Archive for the 'China' Category
Portugal v. China Highlights – Friendly
Goals scored by Hugo Almeida and Liedson gave Portugal a 2-0 win against China in their friendly on Wednesday
FIFA World Cup 100-day countdown billboard in Hong Kong
Retired football player Mark Anthony Fish, performing as the 2010 FIFA World Cup Ambassador, unveiled a 100-day countdown billboard to the world's soccer feast here on Wednesday, to promote the event to be held on his home soil.
Fish, a former leading defender of South Africa's national team, started a four-day visit in Hong Kong as a promotion ...
Dalai Lama x FC Barcelona
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is presented with a team scarf of soccer club Barcelona at the end of a news conference in Rome November 18, 2009.
image via daylife
Carson Yeung’s Takeover of Birmingham City = Chinese Soccer Revolution?
Hong Kong billionaire Carson Yeung, who hopes to complete his $130 million purchase of Birmingham City in the next three weeks, wants the Premier League club to spearhead a revolution in Chinese soccer. (more...)
Chinese Super League Team Quarantined Over H1N1
Chinese Super League officials along with the Chinese Football Association announced that players and staff of Super League side Chongqing Lifan were confined to their training base in western China after 11 players tested positive for the H1N1 Virus, more commonly known as Swine Flu.
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Steve Nash Ballin’ in China
Steve Nash plays a pickup game of soccer at the Dongdan courts in central Beijing on August 30th. Nash is in Beijing for promotional and charity work, and played a few three-on-three half-court games with local regulars and then crossed over to the soccer pitch...
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Oh wow.. They are pirating Phantoms now!?!
From Forbes:
China has been racing to create a home-grown auto industry since it started building highways, all part of its long and winding road from communism to capitalism. It has achieved a lot but nothing prepared onlookers for the audacity of China's Geely at the Shanghai Motor Show, a carbon copy of the Rolls Phantom, right down to its winged ...
WTF – Waterfall Diving
Ummm.. Really?