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FC Barcelona and China Find Hope in Each Other

December 31st, 2011 · No Comments · Business, Football

Photo by Tsutomu Takasu (tpower1978) used under Creative Commons 2.0 FC Barcelona, the club who plays the most beautiful football in the world, is building its success in China, and they’re approaching the market in a way that no other club has done before. Last month, Sandro Rosell, Barça’s new president, was traveling in China with his colleagues. Unlike [...]

Following China’s Defeat to Oman, Top Priorities for the CFA

June 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Education, Football, Sports

I’m teaming up with my friends and will cross-post on Wild East Football henceforward about, of course, football. Chinese football hit a new low on June 23 as the national U-23 squad were beaten 1-3 in Muscat by their Omanian peers and lost 1-4 on aggregate in 2012 London Olympic Games qualifiers. The defeat marks not only [...]

Italian Super Cup Derby: A Ticket Scalper’s Dream, An Organizer’s Headache

June 2nd, 2011 · No Comments · Business, Football

Inter Milan’s 3-1 victory over Serie A counterpart Palermo has filled the final spot for the other participant in this summer’s Italian Super Cup, which will be returning to Beijing. This year’s curtain-raiser to the 2011/12 Serie A season is going to be a treat for Chinese supporters of Italian football as this season’s champion [...]

Size (Now?) Matters in Chinese Football

November 1st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Football

First, the Chinese Super League had a historic 30-minute halftime interval in all the five matches yesterday, a decision made by the CFA to counter match-fixing. The FA is yet to give the word whether they will make this a long-term policy. During the 30 minutes interval at Shenyang Tiexi Stadium, supporters of Liaoning and [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Pirelli Signs Three-year Sponsorship Deal with Chinese Super League

March 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Business, Football

Italian tyre maker Pirelli becomes the new CSL title sponsor this Friday after signing a three-year sponsorship deal with Chinese Football Association. “We’re satisfied with Pirelli’s offer and their brand will help boost CSL’s image,” said Zhang Lu, vice president of Beijing Guo’an club, who helped facilitate the deal. The deal was reportedly worth 5 [...]

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After 15 years, China Soccer Ceases Publishing

March 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Football, Sports Media

Another death penalty for Chinese football newspapers. China Soccer (中国足球报), a football news weekly jointly published by China Sports Publications Corporation (中国体育报业总社) and Chinese Football Association, fronted on its 872 issue last Tuesday that reads: To adapt a new economic climate, we are to restructure our product. During the restructuring, China Soccer will temporarily cease publishing [...]

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 [...]