Two horse race…for now
[singlepic id=5 w=320 h=240 float=right]The last couple of weeks’ Chinese Super League action has seen a 5-6 way fight for the title reduced to a two horse race, with one hooved beast way out in front, having won… Read More
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20/30 vision
With the 2010 Chinese Super League season now neatly at the 2/3 mark, with just about every team having played 20 games, its time to take a quick look at how the season has gone so far, and… Read More
Hongkou goes berserk as Shenhua beat bitter rivals Beijing 3-2
Shanghai Shenhua and Beijing Guoan conjured up an absolutely fantastic game of football on Saturday night, stirring Hongkou stadium into frenzied cauldron of passion, which spilled out into the streets at the final whistle.
The big one: Shanghai Shenhua v Beijing Guoan
China’s biggest grudge match is even spicier than usual today. For the first time ever, Beijing Guoan come to Shanghai as defending Chinese Super League champions in the most eagerly-awaited fixture on the Chinese football calendar – the… Read More
Local Derby as Shanghai Shenhua kickoff 2010 season
Shanghai Shenhua finally kick-off their first home game of the Chinese Super League 2010 season on Saturday against local rivals Hangzhou Lvcheng after being on the road for the first two games of the year. And probably for… Read More
Shenhua stuff it up once again
Any lingering hopes of adding to their rather bare trophy cupboard were extinguished for another year on Saturday, when Shanghai Shenhua could only tie their derby match 1-1 with Hangzhou Greentown FC. (video highlights)
Nail-biting championship run-in for Shenhua
One of the tightest Championship finishes in the history of world football – that’s the situation Shanghai Shenhua find themselves in as the Chinese Super League 2009 season enters its closing stages this weekend. Not since 2005, when… Read More
Rumpus at Hongkou Stadium for “National Derby”
There are few sporting spectacles which rouse passions as much as a football match between two great rivals, and Saturday night’s grudge game between Shanghai Shenhua and Beijing Guoan, in the Jing-Hu Dazhan (京沪大战) , was no exception…. Read More
China v. Germany int’l game at Shanghai Stadium tomorrow
Saving face will be the goal of China’s much-maligned international football team as it hosts Germany in a friendly international football tomorrow evening at Shanghai Stadium. Manchester United PLC lost 2-0 to Barcelona in an unremarkable Champions League… Read More
China v. Japan: Shenhua – Kashima showdown
Tension will fill the air this evening at Hongkou Football Stadium when China meets Japan in a major continental club football competition. Shanghai Shenhua play host to J-League Champions Kashima Antlers in the Asian Champions League in an… Read More