Tag: Chinese Super League

Hong Kong Round-Up: National team falls short against Qatar, Hangs on against dominant China

Hong Kong correspondents Christopher KL Lau and JRP Borthwick bring their regular round-up of all the very latest news, developments and other footballing points of interest from the SAR. Hong Kong Launch Brave Fightback in Five Goal Thriller… Read More

Straight Outta Canton: Evergrande winning with the handbrake on thanks to Goulart

Guangzhou Evergrande’s season is now five games old—glossing over February’s half-hearted effort at a Super Cup—and the Canton Tigers continue to boast a 100 percent record in 2015. In truth, they have yet to really be tested. Two league… Read More

Straight Outta Canton: What does 2015 hold in store for Guangzhou Evergrande?

Guangzhou Evergrande’s 2015 season began with a whimper in the Chinese Super Cup earlier this month, a competition which the four-time Super League champions have largely treated as a sideshow over recent campaigns. Given the Cantonese side sent… Read More

Hong Kong Round Up: Eastern win an Epic Senior Shield Final While New York Cosmos Confirmed for Chinese New Year

Hong Kong correspondent Christopher KL Lau brings his regular round-up of all the very latest news, developments and other footballing points of interest from the SAR.… In one of the most enthralling Hong Kong matches in a long… Read More

From La Liga to Hong Kong – Kitchee’s Jose Molina

In an another exclusive interview, Jose Molina discusses his time at Kitchee, his past heroics in La Liga and driving Kitchee into the Asian Champions League. Hong Kong is an unique city where you can meet many special individuals… Read More

Guoan and Evergrande inseparable in fractious top of table clash

Guangzhou Evergrande will enter the summer break on top of Chinese Super League by a solitary point after the Cantonese side and nearest rivals Beijing Guoan played out a fiercely competitive top of the table clash at the Workers… Read More

Jack Ma’s Alibaba to invest in Hangzhou Greentown football team

The owner of Hangzhou Greentown football club, Song Weiping, has revealed that he is set to sell a 49 percent stake in his club to Jack Ma’s Alibaba corporation—owner of successful online marketplace Taobao. Greentown had been thought… Read More

Dong Xuesheng helps much-changed Evergrande past Shenxin

A goal from in-form striker Dong Xuesheng helped a much-changed Guangzhou Evergrande side continue their dominance of the 2014 Chinese Super League season as the reigning champions claimed a 1-0 away victory over Shanghai Shenxin. CHINESE SUPER LEAGUE… Read More