CATEGORY Travel

Category Added in a WPeMatico Campaign

With a year to go, Beijing unveils 2022 Games torch

BEIJING will light the Olympic flame for a second time with a blazing ribbon after organizers unveiled an ethereal yet dynamic torch design to mark the one-year countdown to the 2022 Winter Olympic Games yesterday. The torch, named “Flying,” was showcased at a ceremony in Beijing’s iconic 2008 Summer Games venue, the National Aquatics Center,…

READ MORE 

Olympic champion US to face France, Iran in Tokyo

Olympic champion the United States will face France and Iran in the men’s group stages of the Tokyo Olympics following yesterday’s draw. Host nation Japan will have European powerhouse Spain for company. The US team is seeking its fourth consecutive men’s basketball gold and 16th in total after seeing off Serbia for the title in…

READ MORE 

No Image

High tech assisting Beijing Winter Games

HIGH-TECH devices and facilities with multiple purposes are being developed across China ahead of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, as sports technology laboratories and programs are set up in key universities and stadiums. At the 2022 Winter Olympics, athletes from around the world will not only compete with skill and proficiency, but…

READ MORE 

Defending champ Ulsan targets third ACL crown

Defending champions Ulsan Hyundai Motors were yesterday drawn against Thailand’s BG Pathum United and Vietnam’s Viettel for the start of their campaign to win a third AFC Champions League title. The group will be completed by the winner of a playoff featuring Australia’s Brisbane Roar, Kaya-Iloilo of the Philippines and Chinese Super League side Beijing…

READ MORE 

Snooker prodigy motivated by filial love

YAN Bingtao has risen from a poor working-class background and playing to support his cancer-stricken mother to become China’s latest sporting prodigy. The 20-year-old snooker star stunned four-time world champion John Higgins 10-8 to claim the prestigious Masters title last Sunday at England’s Milton Keynes, becoming the tournament’s youngest winner in 26 years. It was…

READ MORE 

No Image

Beijing’s swimmers shrug off record winter lows

TEMPERATURES in Beijing plummeted to a three-decade low overnight last week, but that didn’t stop a hardy group of retirees plunging into icy waters to indulge in their bracing hobby of outdoor swimming. As the mercury fell to minus 11 degrees Celsius in China’s capital by the afternoon — and was forecast to dip as…

READ MORE 

No Image

Curry, Warriors look to stay hot against Kings

Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors hope to repeat history when they take the court for an encore performance this morning (China time) in San Francisco against the Sacramento Kings. Curry bombed in a career-high 62 points on Sunday in a 137-122 home win over the Portland Trail Blazers. The 62 points were not…

READ MORE 

No Image

Swiss court overturns Sun’s 8-yr doping ban

CHINESE swimmer Sun Yang has had his eight-year ban for doping violations referred back to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after the Swiss Federal Supreme Court upheld his appeal against the ban on the grounds of bias by one of the CAS panel. The decision could potentially clear the way for Sun to compete…

READ MORE 

No Image

CSL clubs face expenditure, salary caps

THE strictest ever expenditure and salary cap will be implemented in all levels of professional leagues next season, the Chinese Football Association announced yesterday. In top flight, the Chinese Super League, the pre-tax annual income of an overseas player should be no more than 3 million euros (US$3.63 million), while the maximum salary for a…

READ MORE 

Chinese-born He scores US college football TD

“Jackson” He Peizhang, the only Chinese-born player in major college American football, completed an amazing sport journey by scoring a touchdown for Arizona State in a victory over arch-rival Arizona. He was mobbed in joyful celebration by his Sun Devils teammates after scoring their final touchdown on Friday night in a 70-7 road romp on…

READ MORE