China made badminton headlines for the right reasons as Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei produced a world-class performance to claim Olympic gold at Wembley Arena.

Four women’s doubles pairs have been disqualified from the Olympic badminton competition after deliberately trying to lose matches.

Four women’s doubles pairs have been disqualified from the Olympic badminton competition after deliberately trying to lose matches.

The Badminton World Federation (BWF) have launched disciplinary proceedings after four women’s doubles pairs apparently tried to throw matches at London 2012.

Poland’s Robert Mateusiak and Nadiezda Zieba have successfully challenged a change to the London 2012 programme that left them playing twice in one day.