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Eight badminton players expelled - BBC

2012-08-01 20:47:56

The Chinese Olympic delegation has started an investigation into allegations Chinese shuttlers' deliberately lost the group stage of the tournament in London.

Eight women charged for 'throwing' badminton matches

2012-08-01 14:33:56

The World Badminton Federation charged eight female players with misconduct on Wednesday after four Olympic doubles teams had attempted to "throw" matches to secure a more favourable draw later in the tournament.

Gold medal moments: Day Four

2012-08-01 11:25:15

Gold medal moments

China's teenager swimmer captures second gold

2012-08-01 05:04:09

China's swimming breakout swimmer Ye Shiwen stunned the world again as she captured her second Olympic gold in women's 200m individual medley at London Olympics on Tuesday.

'Sculling Sloth' vows to improve

2012-07-31 21:18:46

Niger's Hamadou Djibo Issaka, the novice rower who has earned comparisons to the slow swimmer Eric "The Eel", vowed to improve on Tuesday after again finishing last in an Olympic semi-final that was some 28 seconds slower than his previous race.

Phelps eyes record after US reach relay final

2012-07-31 21:08:29

Barring a major upset or calamity, Michael Phelps will claim one of the few records that he has not yet captured at the London Olympics on Tuesday.

Men's basketball suffers 2nd loss

2012-07-31 20:35:51

Russia managed a 73-54 win over China though they were not playing an impressive offensive game Tuesday in the preliminary round of the men's basketball competition at the London 2012.

Gold medal moments: Day Three

2012-07-31 15:30:06

Gold medal moments on Day Three of London Olympic Games.

Women vie to continue China gold rush

2012-07-31 14:38:51

Fans of team China will be hoping the women will be able to repeat the success of their male counterparts as they vie for Tuesday's gold medals in London.

Olympic faces: Day Three

2012-07-31 13:29:37

During the third day of the London 2012 Olympic Games, many faces expressed different emotions worthy of memory.

China wins men's team gymnastics

2012-07-31 08:03:30

Chinese gymnasts cleared doubts that followed their sixth-place finish in the preliminary, winning the Olympic men's team gold in a dominant fashion on Monday.

China wins men's 10m platform synchronized diving gold medal

2012-07-30 23:37:05

Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquan of China dominated the final of men's 10m platform synchronized diving for the title at the London Olympic Games here on Monday.