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Badminton pair banned 4 months

Updated: September 5, 2012, 10:08 AM ET
Associated Press

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- Indonesia's leading women's badminton pair was banned for four months by the national association on Wednesday for their involvement in the play-to-lose scandal at the London Olympics.

Greysia Polii and Meiliana Jauhari were disqualified from the games along with the Chinese world champions and two South Korean teams for trying to deliberately lose group matches to gain an easier path through the knockout stages.

Yacob Rusdianto, secretary general of the association, ...

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