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With Shanghai Shenhua’s early-season vim having fizzled out, a trip to Henan with their impressive early-season home record might just be the last thing the Hongkou side need. Can Shenhua get their act together and succeed where Evergrande… Read More
This weekend’s action featured five draws, Dalian Aerbin breaking away from the pack, super rich Hebei CFFC’s first win of the season and a repeat of 2014’s League Two final. Dalian Aerbin 2-0 Hunan Billows Headers from the… Read More
Just over a month into the new season, a refreshing light breeze of change is blowing through the dusty pantheon of Chinese football, with the new season barely a month old. The wind began blowing from a southerly… Read More
It’s not too many years since women’s football was widely perceived as a joke among a majority of football supporters. While such an attitude was always unfair on those playing, it has also now become a point of ridicule… Read More
With round 3 safely out of the way, we look ahead to what lies in store when League One plays its fourth round of fixtures this coming weekend. Beijing BG vs Wuhan Zall For the second week running… Read More
Beijing Guoan remain unbeaten in this season’s AFC Champions League after drawing with Urawa Red Diamonds. The capital side top the group with ten points and look certain to move onto the round of 16, leaving Urawa little… Read More
Fresh from their annual Gongti surrender, can Shenhua pick themselves and their 2015 feelgood factor back up off the floor with a home fixture against basement-dwelling Chongqing Lifan come Saturday? Battered in Beijing In spite of early-season form… Read More
The 3rd round of League One action saw three sides drop their 100% record but remain unbeaten, controversy in Shenzhen, a very nasty injury and a set of fans in Hunan failing to follow the fire safety code…. Read More
Shenzhen had to settle for a 1-1 draw with Beijing Institute of Technology on Saturday night in a match ruined by controversy. CHINA LEAGUE ONE ROUND 3 Shenzhen FC 1 Fei Yu 49′ Beijing Institute of Technology 1… Read More
With China’s FIFA ranking already guaranteeing that they would be among the top seeds when the World/Asian Cup qualifying draw is made later this month, there was, ostensibly, little to be gained from a pair of friendlies against… Read More
