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The fallout to Sun Yang’s likely career-ending doping ban
China’s three-time Olympic champion Sun Yang has been suspended from international swimming competitions for eight years for a drug-testing violation in September 2018. He will most likely miss this summer’s Tokyo Olympics.
Champion Zhang Weili cleared for UFC 248 while Chinese fighters celebrate in Auckland
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. Zhāng Wěilì 张伟丽, the current UFC Women’s Strawweight Champion, has landed in Las Vegas ahead of her…
Coronavirus-induced sports postponements continue
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. Shanghai Grand Prix Following major postponements of the Chinese Basketball Association — which is in the middle of…
Coronavirus brings sports in China to a standstill
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. Pictured: Team staffer in Yuanshen Stadium in Shanghai on January 27, Getty Images. The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak…
Kobe Bryant’s death is top news in China, with one hashtag drawing 4 billion views
Kobe Bryant’s death on Sunday in a helicopter crash, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others, shook the sports world. Halfway around the world…
Chinese Basketball Association prepares for indefinite hiatus due to coronavirus
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. As the Wuhan coronavirus continues to spread across China, the Chinese sports world has come to a…
Chinese men’s volleyball fails to qualify for Olympics while the women dominate
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. In Chinese team sports, it’s the women who usually outshine the men, and this past week…
2020 will be a big year in China sports. Here’s what to watch for
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. The Tokyo Olympic Games as referendum Make no mistake, the pressure is on this year. After…
From Daryl Morey to Sun Yang: The year in China sports
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. 2019 has been a year to remember in China sports, though perhaps not always for…
The reason for China’s relatively muted response to Ozil’s Xinjiang comments
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. Arsenal had already been under immense pressure for the past couple of months. The English giants…
Ex-NBA player Guerschon Yabusele fined for disrespecting Chinese flag
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. Guerschon Yabusele, a French basketball player on the Nanjing Monkey Kings, has been fined 10,000 yuan…
International stars, led by a 16-year-old Japanese prodigy, are challenging China’s ping-pong dominance
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. The Table Tennis World Cup ended in Chengdu this week with China’s world No. 1 Fán…
Guangzhou Evergrande seek 8th league title on CSL’s final day
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. Guangzhou Evergrande defeated Shanghai SIPG 2-0 last Saturday and Hebei China Fortune 3-1 away on Wednesday…
Lippi resigns as Chinese national team manager — again. What’s next for Team China?
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. Marcello Lippi resigned as head coach of the Chinese national soccer team after a 2-1 defeat to Syria…
Chinese team wins League of Legends World Championship final
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. A Chinese team, FunPlus Phoenix (FPX), are the newest world champs in League of Legends, the…
A former NBA player is dominating the CBA, and it’s not Jeremy Lin
The China Sports Column is a The China Project weekly feature. The CBA tipped off last Friday, with many believing this season will be one of the…
Jeremy Lin makes Beijing home debut, bloodied again in win
There was one name on everyone’s lips at the Cadillac Center, a.k.a., Wukesong Arena, in Beijing on Wednesday night: Jeremy Lin. An array of “Lin…
Flashes of Linsanity in Jeremy Lin’s victorious CBA debut
Jeremy Lin, fresh off winning an NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors, made his much-anticipated Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) debut on Sunday night for the…
Basketball goes on between Lakers and Nets in Shanghai, tension and all
Adam Silver’s introduction to Chinese politics SHANGHAI — The Brooklyn Nets edged out the Los Angeles Lakers 114-111 in Shanghai on Thursday night, but for…
Adam Silver’s introduction to Chinese politics
The NBA supports its constituents’ speech rights in precisely the way that the Communist Party, which actually has constituents, does not. Let’s give commissioner Adam…
