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News on Sport in China

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New Chinese race aspires to equal the Tour de France
Oct 8, 2010 (WiC 81)

On your bike New Chinese race aspires to equal the Tour de France In 1891, two American students made their way across the Gobi Desert, through the imposing gates of the Great Wall, and into imperial Beijing. Thomas Allen and William Sachtleben ...

From ping-pong to dotcom

Sports hero takes on the net
Oct 1, 2010 (WiC 80)

What do Gary Lineker, Nick Faldo and Brian Moore have in common? All three are sports stars who have built a second career in television. Lineker, an English footballing great, anchors sports shows for the BBC; six-time major winner, Faldo is the ...

Wu Youhong’s bad bet

Why a state-of-the-art racecourse is being used as a giant car park
Sep 24, 2010 (WiC 79)

You might not expect the ‘sport of kings’ to hold much appeal for the leaders of Communist China. You’d be right, too. Horseracing still doesn’t figure in the country’s sporting calendar, although not for want of trying. Banned in ...

Match ends violently
Sep 17, 2010 (WiC 78)

Faritz Abdul Hameed was probably not expecting the punch. He certainly wasn’t anticipating a flying kick to the chest. The Singapore-based footballer was then floored by a boot to the head and later hospitalised. His discomfort was the result ...

Serve the people

A cash boost for China Open
Sep 10, 2010 (WiC 77)

"I have been asked to announce that Baron von Cramm pulled a muscle in his thigh in his first game, and he much regrets that he was not able to play better." Such was the umpire’s announcement at the end of the 1936 Wimbledon final, which ...

Marriage on ice

Popular ice skating duo sell tickets to wedding
Sep 3, 2010 (WiC 76)

Before Chelsea Clinton finally married Marc Mezvinsky in July, the only thing that was known about the event was the date. In keeping with Chelsea’s desire for privacy, the Clintons’ 400 guests were ordered not to divulge the location. In ...

Why football’s a hot property

Real estate developers are acquiring local football clubs
Aug 27, 2010 (WiC 75)

In a week in which Chinese businessman Kenny Huang dropped out of the bidding for Liverpool FC, and Manchester City’s Abu Dhabi bosses took their summer spending spree to £130 million, the ownership of English football clubs now seems to have ...

Ex-gymnast claims negligence
Aug 20, 2010 (WiC 74)

What’s the statute of limitations for a sporting injury? Sang Lan, a former gymnast, is about to put it to the test. Back in 1998, Sang was paralysed during a vault. The accident occurred in New York at the Goodwill Games, an event then ...

Will English Premiership disappear from China’s screens this season?
Jul 30, 2010 (WiC 71)

If you doubted how seriously the Chinese take football, consider the marital problems of a couple in Chongqing. According to the China News Service, the Chens may get divorced over a match between Germany and Argentina. The 25 year-old wife, a ...

Illegal gambling: now a $148 billion industry
Jul 16, 2010 (WiC 69)

Do Chinese like gambling more than other people?” was the question put by Ivan Yiu, an addicton services worker, at the G2E Conference in Macau. A safe bet, that one. As the author James Fallows reports, Yiu reckons the answer is a definite ...

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