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Jack Ma’s Alibaba company have bought a 50 percent stake in current Chinese and Asian football champions Guangzhou Evergrande, parting with 1.2 billion RMB (140 million Euro) for their stake in the club. The investment was announced at… Read More
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
Commerce and football – never the best of companions, particularly in leagues still struggling to establish themselves in a nation’s hearts. New York Red Bulls, anyone? The subject is a live one in Shanghai, as Shenhua’s new owners… Read More
In conjunction with Chinese sports network Hupu, Brazilian side Atletico Mineiro will tour China between 19 and 29 June 2014, playing three friendlies against Super League sides. While foreign friendlies often draw a mixed response from Chinese fans,… Read More
February has been a very rich month for Chinese football with a number of new sponsorship agreements being signed marking a new level of confidence and investment in the domestic game. It was less than 10 years ago… Read More
The 2014 Chinese Super League will bear the name of a new sponsor in the form of Ping’an Group, after a four-year deal worth 150 million RMB (18 million Euros) per season was agreed with the insurance company…. Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande have struck a 100 million RMB (12 million Euro) sponsorship deal with car manufacturer Dongfeng Nissan shirt for the 2014 season, according to a detailed report on Chinese website 163.com (Netease). The deal will see Evergrande bear… Read More
Shanghai Shenhua can look forward to returning to the top of Chinese football within three years of Greenland group taking over, the real estate giant’s chairman said in a TV news interview. Although there has been no announcement… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande are selling their shirt sponsorship rights for 19 million Euro per year – higher than most EPL clubs including Chelsea’s current 16.7 million Euro deal with Samsung, according to a Chinese media report. Last season’s shirt… Read More
Contrary to the headlines dominating the Chinese football press at present, Shanghai Shenhua’s proposed move to Kunming in south-west China is nothing more than political manoeuvring, an inside source told . Soccer News carried a report to “shock… Read More
