This roundup of the last week’s sporting news is from China Sports Today.
Zheng Jie of Sichuan Province, a wild card entry to Wimbledon, made tennis history when she reached the semifinals at Wimbledon last week (report).
On Monday, China released the head coach of the men’s national soccer team after a fruitless World Cup qualifying run (report).
Hours before the NBA draft, Chinese basketball player Yi Jianlian was traded to the New Jersey Nets in a deal that sent Richard Jefferson to the Milwaukee Bucks. The Bucks then drafted Joe Alexander, a Taiwan-born, Chinese-speaking American (report).
The Chinese Swimming Association banned Olympic hopeful Ouyang Kunpeng for life after he failed a drug test (report). Days later, seven other Chinese athletes, including Olympic wrestler Luo Meng, were also found to be doping (report).