MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World badminton will hope a more open field and a European resurgence can inject more excitement at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics and help banish memories of London's scandal-plagued tournament where China swept all titles.
The genteel racquet sport suffered its greatest Olympic humiliation at London where four pairs in the women's doubles were disqualified for deliberately trying to lose pool matches to secure more favourable draws in the knockout phase.
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