UPDATE: The next Art of War event takes place July 18, not July 11 as it says below. Events in China often suffer from a bit of a disbelief syndrome, especially if they claim that some international VIP is going to attend. So I wasn’t really surprised when friends of mine who follow mixed martial…
Author: chinasportstoday
Running China
Temperatures are rising, and people’s patience with sitting in the office is dropping. It’s a great time to train for a road race. In China, there are more opportunities to do that these days. Here are some quick hits on recent running events in China: The Great Wall Marathon (run this year on May 16) is one…
Huang bets on baseball
Kenneth Huang (Huang Jianhua, 黄健华), is now betting on baseball’s development in China, making a major move in the sport here through one of his companies, QSL Sports Limited. QSL has formed a partnership with the Chinese Baseball Association to develop the Chinese Youth Baseball League (CYBL). “Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese players get to play in…
Ma Long knocks off ping pong Olympian Wang Liqin
A 20-year-old table tennis player from Liaoning province, Ma Long (马龙), knocked off Olympic medallist and three-time world champion Wang Liqin (王励勤) to win the China table tennis open in Suzhou Sunday. According to his profile here (in Chinese), Ma started playing at the age of five. Ma was identified as a serious talent at the…
Titan Front Page: Kaka vs. Messi and Kobe’s best buddy Sun
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…
Olympic air worse than reported
Air quality at the 2008 Olympics was worse than previously reported, according to new research compiled jointly by U.S. and Chinese universities. Particulate air pollution during the games exceeded excessive levels as defined by the World Health Organization, and was 30 percent worse than Chinese environmental experts have said, according to a report published in the journal…
Four-way battle for CSL 2008 run-in
The Chinese Super League’s continual off-field problems are numerous and well documented but the much-maligned competition has produced some nail-biting end-of-season finales in recent years. Last year, rank outsiders Changchun Yatai’s bubble remained intact, as it led the standings for the whole year to pip Beijing Guoan to the 2007 title on the last day of the…
Baron Davis inks deal with Li-Ning
Los Angeles Clippers point guard Baron Davis will wear Li-Ning this season, a big marketing score for the Chinese shoe manufacturer (story in Chinese). The Li-Ning contract replaces Davis’s deal with Reebok, a brand that still has virtually no presence in China despite having Yao Ming in its clutches. Davis’ signing with Li-Ning is notable…
Kevin Du’s unusual path to hockey success
Thanks to Shanghaiist contributor Geoff Ng for alerting CST to this video about Chinese-Canadian hockey player Kevin Du. Du, who graduated from Harvard in 2007, now plays for the Shanghai Sharks. The video tells the story of his family; his father fled Saigon in 1975, spent five months in a Malaysian refugee camp and eventually gained immigrant…
Xu and Zhou lead first round of China golf final
The last leg of China’s only national golf tour kicked off yesterday, with Xu Qin and Zhou Jun both shooting three-under-par 69s to lead the pack. The Omega Championship, being played at the Beijing Longxi Hotspring Golf Club, has a purse of 1 million RMB and will determine the final rank of golfers in the Omega Order…