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Passion and pride to take the Hong Kong women’s national football team to the highest levels as well as to develop the game further at grassroots level in the city is what motivates Betty Wong everyday. After a… Read More
A tale of football, defeat, alcohol, bird-chasing and general sordidness. Just another weekend for the infamous sino-foreign Shenhua fans group, the SEC, except it was an away trip in Beijing. The names have been changed to protect the… Read More
Centre back Ransford Addo arrived in China over three years ago, tasked with aiding an ambitious Shanghai East Asia (now SIPG FC) side in their quest for promotion to the highest level of Chinese professional football – the… Read More
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
Jiangsu Sainty may have lost their first Super League game of the season 2-1 away to Shanghai SIPG and beaten Guizhou 2-0 at home in their second but that doesn’t mean it’s too late to look at their… Read More
After missing out on promotion to the Super League in the most devastating of fashions last season, Wuhan Zall enter 2015 on a downward curve. With their season kicking off today against League One new boy Hohhot Zhongyou,… Read More
All change at Hangzhou, as new manager Philippe Troussier takes the helm at the Yellow Dragon Stadium. Can Greentown survive the drop for the 4th consecutive season? The manager: Nomadic Frenchman Philippe Troussier takes over the reins at… Read More
Following an impressive 2014 CSL campaign containing some dynamic attacking performances, a number of remarkable results and the emergence of a legitimate Shanghai derby, Shanghai’s highest placed team – the recently rebranded SIPG FC – go into this year’s campaign with… Read More
After three seasons in Chinese football, Gilberto Macena headed for pastures new this off-season, joining Thai Premier League giants Buriram United. Yet, just four games into his new career, he returns to China as his side take on… Read More
Last year’s biggest under-achievers were undoubtedly free-spending Shandong Luneng, who completely failed to make a dent in the championship and bowed out early from the ACL. Jamie McIlroy looks at the Jinan side’s chances of pulling up their… Read More
