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Didier Drogba will make his first appearance in front of the Hongkou crowd at half-time during the Shanghai Shenhua – Beijing Guoan “China Derby” on Saturday, the club have confirmed. But unfortunately for those of a blue persuasion,… Read More
The recent transfer window has brought an influx of new foreign talent to the Chinese Super League. The arrival of Frederic Kanoute to Beijing Guoan has many excited, I included, but I think Joffre Guerron will prove to… Read More
In a Yangtze Delta Derby absolutely over-flowing with incident, two controversial penalties saw Jiangsu Sainty twice take the lead over regional rivals Shanghai Shenhua, who twice equalized to tie the game 2-2. A pre-match fight at a motorway… Read More
Over the weekend, the Chinese Super League made another big splash on the international transfer market when debutantes Dalian Aerbin signed Barcelona midfielder and Malian international Seydou Keita after a series of protracted negotiations between the player and… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande has grown all the stronger with the signing of Huang Bowen from Jeonbuk Hyndai for a transfer fee of over $2 million. Huang arrived in Guangzhou this morning and has already undergone his physical with the… Read More
After having gone toe-to-toe with Guangzhou Evergrande last weekend, Beijing Guoan returned home to face off against Guangzhou R&F Saturday night and managed to pull off a 1-0 victory in a very tight match. With Evergrande having drawn… Read More
Even a the most ardent Shenhua believers are struggling for positives ahead of this weekend’s local derby. Last Time Out Shenhua’s abject surrender at bottom-of-the-table Qingdao marked a new low even for this worst-ever first half of a… Read More
The dream Anelka topping the CSL top scorers list, backed up by a hard-working midfield supply line driven by Mario Bozic and Cao Yunding. Bustling striker Mattieu Manset’s goal tally nearing double figures thanks to the deadly crossing… Read More
It’s baking hot this week in much of China and temperatures will rise even further this weekend as another Yangtze Delta Derby looms in Nanjing, so the drinkers cool off in the pub and chew over several events…. Read More
The international media’s coverage of the Chinese Super League is slowly improving – thanks to who provided the UK’s Daily Mirror with an exclusive Nicolas Anelka story which was then picked up by media outlets all over the… Read More
