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Match-fixing Impossible and Groundless

October 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Government, Sports Regime

So we were told, from Reuters:
Deputy sports minister Xiao Tian (肖天) lost his temper on Thursday when denying the accusation and addressing the fact that a pair of divers with obviously smaller splash did not win.
“You can’t say it had been fxxking fixed, it’s fxxking fake, just because you lost,” Xiao told a news conference on [...]

How China’s Transfer Rules Made Footballers Untransferable

June 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Football, Sports Regime

I was overly optimistic towards the future of Chinese football players. Though this year saw a few of them found jobs outside the country, almost all footballers still find their rights trampled by the country’s backward transfer rules.
As the transfer window reopened by Chinese FA on June 25, 121 players from 29 football clubs have [...]

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 [...]

Harbin Winter Universiade Cold-shouldered by Chinese

February 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Government, Ice Hockey, Sports Regime

Of about 25 friends we talked to yesterday, three Canadians included, only one person actually knew that the Harbin Winter Universiade was coming.
“I won’t watch any of the games, as I don’t play those sports,” said Liu Hongchao, a 25-year-old Beijinger who plays football in his free time. “No one here even watches Universiade, let [...]

Chinese Super League Unbanned by CCTV

February 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Football, Government, Sports Regime, Sportswear

China’s FA told media on Feb. 13 that CCTV, the country’s main TV broadcaster, will continue to air Chinese Super League (CSL) in 2009, after a 3-match ban since the 28 round of the 2008 Season. In an interview with Titan Sports (体坛周报) last November , Jiang Heping, the head of CCTV’s sports channel accused [...]

Go West! Chinese Footballers Now Can Transfer, Finally

February 12th, 2009 · No Comments · Football, Sports Regime

This Chinese New Year must have been a magical experience for Zhou Haibin (周海滨), a 23-year-old midfielder, who now finds himself joyfully as a PSV Eindhoven player. Before joining the Dutch side as a free transfer, the Chinese footballer has been playing at Shandong Luneng FC for 10 years.
While Zhou’s move was cheered by [...]

Top 10 Chinese Sports News in 2008

December 31st, 2008 · 6 Comments · Business, Government, Sports Regime

2008 is by all means an extraordinary year for China’s sports. Not merely because this country won so many golds in the Beijing Games, there’re actually so much more interesting things beyond that if we comb back closely, either about its sports administration and regime, or simply the government itself.
1. Juguo Rules the Games
51 golds, [...]

Age Scandal Continues, Yi Jianlian Proved to Be 3 Years Older

December 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Basketball, Government, Sports Regime, Sportsmanship

China Sports Review previously told you about the age scandal over Chinese basketball and football players. Li Zhigang, a reporter from the Chinese version of Sports Illustrated (体育画报), posted an article on his blog yesterday about the investigation over Yi Jianlian’s age. Yi, now playing at the New Jersey Nets, entered NBA in 2007/2008 season. [...]

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Tags:age scandal·Basketball·CBA·NBA·Yi Jianlian

China’s Women Boxing Going for Golds in London

December 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Boxing, Sports Regime

“The only one I need to get now is the Olympic gold medal – I’ve done everything else in amateur boxing,” Katie Taylor, 22, told the Irish Times after returning home from the 5th AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Ningbo, China’s Zhejiang Province. “It is my dream to be an Olympic champion so hopefully [...]

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Tags:AIBA·Boxing·CBA·IOC·London 2012·Olympics

China May Juguo Its Professional Football League, Well, Not That Professional

November 21st, 2008 · 4 Comments · Football, Sports Regime

Beijing Youth Daily (北京青年报) yesterday published an impressive article about the future of China’s professional football league. The General Administration of Sport of China (GASC) and the Chinese Football Association (CFA) are currently considering taking back the ownership of football clubs from companies to local sports bureaus, a move clearly trying to put Chinese football [...]