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China's basketball warm-up against Olympic opponent Angola

Tuesday, 29th July 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)

China's men's basketball team plays Angola tonight in the FIBA Diamond Ball tournament at 7:30 p.m., Beijing time. China lost to Angola, 72-71, when the teams played in Hangzhou just over a week ago. They will face each other again in the Olympics on August 14 at 2:30 p.m. China will play three games in the Diamond Ball tournament. In addition to the Angola game, they play Australia on Wednesday July 30; their opponent and game time on Friday, August 1, will be determined by results from earlier in the week.

The game, being played in Nanjing, will be broadcast in China on CCTV-5. There is also a women's FIBA Diamond Ball tournament coming up in Haining, China. China will play Mali on August 2 at 7:30 p.m. and Australia on August 3 at 7:30 p.m. The team will also play August 5, time and opponent to be determined by the results of the earlier games.

More on the FIBA tournament and China's Olympic basketball draw coming soon.

Tags: Angola, basketball, FIBA, FIBA Diamond Ball, Olympics

Meet China's Olympic athletes

Tuesday, 29th July 2008 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (2)

You know basketball's Yao Ming (姚明), athletics' Liu Xiang (刘翔) and the Chinese diving team. But did you know that China has a gold medal contender in light flyweight boxer Zou Shiming (邹市明)? And have you met Feng Kun (冯坤) and Zhao Ruirui's (赵蕊蕊) supporting cast on the Chinese women's volleyball team?

To help you get to know Team China, China Sports Today has just added a database of Olympians and other top athletes from the Middle Kingdom. From golf to table tennis (ping pong) to gymnastics, you'll find basic information on key competitors, along with video when possible. To get started, follow this link or click on "Sports" on the bar above. For some sports, the list of athletes comes at the bottom of the sport's page, following some background information about China's history in that sport.

If you don't see who you're looking for, go to our Contact Us page and we'll do our best to add your athlete ASAP.

Tags: athletes, boxing, diving, Feng Kun, Liu Xiang, Olympics, volleyball, Yao Ming, Zhao Ruirui, Zou Shiming