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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'GASC'
Purge Exposes Rotten Underbelly of Chinese Sport
January 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Football, Government, Sports
Tags:Arsene Wenger·bribery·CCTV·CFA·coaching·corruption·CSL·gambling·GASC·He Wenna·Huang Jianxiang·Ma Yanping·match-fixing·Nan Yong·National Games·Xiao Tian·Yang Yimin·Zhang Jianqiang·Zhou Jihong
Match-fixing Impossible and Groundless
October 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Government, Sports Regime
So we were told, from Reuters: Deputy sports minister Xiao Tian (肖天) lost his temper on Thursday when denying the accusation and addressing the fact that a pair of divers with obviously smaller splash did not win. “You can’t say it had been fxxking fixed, it’s fxxking fake, just because you lost,” Xiao told a news [...]
Tags:GASC·Li Hua·match-fixing·National Aquatics Sport Administration Center·National Games·scandal·Xiao Tian
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 [...]
Tags:Adidas·Beijing Guo'an FC·broadcasting·CCTV·CFA·CSL·GASC·juguo·Mark Milligan·Nike·Shandong Luneng FC·Shanghai Shenhua FC·sponsorship·Titan Sports·Zhou Haibin
China May Juguo Its Professional Football League, Well, Not That Professional
November 21st, 2008 · 4 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 [...]
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
China to Restart Its Badminton League in 2009
October 31st, 2008 · 3 Comments · Badminton, Business, Table Tennis
Early this August, China’s badminton team won three golds, two silvers and three bronzes in the Beijing Olympics, ranking the 4th medal-winning sport for the country (the top three are gymnastics, weightlifting and diving). The General Administration of Sport of China (GASC) is recently considering bringing back its long gone badminton league, a decision aiming at raising incomes of badminton players and coaches in local teams, and keeping Chinese players the cream of the crop…
