When you walk around the Yuanshen, you quickly realize that this is Yao Ming’s house. His image adorns the walls, the banners and the advertisements, whilst his retired jersey hangs from the rafters. During home games, Yao watches from his private box up high in the arena, looking down on players and fans alike like [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Basketball'
Fourteen Years And Counting; The Legacy Of Liu Wei In Shanghai
December 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Basketball, Sports
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 [...]
Tags:age scandal·Basketball·CBA·Football·gambling·He Kexin·juguo·Liu Xiang·NFL·Olympics
Age Scandal Continues, Yi Jianlian Proved To Be Three 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 Sports Illustrated China(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. For those of you who’re not [...]
Beijing Hoop Dreams
December 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Basketball
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Dan Chung made this wonderful video about Wang Chenyang, a student at Wang Fei Basketball Training Camp at Shi Dai High School (h/t Danwei). Dan is a photographer at the Guardian. –- Subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Twitter for more China sports news
Tags:Basketball·Beijing·Dan Chung·video
CBA Players And Myth About The Ages Of Chinese Women Gymnasts
November 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Basketball, Football, Gymnastics, Sportsmanship
We stumbled upon a fascinating post today on Asia Basket. Arthur Volbert, a US-based basketball writer who’s been closely following Chinese basketball, found that ages of 22 CBA players have been changed at the start of season 2008/2009. Below are some excerpts: For Jiangsu, Tang Zhengdong went from being born in 1984 to 1982, confirming [...]
Tags:age scandal·Basketball·CBA·Football·Gymnastics·He Kexin·Olympics
The Battle Between Fenglu Club And The Chinese Basketball Association
November 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments · Basketball, Sports Regime
Guangdong Fenglu Aluminum Basketball Club (Fenglu, 广东凤铝铝业男子篮球俱乐部), founded in November 2006 by Guangdong Fenglu Aluminium Co.,Ltd, yesterday on November 2 made a statement about the club’s decision to quit Chinese Basketball Association(CBA, 中国篮球协会), governing body of Chinese basketball which is also the name of China’s premier professional basketball league. Below are some excerpts from the club’s statement…
Tags:Basketball·CBA·Fenglu·GASC·NBL·pro league
