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    Eight badminton players disqualified for throwing matches

    Olympic badminton authorities booted eight players out of the games' tournament for attempting to throw matches in order to draw a better bracket in the knockout rounds. The players missed routine shots and often served the shuttlecock into the net, leading to one of the most farcical badminton matches of all time. - By Erick Galindo. Yahoo! Sports

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    5. Tournament referee Torsten Berg speaks to players from South Korea and Indonesia during their women
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    8. World doubles champions Yu Yang, left, and Wang Xiaoli, of China, watch as the shuttlecock hits the net during their women
    9. An unidentified official talks to world doubles champions Yu Yang, left, and Wang Xiaoli, as South Korea

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    1 United States 46 29 29 104
    2 China 38 27 23 88
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