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News on Sport in China

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Nike is upset by Beckham’s new China role
Mar 15, 2013 (WiC 185)

It is a measure of the star power of footballer David Beckham that a 2002 hit film used his name in its title. Piggybacking on the Englishman’s fame, Bend it like Beckham proved to be a worldwide success, launching the big screen career of ...

Life bans announced for corrupt football coaches
Mar 1, 2013 (WiC 183)

When football fans talk about a ‘soft penalty’, they usually mean a penalty kick that should never have been awarded. In Chinese footballing circles soft penalties are a hot topic right now too, but not of the sort where the referee wrongly ...

Don’t be a bad sport

State backlash hits swimmer’s finances, after he fires coach
Feb 15, 2013 (WiC 182)

Back in 2004, Tian Liang, an Olympic gold medallist, saw his career come to an abrupt end when he was kicked out of the national diving team. His fans were shocked. After all, it wasn’t long before that China’s diving prince – only 25 at ...

Striker heads for Turkey after contract row
Feb 8, 2013 (WiC 181)

Three years ago, Zhu Jun, the boss at Shanghai Shenhua football team and chairman of Nasdaq-listed The9, posted a photo that went viral on the internet. In it, Zhu is seen sitting behind a table piled with renminbi notes. He is also holding a ...

Red Devils just got redder

Manchester United signs big sponsorship deals in China
Jan 25, 2013 (WiC 179)

When Felix Baumgartner broke the world record for free fall last October, millions watched live as the Austrian made his 24-mile jump from space. It took him four minutes and 17 seconds to reach earth, a fleeting moment in history (like Roger ...

Chinese basketball faces a gambling controversy
Jan 11, 2013 (WiC 177)

Longtime readers of WiC will be familiar with our lengthy list of articles about match-fixing in China’s football leagues. Our favourite example involved Qingdao Hailifeng in 2009 when, in a first for world football, one of the Qingdao players ...

Fit for purpose?

Race deaths lead to questions about China’s marathons
Dec 7, 2012 (WiC 175)

Urban marathons, if staged well, offer great publicity for their hosts. They can showcase municipal infrastructure, demonstrate a city’s ability to hold large public events and send a positive message on health and fitness to the population at ...

Nansha nuptials

Move over, Kate and William
Nov 16, 2012 (WiC 172)

China’s ‘diving princess’ Guo Jingjing last week married business scion Kenneth Fok in what Hong Kong newspaper Sing Tao Daily called “the wedding of the century” (obviously British royalists will beg to differ). The couple had been ...

McIlroy hit by headache, but Poulter wins HSBC Champions
Nov 9, 2012 (WiC 171)

Golfers have come up with plenty of excuses for poor play over the years, but China can now be credited with helping them find another: air pollution. This was the reason given by Rory McIlroy after a round in Shanghai late last month. “I ...

Team goes on the block

Troubled conglomerate needs to sell its football team
Oct 26, 2012 (WiC 169)

When Rangers beat cross-town rivals Queen’s Park 2-0 at the weekend, the Scottish football club claimed to have broken a world record. Not thanks to the scoreline, but because of the crowd of 49,463 watching the game. The Glasgow team says ...

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