Emotions of the game
Football is a game of passion and emotions and last week in Chinese football we saw a lot of both. Here are some of the better pictures from the weekend… Delirious joy Gao Lin went mad, and so… Read More
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Street fighting Chongqing style
The people of Chongqing are known for loving spicy food and having spicy personalities. For the second time this year, this quick tempered spiciness led to violence when a local rival came to town. This time it was… Read More
The 2012 China Grassroots Football Expo Kicks Off!
The past two years has seen a galvanization of the professional game and its profile in China. Anelka, Drogba, & Lippi have put the CSL on the international football map and CCTV5 has been increasing its coverage of… Read More
Qingdao stay up and knock R&F out of ACL race
Qingdao Jonoon 3-2 Guangzhou R&F CSL Round 29 Bruno Meneghel 24’, Zheng Long 38’ and 87′; Yakubu 45’, Sui Donglu 84’ Qingdao Jonoon preserved their CSL status for another year with a 3-2 home win against Guangzhou R&F,… Read More
Campioni! Late Gao Lin strike seals CSL title for Evergrande
Guangzhou Evergrande 1-0 Liaoning Whowin CSL Round 29 Gao Lin 90′ A fantastic goal in the final minute of normal time ensured that Guangzhou Evergrande retained their CSL title with a victory at home against relegation-threatened Liaoning Whowin…. Read More
Pacheco plays it defensively, gets Guoan into ACL with draw at Jiangsu
In the penultimate match of the 2012 season, Beijing Guoan did just enough to earn a point after a scoreless draw against Jiangsu Sainty and, with the help of the rest of the league, lock up third place…. Read More
Evergrande players react to second title win
Guangzhou Evergrande secured the 2012 Chinese Super League title on Saturday afternoon with a last-gasp 1-0 victory over Liaoning Whowin, thanks to a magnificent 20-yard effort from Chinese forward Gao Lin. The victory wins the club their second… Read More
A look at the CSL races
With only two games left in the season amazingly, every single team still has something to play for, be it Asian Champions League, the championship, or relegation. While the title race is still up for grabs in theory,… Read More
North Terrace Preview: Dalian Aerbin v Shanghai Shenhua
Due to a technical hitch, North Terrace Preview didn’t show up for kick-off last week. Neither did Shenhua’s players. Do better things await in Dalian? Last Time Out Shorn of their big-money foreign contingent due to their protest… Read More
Guoan looking to sell club naming rights
On Wednesday, Beijing Guoan hosted an investment promotion business event at a venue next to Worker’s Stadium. The invitation only event was an odd mix of media, players, businessmen, and supporters. The event itself was severely lacking in… Read More