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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 [...]

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Snooker Prodigy Ding Donates Pies to Sheffield Homeless

December 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Philanthropy, Snooker

Chinese snooker star Ding Junhui beat John Higgins 10-8 in the final of UK Championship, snooker’s second-biggest ranking event on Sunday night, and part of his prize was 69 kilos worth of sponsor’s pies.
Ding wrote on his blog after the win:
It really is a tough match. To me, playing with John is the [...]

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Rising Star Liang Aims For Glasgow

September 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Snooker

Chinese ace Liang Wenbo is determined to continue the brilliant form he showed at the Roewe Shanghai Masters into next week’s Grand Prix qualifiers.
The 22-year-old left-hander went all the way to the final in Shanghai last week, beating former World Champions Peter Ebdon and Shaun Murphy, as well as fifth seed Ali Carter and Ricky [...]

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2009 World Snooker China Open Is around the Corner

February 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Snooker

Good news for snooker fans here, tickets for the 2009 Honghe Industrial World Snooker China Open went on sale today at Emma Ticketmaster (h/t The Beijinger Blog). The tournament will be playing from Mar. 30 to Apr. 5 at the Beijing University Gymnasium (北京大学生体育馆). Full fixture below.
Chinese player Ding Junhui (丁俊晖), ranked 11th, will play [...]

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