1390 THE FAN » Badmitton http://1390thefan.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:30:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Should There Be More Punishment for Athletes Throwing an Event? — Sports Survey of the Day http://1390thefan.com/should-there-be-more-punishment-for-athletes-throwing-an-event-sports-survey-of-the-day/ http://1390thefan.com/should-there-be-more-punishment-for-athletes-throwing-an-event-sports-survey-of-the-day/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:55:56 +0000 BJ Ragone http://tsminteractive.com/?p=128043 The big news out of the Olympics right now isn’t about winning, but a few badminton teams who tried their best to lose.

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]]> http://1390thefan.com/should-there-be-more-punishment-for-athletes-throwing-an-event-sports-survey-of-the-day/feed/ 0 Getty Images Eight Badminton Players Disqualified from the Olympics for Intentionally Losing Matches http://1390thefan.com/badminton-players-disqualified-olympics/ http://1390thefan.com/badminton-players-disqualified-olympics/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:17:41 +0000 Mike Adams http://tsminteractive.com/?p=127590 We have all heard of boxers throwing a fight to make a big payday with the bookies, but now it appears as if badminton players are involved in the same racket — and it’s getting them tossed out of the Olympics.

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