Eight badminton players expelled from Olympic doubles

LONDON - The Associated Press

Head badminton referee Torsten Berg, center left, issues a black card to South Korea's Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung, right, as a South Korean team coach watches, during their women's doubles badminton match against Meiliana Jauhari and Greysia Polii, of Indonesia, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)

Indonesian Olympic team leader Erick Thohir says eight female badminton players have been disqualified from the Olympics doubles competition for unsporting conduct after trying to lose matches in order to receive a more favorable placing in the playoffs.
 
Thohir tells the Associated Press on Wednesday that the Indonesian team will appeal.
 
The Badminton World Federation investigated the doubles players from China, South Korea and Indonesia, finding them guilty of "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" in matches Tuesday night.