Category Archives: Sports

Macquarie’s tumbling Olympic fund

Torch on the roof of the world This roundup of the week’s sports news is by China Sports Today • The week in sports got off to a rough start for most people who tried to buy tickets in Phase … Continue reading →

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Olympic tickets and basketball

Roundup of week’s sporting news.

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Olympic venues open, tickets scalpers arrested

A roundup of the week’s sporting news.

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Cub Scout splittists

Why were Cub Scouts prevented from taking to the field after a baseball game last weekend?

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Iraq rocks Asia

Iraq won its first Asian Cup by beating Saudi Arabia 1-0 in Sunday’s final in Indonesia. Younis Mahmoud, Jorvan Vieira play.

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Baseball’s Yao Ming?

Liu Kai (刘凯) and Zhang Zhenwang (张振旺) join the Yankees.

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Protest at Real Salt Lake vs. China friendly

At a soccer match between Real Salt Lake and the Chinese national team last week, protesters waving the flags of Taiwan and Tibet were thrown out of the stadium after the Chinese manager threatened to halt the match.

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Should He Zhili be forgiven for playing for Japan?

He Zhili (何智丽), aka Koyama Chire (小山智丽), is the subject of a nationalist editorial by Hu Ziwei (胡紫微).

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Huang Jianxiang says goodbye to CCTV

Goodbye CCTV Today Jiang Heping director of CCTV’s sports department confirmed that football commentator Huang Jiangxiang has resigned from CCTV. Jiang said that this was Huang’s personal decision and nothing to do with Huang’s passionately pro-Italian commentating during the 2006 … Continue reading →

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Let the Spiel Begin
by Geremie R. Barmé

Zhang Yimou, the Olympics opening ceremony, and a historically positive song and dance epics.

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by Geremie R. Barmé