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Sports stars tweet support for disappeared tennis champion Peng Shuai after #MeToo allegations against retired Party official
Today, global furor grew about the apparent disappearance of a Chinese champion tennis player after she made #MeToo allegations against a retired senior official.
China hails country’s first Formula One driver, Zhou Guanyu
China’s first driver in the world’s most famous car race series has been signed by Alfa Romeo, and Chinese F1 fans are delighted.
2021-22 CBA season tips off looking radically different than recent past
China’s COVID-19 restrictions have taken the air out of its top domestic basketball league: Only five foreign players are currently signed with CBA teams. One of those, however, is a familiar name: Jeremy Lin, who is back with the Beijing Ducks.
U.S. edges out China in Olympic gold medals
China brought home 38 gold medals from the Tokyo Olympics, while the U.S. pulled ahead at the last minute with 39. Here’s a review of the intense final day of competition, and a preview of the next Summer Olympics in Paris in 2024.
China tops medal count as Tokyo Olympics gets into full swing
A trio of gold medals in weightlifting, plus victories in fencing and shooting, marked a solid start for China in the first days of the Tokyo Olympics — even as the soccer team disappointed, and Japan upset China in tennis table doubles.
Chinese state broadcaster to Daryl Morey: ‘Rest in peace’
The former Houston Rockets GM tweeted support for Hong Kong protesters last October. Morey’s resignation on Thursday is currently trending on Chinese social media, with many NBA fans in China happy for his departure.
Irrelevant fitness tests inject chaos into 2020 Chinese national sporting championships
Perhaps most ridiculously, even athletes in sports that aren’t focused on physical strength and endurance have been subjected to the new requirements.
Champion figure skater urges China to stop abusing young athletes
Jessica Yu (于书然 Yú Shūrán), a Chinese-born figure skater who competed for Singapore before her retirement in 2018, has spoken up about her own experience of physical and emotional abuse when training in China as a teenager.
Chinese soccer’s financial woes: 11 teams disqualified, including former Asian champion Liaoning FC
In this week’s edition of the China Sports Column, Gerry Harker details the woes of the Chinese Football Association, which announced that 11 of the country’s 64 professional soccer teams have been disqualified from competition due to financial difficulties caused by lavish spending and COVID-19 pressures.
Jailed owner, COVID-19 spell the end of Chinese soccer’s Tianjin Tianhai
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. COVID-19 has claimed its first high-profile sports team in China. Tianjin Tianhai of the Chinese Super…
Chinese basketball could resume in July — CBA chief Yao Ming
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. While the National Basketball Association and commissioner Adam Silver are considering an assortment of plans to…
China’s top boxer Xu Can wants the world; Chinese soccer resumes play
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. WBA featherweight champion Xú Càn 徐灿 (18-2, 3 KOs), China’s only boxing world champion, reiterated…
Sun Yang kicked out of Olympic training as rival reveals harassment from Chinese fans
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. Just when you think Sūn Yáng 孙杨 would slip out of the news cycle, more news about the…
Jeremy Lin pledges up to $1 million for coronavirus relief
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. Beijing Ducks star Jeremy Lin has pledged up to a million dollars to Direct Relief and…
Michael Jordan wins trademark battle against Chinese company using his name
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. China’s Supreme Court has ruled in favor of NBA legend Michael Jordan after an eight-year legal fight…
Conor McGregor calls China ‘barbaric’ for delivering faulty masks
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. Mixed Martial Arts megastar Conor McGregor has slammed China for exporting personal protective equipment (PPE) that…
Return of China’s major domestic sports pushed back to May at earliest
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. As the rest of the world began pulling out of the Tokyo Olympic Games one by…
Wu Lei catches COVID-19 in Spain while Fellaini is infected in Shandong
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. Pictured above: Wu Lei and Marouane Fellaini. Wǔ Lěi 武磊, China’s star soccer player, confirmed on Saturday that…
When will the Chinese Basketball Association resume its season?
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. Last Wednesday, ESPN reported that the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) had sent a memo recalling its foreign…
How coronavirus, nationalism shaped the Zhang Weili vs. Jedrzejczyk epic
How coronavirus, nationalism shaped the Zhang Weili vs. Jedrzejczyk epic
