SEOUL — South Korea's Olympic badminton coach Sung Han-kook has had a lifetime suspension cut to two years, while four players sent home from the London Games for throwing matches also had their bans reduced. The four women's doubles players booted out of the Games for their part in the scandal had two-year bans cut to six months after an appeal to Korean badminton's ruling body. Jung Kyung-eun, Kim Ha-na, Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung remain ineligible for national and international competition for six months. They will also not be allowed to represent South Korea for a year. — Reuters
