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Chinese Gymnastics Association to Bin Age Fraud?

March 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Gymnastics, Sportsmanship

Last week, when visiting the Hubei Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, a newly built structure to be used as a training center for Chinese gymnasts in the national team, Huang Yubin, head coach of Chinese gymnastics team and deputy director of National Gymnastics Administrative Center, said in a meeting that Chinese gymnastics is facing a crisis [...]

A Youth Soccer Tournament Visible from Outer Space Kicks off in July

March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · Announcement, Business, Football, Government, Sports, Sports Media

Our friends at China Sports Tour are working on a great project. Before reaching out to the outer space, they’re bringing teams from around the planet to compete in a youth football tournament. Please see below their media release.
The first international youth soccer tournament in Beijing reveals details today.
The tournament, named The Great Wall [...]

Catch Me If You Can, Says the Chinese Gymnastics Association (Update 1)

March 1st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Government, Gymnastics, Sports, Sportsmanship

Five golds, two silvers and four bronzes – the performance of Chinese athletes at the Vancouver Games has been nothing but outstanding during the celebration of Chinese New Year. But back home, sports officials in Beijing are fumbling, as a bronze medal the Chinese gymnastic team won at the 2000 Sydney Olympics could be stripped [...]

Football Reporters Should also be Investigated

February 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Business, Football, Government, Sports, Sports Media

An article asking the question: Why have China’s football beat reporters been left out of the league-wide investigations?
The China Football Association handed out another round of rulings this week, demoting Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and Chengdu Sheffield United from the China Super League after evidence showed the teams had bribed opponents during the 2006 and 2007 seasons. [...]

Almost Is Still Newsworthy in Tennis

January 28th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Sports, Tennis

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 — the [...]

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 by the [...]

Marbury to Shanxi Basketball Team

January 19th, 2010 · 2 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 more [...]

Ice skating in Beijing

January 7th, 2010 · No Comments · Ice Skating

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.

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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 China’s [...]

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