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What’s the Deal with These Stadiums?

October 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Government

Two years after renovaton, Beijing Mentougou Sports Center is now being demolished. The Mentougou district goverment plans to replace it with a bigger, fancier stadium. First built in 1985, Mentougou Sports Center covers an area of 90,000 sqm and has a capacity of 4,000. According to Jinghua Times, a Beijing paper, the office building, track, [...]

If You Build it, They Won’t Come

December 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Basketball, Business, Football, Government, Racing, Sports, Sports Media, Track and Field

An op-ed on how despite the rise in sporting venues throughout China, the country’s sports stadiums remain empty once the lights fade and the games conclude. There is no question that large, global sporting events can help change the image of a city. Governments use the spectacles as a means to redevelop or invest further [...]

African Boots of Beijing, a Documentary Film

October 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Football

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXhX4gm9PX4″

Danwei posted African Boots of Beijing, a 2006 documentary by Luke Mines and Jeremy Goldkorn about Afrika United FC, an amateur football team in Beijing. Go here to check the film’s official Web site. African Boots of Beijing: Part 1 from Danwei on Vimeo. Part 2 is here on Vimeo. The film is also on YouTube.

NBA Preseason Game Continues in Beijing

July 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Basketball, Business, Government

According to the National Basketball Association, a preseason game between Denver Nuggets and the Indiana Pacers will be staged at Beijing Wukesong Arena on Oct.11, a third preseason game in China’s capital after 2004 and 2008. “The Wukesong Arena is an outstanding facility that we are proud to call the home of the NBA in [...]

Building Snowboarding from the Peak Down

March 7th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Extreme Sports, Sports

7th Annual Red Bull Nanshan Open

“Snowboarding in China is never going to be the way it is in Europe or the United States,” says Steve Zdarsky, the man who runs Mellow Constructions in China.

Beijing to Stage International Football Festival This Summer

February 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Football, Government

Good news for football fans in Beijing! The capital city will stage an International Football Festival this summer, with a number of big team names included, according to Beijing Municipal Football Administrative Center. China Sports Review previously told you that the Italian Super Cup will be played in Beijing on August 8th, China’s first ever [...]

Beijing Hoop Dreams

December 12th, 2008 · No Comments · Basketball

http://vimeo.com/moogaloo

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

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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 [...]

Chinese Women’s Ice Hockey Team Walking On Thin Ice

November 14th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Ice Hockey, Sports Regime

Chinese Women’s Hockey Team continued their winning streak by beating Japanese Team 2-0 in Shanghai, securing themselves a shot of playing in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics after three straight wins over Norway, Czech Republic and Japan. Ranked 8th in the world, the team consists of 19 players all coming from Harbin, the capital of China’s [...]