The two South Korean badminton teams kicked out of the games for trying to lose their matches – against Chinese and Indonesian pairs who were also trying to lose – both ended up winning. (Source – FT)
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Can’t really expect it not to happen when losing is better for your team than winning. They’ll be changing the system next time for sure.
“They started it.” from the Korean coach was priceless though. They all belong on the naughty step!