<\/h3>\n

It has been claimed the bad performances were a strategic attempt to leverage new rules following the introduction of a group stage format for the Olympics.<\/p>\n

It has also been claimed that the Badminton World Federation had been warned its introduction of the round robin format could lead to match fixing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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TheFinal Disgrace<\/h2>\n
The Badminton\u00a0case at the London 2012 Olympics is a serious case of match fixing.<\/div>\n
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And fact is stranger than fiction, so they say.<\/div>\n
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If you want to investigate your own case of suspected match fixing, try\u00a0this mystery game from ITM Games.<\/div>\n
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TheFinal Disgrace is a role playing mystery game for 8 players.<\/div>\n
It concerns the final match for the Eclipse Cup, Football\u2019s Mixed Six-a-side competition. The team of Lower Morrals Athletic have just lost the match. This is a shock result considering they have been enjoying their best season ever. With a string of record breaking scores under their belt, could someone have cheated and lost them the game on purpose?<\/div>\n
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If you want to learn the answer to this, the game is available for ITM Games.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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