Author: chinasportstoday

China wins curling worlds China likes gold medals. Exhibit A: Its state sports system has produced a world champion curling team seemingly out of nowhere. China beat out Canada for the gold over the weekend to win the Women’s World Curling Championships in South Korea. Last year’s silver was China’s first medal in the 30-year history of…

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China took three of five titles on offer at the Yonex All England Badminton Championships this weekend. The women’s singles and doubles finals were both China vs. Japan — China’s Wang Shixian prevailed in the singles, and doubles team Wang Xiaoli and Yu Yang walked over their opponents, winning 21-2, 21-9. In the mixed doubles…

Nike fraternity brothers Tiger Woods and Liu Xiang were in Beijing yesterday to “inspire youth”, or more accurately promote Nike golf at Beijing Sports University. They make an interesting pair—Liu Xiang shattered stereotypes about Chinese and Asian track and field athletes, and Woods broke new ground for Cablinasians in golf. Both reached the pinnacle of their…

Does China have enough golf? Judging from the scene at last month’s China Golf Show, the game here is still in a growth phase. More than 30 companies involved in design and construction exhibited at the show, including Cashmore, Dye Design, Nicklaus Design, Greg Norman Design, Ernie Els Design, Robert Trent Jones II, IMG, Schmidt…

Yao Ming made a surprise appearance at the 14th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition yesterday, to shill BMW’s new models. Pictures and a brief account of Yao’s appearance can be found in this Detroit Free Press blog post by Chrissie Thompson. Thompson, a Free Press business reporter and apparently a frequent visitor to auto shows, has…

Within minutes of Li Na’s French Open victory yesterday, the first major title for a Chinese title player, journalists around the world speculated as to how much her success could spur the growth of Chinese tennis, and mused over whether she were eclipsing Yao Ming and Liu Xiang in popularity. The title should be a…

China’s men’s basketball team has cruised into the semifinals at the East Asian Championships in Nanjing, with wins over Hong Kong and Korea. They face Japan tonight at 7:30 Beijing time. China romped over Hong Kong 104-43, allowing only 16 points in the first half. Then they rode their height advantage and South Korea’s foul…

After a 1-4 start set them up to face one of the tournament’s top teams in the knockout round, China made its exit from the FIBA World Championships (basketball) last night, losing to Lithuania, 78-67. The highlight of the tournament for Team China was the play of Yi Jianlian, who averaged 20 points and 10…

Today’s post comes courtesy of Cameron Wilson, a longtime CST contributor and one of the precious few foreigners writing about Chinese football/soccer. Wilson recently launched a blog, Wild East Football, a must-read during the Chinese Super League season. Feng Ren Liang (冯仁亮) first caught the eye of your correspondent, and those of everyone else present one April…