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It’s a dictionary-definition six-pointer this Sunday evening as Liaoning travel to Hongkou, with both sides looking warily over their shoulders in the second half of the 2014 CSL season. Will a patched-up Shenhua be able to see off… Read More
Domestic football has returned and after the appetiser of the CFA Cup in midweek, the main course of CSL action resumes on Saturday. Both Guangzhou R&F and Jiangsu Sainty had strong starts to the season and only a… Read More
Dragan Okuka made waves two seasons ago by leading unfashionable Jiangsu Sainty to runners-up spot in the CSL, pushing powerhouse club Guangzhou Evergrande all the way. The Bosnian Serb head coach is now back in China at another… Read More
Brazilian forward Rafael Coelho, who joined Changchun Yatai from Guangzhou R&F in February, has left the club after failing to replicate the impressive form that saw him brought to the North-East. Coelho had an impressive two-year stint with… Read More
Guangzhou Evergrande have continued their summer spending with the €5 million addition of 2006 World Cup winning striker Alberto Gilardino, who joins from Serie A side Genoa. Gilardino, 32, is reunited with former colleagues in China, having played… Read More
Chinese domestic football had an early summer break for the World Cup but the third round of the CFA cup takes place midweek before the Chinese Super League matches resume at the weekend. here takes a look at… Read More
Changchun Yatai suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat against Bundesliga outfit Werder Bremen in a summer break friendly match last week which saw new loan signing Feng Renliang make a promising start with the north-east Chinese club. The match was conducted… Read More
Guangzhou R&F today announced the signing of young Nigerian striker Aaron Samuel Olanare from Norwegian team Sarpsborg 08. He will join up with his new teammates ahead of their friendly with Bundesliga side Hamburg SV in Foshan. Despite… Read More
Tired of the high-drama, technical quality of the World Cup? Never fear, Shanghai Shenhua return to action in an unusually early end to the mid-season CSL break with league leaders Guangzhou Evergrande visiting Hongkou Stadium on Thursday evening…. Read More
A slightly disingenuous name perhaps but the third anniversary of the founding of Guangzhou R&F provides your correspondent with a chance to select his eleven; conforming to CSL foreign player rules of course which only allow five foreigners… Read More
