“I’d seen football in college, but I thought it was stupid,” says Wang. “Football is about tackling; soccer is about using your skills with your feet. I liked kicking better. And as an outsider, football seemed violent.”
Entries Tagged as 'Football'
Becoming China’s First NFL Kicker
August 4th, 2009 · 11 Comments · American Football, Sports
Tags:All-TransSouth Conference·Bulldogs·China·Cumberland University·Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athletes·Football·Kentucky·Lindsey Wilson University·NAIA·National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics·NFL·People's Republic of China·Premier League·soccer·Tennessee·Tianjin
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
Horse Lottery, Gambling and Chinese Football
December 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Business, Government
Some of our fellow countrymen never hated the word ‘lottery’ that much until BOCOG employed it in their ticket sales early this year. It may be convenient for most visitors outside of China to get their tickets from companies like CoSport or Aristeia, however, things are a lot more complicated when you’re on the inside. [...]
Tags:Aristeia·BOCOG·CCTV·cosport·Football·gambling·horse betting·lottery·wuhan
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
China May Juguo Its Professional Football League, Well, Not That Professional
November 21st, 2008 · 5 Comments · Football, Sports Regime
Beijing Youth Daily (北京青年报) yesterday published an impressive article about the future of China’s professional football league. The General Administration of Sport of China (GASC) and the Chinese Football Association (CFA) are currently considering taking back the ownership of football clubs from companies to local sports bureaus, a move clearly trying to put Chinese football [...]
