Articles tagged with "china"
Rewind: Work In Progress.
By chris | September 25th, 2009Choosing the most underrated players in football. What Sol Campbell could teach David Beckham. The guardian tells us Manchester United may have time on their hands. Real Madrid ...
Real Madrid Have Found The Promised Land, And Its Name Is 中国.
By chris | September 24th, 2009Never, ever forget: it's always about the money. When doctoring up a schedule for the week's domestic games, what should be taken into consideration? Other games, ...
Eastern European Fans Strike Again.
By chris | August 21st, 2009Inside the stadium, outside the stadium - it matters not to fans of Eastern European football. Where there's a crime to be done, a protest ...
Chick Fight!: The Footage.
By chris | August 8th, 2009It's not quite brawl-from-every-angle-John-Woo-type footage, but it's something - and something, as they say, is more than nothing. In case you missed it earlier in ...
Offside Rewind: You Raise Me Up
By chris | August 8th, 2009Real top the summer spending off at a measly quarter billion euros. Chelsea's website is the bestest in the biz. There's a chick fight in China. While a ...
Offside Rewind: Excellent Timing.
By chris | July 31st, 2009A premature Premiership four as decided by you. Peruvian NT now looking for applications. Zlatan as a boy; Zlatan is a broken toy. Eric Wynalda returns to make ...
China Sets The New Standard For Discipline
By chris | July 30th, 2009You may recall that referee rundown which took place in China over the week (see above for a refresher). It was actually a youth-type game, ...
The Chinese Tom Henning Øvrebø (That's Ballack's Buddy From Chelsea v Barca)
By chris | July 28th, 2009Just yesterday Richard Scudamore, head of the Prem, sat himself in front of a bevy of reporters, not at all influenced by the fact that ...
Ollie Kahn: Molding The Children.
By chris | June 19th, 2009Scariest words heard in sometime? Probably. But at least he's not literally trying to mold them, pounding their bones into the shape he so desires ...
Daily Dose: June 12th, 2009.
By chris | June 12th, 2009Stuff to read while you enjoy a picture of South Africa...... Chinese team fined for losing. (The Beautiful Game) Marcelo Bielsa delivers a must-read/might-not-comprehend press conference. (Reuters ...
Bobo Goes To Brazil.
By chris | April 24th, 2009Bobo Vieri quite sadly spent most of last year with a fork sticking out of his back. So after being quickly ushered out of Firenze, ...
Daily Dose: April 17th, 2009
By Daryl | April 17th, 2009Something to read while you watch Leo Messi's Head & Shoulders audition tape... Charles Itandje's future lies somewhere outside Liverpool (ONTD Football) Chinese high school caught cheating ...
Cui Peng: China's Bad Boy. Sort Of.
By chris | April 3rd, 2009The state of the game in China is pretty poor. The athletic standards are low and most games turn into impromptu martial arts tournament, forcing ...
Let's Play The "What Was Ranieri Trying To Say?" Game
By chris | March 4th, 2009It's been one hell of a week for Italian calcio. Nothing to do with the football, of course, but everything to do with the vitriolic ...
YEEEES to a much-required Gas and Heating Bill provider's Cup exit, and lamenting the paucity of an orgasmically alliterative Fan Zhiyi fanzine!
By Martyn | February 18th, 2009NET-RUSTLING PREVENTER PROBLEMS In news I haven't reported recently, golden baldie oldie Peter Enckelman (a tongue-torturing headline just waiting to be written upon his retirement or ...
China Pulls Its Own League From Television
By chris | November 20th, 2008China has decided to remove TV coverage of their top league due to excessive pitch violence which turns football matches into impromptu martial arts competitions. ...
Lyon Go Chinese, the Ladies Crush Arsenal, and Toulalan Gets Promoted
By Inara | October 15th, 2008Remember how I said that China were becoming Lyon's new best friends? Well, it looks like Aulas takes this BFF business seriously because today Lyon ...
Chinese Fan Gives Up on Football to Become a Monk
By Daryl | October 14th, 2008Have you ever been so frustrated with your team's fortunes that you just want to give up watching football altogether? You know the feeling. One ...
Daily Dose 08.28.08
By Daryl | August 28th, 2008Something to read while you hide from Storsjöodjuret the Swedish Sea Monster... Who's leaving MLS next? (WVHooligan) No Team GB in 20120, but maybe a Team Scotland ...
Brazil on Prozac 3 - 0 China
By Bruno Romani | August 13th, 2008Come back later for a full review. With such a boring match, I need to sleep now. The two goals by Thiago Neves are hidding ...
Daily Dose 08.04.08
By Daryl | August 4th, 2008Something to read while you get the new iBod installed... Benny Feilhaber - singing sensation (Yank Soccer) Is China spying on opposition teams at the Olympics (SI.com) Cristiano's ...
Gallery: Chelsea 4, Guangzhou 0
By Jack | July 23rd, 2008The Blues set off the preseason in fine fashion Wednesday, blanking Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 4-0 in China. Peep the photos below. Looks like Deco is already ...
Jozy, Olympian. Hunter, Not.
By Dave Martinez | July 17th, 2008No shocker at all, but Coach Nowak announced his Olympic roster, including the likes of Jozy Altidore, Brian McBride, Freddy Adu, Brad Guzan and Michael ...
Russian Scientists guarentee there will be no rain for the CL Final
By Rob | May 16th, 2008Wouldn't it be awful if Europe's premier showdown got ruined by rain, and just turned into a long-ball defensive fest? Well Russian scientists clearly agree, ...
Olympic protests going too far
By Ian Rose | April 9th, 2008Please forgive the fact that this has nothing to do with the UEFA Cup. Later today, I'll talk all about tomorrow's matches, and there ...
Kung Fu Fighting, Japan vs. China Style
By Laurie | March 4th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVL45uWO-R0[/youtube] After yesterday's kung fu goal, I thought I'd carry the theme into today with some Kung Fu fighting, this time in the Japan vs. China ...
Chinese Idol: Chelsea FC Edition
By Daryl | March 3rd, 2008This much we know: Premier League clubs really really want to get their teeth into that tasty Asian market. First there was Game 39. Then ...
Spurs vs Newcastle... in China?
By Daryl | March 1st, 2008Wait, I thought the Premier League's moneygrabbing 39th game was pretty much dead and buried. The idea has got the middle finger from the international ...
Weekend Watch Recap: Jump for Joy
By Daryl | February 25th, 2008Catching up with the weekend action. Saturday Japan 1-1 South Korea A win for either side guaranteed the East Asian Cup. South Korea took a 15th minute lead ...
Professional Time Wasting At Its Finest
By chris | February 21st, 2008This took place recently during a women's game between China and South Korea. As injury time was running out and with China up 3-2, a ...
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