2009 March

Entries from March 29th, 2009

Aiming Vancouver, China Won Gold in 2009 World Women’s Curling Championship

March 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Curling, Sports Regime

China women’s curling team defeated Sweden by 8 : 6 in 2009 World Women’s Curling Championship in South Korea, winning the first-ever gold in the tournament. The team, skipped by 25-year-old Wang Bingyu, continued their 11 game winning streak in the final, knocking off Swedish player Anette Norberg, the Olympic champion in Turin. The women’s [...]

KIA X Games Asia 2009 to Hit Shanghai Again

March 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Extreme Sports

Good news for extreme sports lovers in Shanghai! The KIA X Games Asia 2009 will come back to Shanghai for the third consecutive year. The games will hosted from April 30th to May 3rd at Jiangwan Sports Center. Tickets are now available at 400-666-6699. This year the event will showcase more than 200 of the [...]

Parkour, Chinese Style

March 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Extreme Sports, Sports

Well, we’d like to take the blame for a little miscategorization this time. It seems young Chinese traceurs have discovered a new cool place to practice their skills – right inside their dorms. (h/t Youku Buzz) –- Subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Twitter for more China sports news

Pirelli Signs Three-year Sponsorship Deal with Chinese Super League

March 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Football

Italian tyre maker Pirelli becomes the new CSL title sponsor this Friday after signing a three-year sponsorship deal with Chinese Football Association. “We’re satisfied with Pirelli’s offer and their brand will help boost CSL’s image,” said Zhang Lu, vice president of Beijing Guo’an club, who helped facilitate the deal. The deal was reportedly worth 5 [...]

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Cheerleader China

March 19th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Sports, Sportsmanship

But this is about a team that is in the midst of redesigning its identity and turning the best dance team in the country into its most professional. This is about a group of women that show an unconditional love for dance when they step out on the floor, giving nothing less than everything in the name of teamwork. This is about working the hardest, training the most and truly understanding what dedication means. It is not about Cho, but about the women she is training and the future she wants for them.

Lacking Sponsors, Guangzhou Asks Beijing for Help on the 2010 Asian Games

March 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Government

“No one can avoid the influence of this economic crisis, and we are no exception,” Zhang Guangning, the mayor of Guangzhou in China’s Guangdong province told media recently. ”We have some difficulties in developing stadiums and finding sponsors,” said the mayor. The 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games (2010广州年亚运会) will need 50 stadiums, 20 training facilities and 10 back-up stadiums, of [...]

AFC Champions League: Beijing Guo’an back to Workers Stadium with a victory

March 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Football

In Group E, Beijing Guo’an came back to the Workers Stadium(北京工人体育场) after two years playing at Fengtai Sports Center with a 2:0 victory over Newcastle Jets. Ryan Griffiths’ early goal at 6 minutes made the 41,895 chanting fans at Gongti almost crazy. Joel Griffith, Ryan’s brother, who’s on loan at Guo’an from the Australian opponent, [...]

After 15 years, China Soccer Ceases Publishing

March 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Football, Sports Media

Another death penalty for Chinese football newspapers. China Soccer (中国足球报), a football news weekly jointly published by China Sports Publications Corporation (中国体育报业总社) and Chinese Football Association, fronted on its 872 issue last Tuesday that reads: To adapt a new economic climate, we are to restructure our product. During the restructuring, China Soccer will temporarily cease publishing [...]

Building Snowboarding from the Peak Down

March 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Extreme Sports, Sports

7th Annual Red Bull Nanshan Open

“Snowboarding in China is never going to be the way it is in Europe or the United States,” says Steve Zdarsky, the man who runs Mellow Constructions in China.

Beijing Olympics Made $ 16 Million Profit?

March 7th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Business, Government

Oh, and that could be more, according to Jiang Xiaoyu, executive vice president of Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. Jiang, a newly appointed deputy director of the Committee of Education, Science, Culture, Health and Sports of CPPCC, the country’s political advisory body, told press on May 4 that the Beijing Games made a profit [...]