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Chinese to buy Liverpool FC?
May 28, 2010 (WiC 62)

Jose Mourinho has a special knack for attention-grabbing press conferences. The self-styled ‘Special One’ recently won his second Champions League title, Europe’s most prestigious soccer tournament. Cue a press call in which the ...

Illegal pork gets judo heavyweight two-year ban
May 21, 2010 (WiC 61)

She won a gold at the Beijing Olympics, as well as three world championship titles in a row. But Tong Wen – judo champion in the 78kg-plus weight category – has just been banned for two years. It might be because she likes her sausages a ...

NFL gets new Chinese star
May 14, 2010 (WiC 60)

From Beijing to Buffalo NFL gets new Chinese star Sandra Bullock’s Oscar-winning performance in The Blind Side begins with images of Lawrence Taylor sacking Joe Theismann. In a gently lilting Tennessee drawl Bullock explains the ...

Gymnast loses Olympic medal
May 7, 2010 (WiC 59)

The heavy ritual that goes with the Olympics can make it seem like a religious rite, but China’s secular leaders take it more seriously than that. So national pride took a severe blow last week when the International Olympic Committee ...

Liverpool goes Chinese
May 7, 2010 (WiC 59)

There must have been a few diehard Liverpool fans who thought they’d had one lager too many before the game (and after the season they’ve had, who could blame them for hitting the bottle). As they squinted at Liverpool’s famous red ...

A basketball final turns into a Sino-American boxing match
Apr 30, 2010 (WiC 58)

In recent months there has been no shortage of Sino-American tension on trade, arms sales and internet politics. But, thankfully, none of it has extended beyond verbal frustration. Until now, that is. For the first sign of barbs turning to ...

Jenson wins, but Shanghai GP not living up to its billing
Apr 23, 2010 (WiC 57)

Jenson Button has called it his “best ever victory”; but the organisers of the Shanghai Grand Prix will be struggling to match his superlatives. Button may have triumphed in last Sunday’s race but once again attendances were down at the ...

New golf course angers critics
Apr 16, 2010 (WiC 56)

Viewers of last weekend’s Masters will have marvelled not just at Phil Mickelson’s back-to-back eagles on the penultimate day of play, but also at the wondrous state of Augusta National’s greens and fairways. Most golf enthusiasts would ...

Soccer boss has a quirky idea
Mar 26, 2010 (WiC 54)

England qualified for this year’s World Cup by beating nine other national teams. But what if England had to play Manchester United? Who would win? For football fans it’s one of those great hypothetical debates. After all, the coach of the ...

China’s victors in Vancouver
Mar 5, 2010 (WiC 51)

When Shi Dingwei watched coverage of the Winter Olympics on television, he had more than a passing interest in the shapes of the snowboards. That’s because his firm, Ningbo Matrix, makes around 100,000 snowboards per year and many of them were ...

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News on Sport in China

Chinese to buy Liverpool FC? May 28, 2010 (WiC 62) Jose Mourinho has a special knack for attention-grabbing press conferences. The self-styled ‘Special One’ recently won his second Champions League title, Europe’s most prestigious soccer tournament. Cue a press call in which the ...

NFL gets new Chinese star May 14, 2010 (WiC 60) From Beijing to Buffalo NFL gets new Chinese star Sandra Bullock’s Oscar-winning performance in The Blind Side begins with images of Lawrence Taylor sacking Joe Theismann. In a gently lilting Tennessee drawl Bullock explains the ...

Gymnast loses Olympic medal May 7, 2010 (WiC 59) The heavy ritual that goes with the Olympics can make it seem like a religious rite, but China’s secular leaders take it more seriously than that. So national pride took a severe blow last week when the International Olympic Committee ...

Liverpool goes Chinese May 7, 2010 (WiC 59) There must have been a few diehard Liverpool fans who thought they’d had one lager too many before the game (and after the season they’ve had, who could blame them for hitting the bottle). As they squinted at Liverpool’s famous red ...

New golf course angers critics Apr 16, 2010 (WiC 56) Viewers of last weekend’s Masters will have marvelled not just at Phil Mickelson’s back-to-back eagles on the penultimate day of play, but also at the wondrous state of Augusta National’s greens and fairways. Most golf enthusiasts would ...

Soccer boss has a quirky idea Mar 26, 2010 (WiC 54) England qualified for this year’s World Cup by beating nine other national teams. But what if England had to play Manchester United? Who would win? For football fans it’s one of those great hypothetical debates. After all, the coach of the ...

Chinese to buy Liverpool FC?
May 28, 2010 (WiC 62)

Jose Mourinho has a special knack for attention-grabbing press conferences. The self-styled ‘Special One’ recently won his second Champions League title, Europe’s most prestigious soccer tournament. Cue a press call in which the ...

NFL gets new Chinese star
May 14, 2010 (WiC 60)

From Beijing to Buffalo NFL gets new Chinese star Sandra Bullock’s Oscar-winning performance in The Blind Side begins with images of Lawrence Taylor sacking Joe Theismann. In a gently lilting Tennessee drawl Bullock explains the ...

Gymnast loses Olympic medal
May 7, 2010 (WiC 59)

The heavy ritual that goes with the Olympics can make it seem like a religious rite, but China’s secular leaders take it more seriously than that. So national pride took a severe blow last week when the International Olympic Committee ...

Liverpool goes Chinese
May 7, 2010 (WiC 59)

There must have been a few diehard Liverpool fans who thought they’d had one lager too many before the game (and after the season they’ve had, who could blame them for hitting the bottle). As they squinted at Liverpool’s famous red ...