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Titan Front Page: Kaka vs. Messi and Kobe's best buddy Sun

Thursday, 11th June 2009 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)

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The top story is about Real Madrid's signing of Kaka and what it will bring to the rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona, with Kaka and Lionel Messi, two of the best midfielders playing today and both South Americans, now pitted against each other.

The rest of the page is all basketball--a column by Zhang Weiping（张卫平）about the Orlando Magic's struggles against the Lakers, and a photo of Sun Yue sitting next to, or as the caption seems to joke, protecting, Kobe on the flight to Orlando for Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Forgive us if we are a little skeptical about the MVP runner-up's motivation for creating a photo op with a player who's been relegated to the D-League and just happens to be one of three NBA players from China.

Titan Sports is China's leading sports newspaper, putting out issues every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. It is published jointly by Hunan Art and Culture Publishing House and Titan Publishing House (Danwei).

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