Chinese snooker star Ding Junhui beat John Higgins 10-8 in the final of UK Championship, snooker’s second-biggest ranking event on Sunday night, and part of his prize was 69 kilos worth of sponsor’s pies.
Ding wrote on his blog after the win:
It really is a tough match. To me, playing with John is the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Philanthropy'
Snooker Prodigy Ding Donates Pies to Sheffield Homeless
December 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Philanthropy, Snooker
What Yao Ming’s up to?
October 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Philanthropy
Still months to next season’s CBA. Yao Ming, the All-Star Houston Rockets center and new Shanghai Sharks boss, has joined an anti-smoking campaign to urge 350 million Chinese smokers to drop the habit.
From Al Jazeera:
While smoking is on the decline in many Western countries, China is one of the world’s fastest growing smoking markets with [...]
Tags:anti-smoking·health·Yao Ming
Help Special Olympic Athletes If You’re in Beijing
December 4th, 2008 · No Comments · Philanthropy
China Sports Review has just heard that Beijing Shangri-La Hotel’s Kerry Sports Centre is currently holding a Special Olympics fund-raising drive until Dec.14. If you, our dear readers, are in Beijing and want to make a donation to those special Olympians, please find details below to help. Thank you!
From 1 November to 14 December 2008, [...]
