Chinese men’s basketball team is automatically qualified for the 2012 Olympics in London after its victory in the championship of Asia, in the final against Jordan (70-69). The Chinese now join the United States, Spain, France, Tunisia, Argentina, Brazil, Australia and the host country, Britain. Three tickets remain to be awarded.
Toyota Tuesday unveiled its new model, the Ponam-35, a yacht of 35 feet (11 meters), which also has market in China. “Ponam” is taken from Waipounamu, which in Maori mythology means whale. The world number one automobile manufacturer has entered the Japanese recreational boating market in 1997. It is now number three for the boats […]
LeBron James will be in China for this week. The star of Miami goes on a promotional journey. Nothing more, for now at least: “This is an opportunity for me to continue following the development of basketball in this vast country. With each trip, I’m a little overwhelmed, especially by the number of sites in […]
With its main pool of 18,000 seats, the new Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, which hosted the 2011 World Aquatics Championships, is certainly impressive but nevertheless raises a question: what will it become after the sporting event is finished? The brand new installation is not the only one generating this concern in China. The country has […]
Close to its preparation for the match, Real Madrid landed today in Canton, China, where the team will play two games against Guangzhou on Wednesday and Tianjin on Saturday. When they got off the plane, players were warmly welcomed by a crowd of fans. The police were also deployed to prevent any incident takes place. […]
Coached by famous former swimmer Zhang Jian, a team of four athletes successfully crossed the 24-km-long Kanas Lake in Xinjiang on 9th of July. Each team member gets $10,000 reward after the challenge.
Presented for the first time in the competition in 1992 with a Japanese vessel, Asia will have two representatives from China and South Korea in the next America’s Cup, a sign of a real thrill for sailing in the region. China, where the marinas are mushrooming, also starts for the first time in the Volvo […]
It is not official yet, Yao Ming will soon announce his retirement from the sport after nine years in the NBA. A new announcement initially by Yahoo Sports before being taken over by the entire American press and confirmed by Chinese media colleagues. Aged just 30 years old, 2.26 meters giant wanted to continue with […]