Two players in Guangdong Southern Tigers (广东宏远) and three in Shandong Lions (山东黄金) were fined and suspended by CBA last week for a brawl in their quarter-final playoff match. Guangdong, the defending champion, was barely touched by the punishment and extended their winning streak to 25 games after defeating Dongguan Leopards (东莞马可波罗) by 111 – [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Titan Sports'
Struck by State-ownership, Shanghai Sharks Is Struggling without Sponsor
April 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Basketball, Business, Government
Tags:Bayi Rockets·CBA·Dongguan Leopards·Guangdong Southern Tigers·NBL·Shandong Lions·Shanghai Sharks·Shanghai Sports Bureau·Titan Sports·Xiyang Group·Yao Ming
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
Chinese to Enjoy English Premier League for Free? (Update)
January 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Baseball, Basketball, Business, Football, Sports Media
Update – EPL is now back for free to Chinese in 2009-2010 season That might be possible from 2010. According to a latest Bloomberg article, some non-media companies may bid for the next 3-year Chinese television broadcasting rights to EPL after the contract runs out with WinTV, a pay-per-view channel run by state-owned Guangdong Provincial [...]
Tags:CCTV·English Premier League·media rights·MLB·NBA·p2p·piracy·Titan Sports·WinTV
Liu Xiang, Doping and Sports Journalism Ethics
November 20th, 2008 · No Comments · Athletics
Titan Sports (体坛周报), China’s largest sports publication, on Nov. 18th ran a piece about foreign journalists offering bribe to get doping stories from Liu Xiang’s coach. Below are some excerpts: Eight doping cases came to light in the Beijing Olympics. Jacques Rogge, president of the International Olympic Committee, predicted 7 more could be found after [...]
