An article looking at the latest tennis duo from China, and how some of the world’s less-reported sports are producing China’s future athletic stars. For all of about five seconds, there was discussion about an “all Chinese” final in the Australian Open. The People’s Daily newspaper had already crowned Li Na and Zheng Jie — [...]
Entries from January 28th, 2010
Almost Is Still Newsworthy in Tennis
January 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Sports, Tennis
Tags:Australian Open·Bird's Nest·Ding Junhui·ESPN·Guo Jingjing·Justine Henin·Li Na·Liu Jiayu·Liu Xiang·Olympic Games·People's Daily·Serena Williams·Shanghai Sharks·Vancouver 2010·Yao Ming·Zheng Jie
Purge Exposes Rotten Underbelly of Chinese Sport
January 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Football, Government, Sports
The article is published in today’s Global Times. When Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger visited Beijing last summer, there was one question in his mind. At a press conference, he asked the moderator, Huang Jianxiang, a well-known local football commentator, why China, with so many people, lacked a first-rate football team. The question was laughed off [...]
Tags:Arsene Wenger·bribery·CCTV·CFA·coaching·corruption·CSL·gambling·GASC·He Wenna·Huang Jianxiang·Ma Yanping·match-fixing·Nan Yong·National Games·Xiao Tian·Yang Yimin·Zhang Jianqiang·Zhou Jihong
Marbury to Shanxi Basketball Team
January 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Basketball, Sports
According to reports from ESPN, two-time NBA All-Star and former Boston Celtics point guard Stephon Marbury will join the Shanxi Zhongyu basketball team as early as next week, becoming the highest profile American to play in the China Basketball Association. “The aim of signing Marbury is to pay back our fans and try to win [...]
Tags:All-Star·Bonzi Wells·Boston Celtics·CBA·ESPN·NBA·Shanxi·Shanxi Zhongyu·Stephon Marbury
Ice skating in Beijing
January 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Ice Skating
http://vimeo.com/moogaloo
1DmkIV and 7D on Ice – Winter fun on Beijing’s Houhai lake from Dan Chung on Vimeo. Another wonderful video from Dan Chung, award-winning photojournalist at The Guardian‘s Beijing bureau. This reminds me a lot of my childhood. :-) Go here to read about Beijing’s winter sports in the old days.
Golf in Hainan Island
January 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Business, Golf, Government
Where’s the largest collection of golf facility in the world? Right, Shenzhen. But soon that will be Hainan, China’s southernmost province: The scope of the multi-billion-dollar project is staggering. It occupies 80sq km of forest and shrubland – an area the size of Hong Kong island – in north-east Hainan, the island province long touted as [...]
Tags:gambling·Guangdong Province·Hainan·horse betting·lottery·Mission Hill Hainan
Happy New Year!
January 1st, 2010 · No Comments · Football, Sports Photos
Thanks for staying with us and we wish you have a wonderful holiday! :) Photo: Jing
Tags:Chengdu·Chengdu Blades·CSL
