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News on Sport in China

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Xi’s winter wonderland

We visit the new ski resort showcasing China’s 2022 Olympic ambitions
Dec 1, 2017 (WiC 390)

When Beijing hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics the event was dogged by controversy – or at least it was in the run-up to the Games. Among the concerns – particularly among the athletes – was the city’s suitability as a host, considering ...

Closing the window

Chinese clubs aren’t buying foreign football stars
Jul 14, 2017 (WiC 374)

The major revelation in the English football world last week was that striker Wayne Rooney kept a dark secret during his career at Manchester United – he dressed for bed in the pyjamas of his boyhood club, Everton. Rooney made the admission ...

The tables turn

Another crisis for one of China’s favourite sports
Jun 30, 2017 (WiC 372)

After winning two gold medals in the men’s table tennis at the Rio Olympics last year, the head coach of the Chinese team celebrated by cooking noodles for his players. Photos of Liu Guoliang turning head chef with Laoganma’s spicy sauce ...

Chinese soccer team delights, then disappoints
Mar 31, 2017 (WiC 360)

When it comes to football most Chinese can agree on two things: the first is that they invented the sport; and the second that they are very bad at it. The former claim rests with Cuji, a primitive version of the game played in ancient China; the ...

Are Chinese soccer clubs spending their money wisely?
Mar 3, 2017 (WiC 356)

“Madness” was how Wayne Rooney’s former Manchester United teammate Roy Keane described the reports that England’s captain and all-time leading goal scorer was considering a move to the Chinese Super League (CSL) last month. Keane’s ...

Yao’s NBA jersey ‘retired’ but his influence remains huge
Feb 17, 2017 (WiC 354)

Yao Ming, the former basketball star, is one of the celebrities set to feature in the latest adventure series with British survival expert Bear Grylls, which has just started airing on Chinese television. But bivouacking and bug eating aside, ...

Under starter’s orders

Is China ready to lift its ban on betting on horse races?
Jan 27, 2017 (WiC 353)

The oldest surviving state-owned enterprise in China, according to a documentary from state broadcaster CCTV, is the Shandan Horse Ranch in Gansu province. The breeding facility was created more than 2,000 years ago by Emperor Wu of the Han ...

Dances with Wolves

China’s tycoons are buying English soccer teams
Aug 26, 2016 (WiC 337)

When the footballers of West Bromwich Albion were first acquainted with China in 1978, the players were said to be close to mutinous about having to tour there at the end of a long season. Bemused when their hosts offered them half-time ice ...

What has Rio told us about China’s changing approach to the Olympics?
Aug 19, 2016 (WiC 336)

For many Chinese citizens the Summer Olympics have long been a source of national pride. But at the ongoing Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro China’s efforts to export its soft power have also received an unexpected boost from American swimming legend ...

Chinese retailer buys Inter Milan; is AC Milan next?
Jun 10, 2016 (WiC 328)

Money doesn’t always guarantee success in football. Oil tycoon president Massimo Moratti smashed the transfer world record twice after he bought Inter Milan in 1995, pairing up the original Ronaldo (of Brazil) and Italy’s own golden boy ...

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