World #1 women’s doubles shuttler Yu Yang has quit following the decision taken by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) to disqualify her and 7 other players from the London Olympics for match-fixing (see here).
According to a translation by the Agence France Presse (AFP), the 26-year-old reigning gold medallist wrote on her Weibo microblog, “This is my last time competing. Goodbye Badminton World Federation, goodbye my beloved badminton. You have heartlessly shattered our dreams.”
Read the complete AFP story on Channel New Asia here
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