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 'National Games'
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
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 [...]
Tags:2008 Olympic Games·2010 Guangzhou Asian Games·Beijing·Beijing Organizing Committee·China Basketball Association·East Asian Games·Harbin·Jiangsu·MLB·National Games·NBA·NFL·Premier League·Robot Games
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
Olympic Trampoline Champion Hints At Match-fixing in the National Games
October 15th, 2009 · No Comments · Gymnastics
Looks like it’s not just in diving. A misstep cost He Wenna (何雯娜), China’s first trampoline Olympic champion, 0.9 point in the final, ranking 5th by the end. And Zhong Xingping (钟杏平), an athlete from Guangdong team, won the champion. But He’s words after the final made one think that match-fixing at the 11th National [...]
Tags:He Wenna·match-fixing·National Games·scandal·trampoline·Zhong Xingping
What’s with China’s National Games?
October 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Diving, Government
For those of you not familiar, China’s
Tags:age scandal·CCTV·corruption·diving·He Chong·match-fixing·National Games·scandal·Shandong·Wu Minxia·Zhou Jihong
Does She Look 17?
September 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Gymnastics
From Xinhua: Deng Linlin from Anhui won the gold medal at the women’s gymnastics individual all-around finals at China’s 11th National Games on Saturday. Deng, listed as “born on April 21, 1992,” played last year at the Beijing Games and won Team All-around Champion along with He Kexin, Li Shanshan and three other gymnasts.
Tags:Deng Linlin·Gymnastics·He Kexin·Li Shanshan·National Games
