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The wind of change swept across Guangzhou on Thursday evening as dramatically as any of the city’s regular and dramatic storms thus far this summer. No sooner had the four-time Chinese Super League champions secured a 2-2 draw… Read More
As a Chicagoan, I’m naturally disposed to the optimism of “wait ’till next year”. One of the local baseball teams, the Chicago Cubs, last won the title in 1908, that’s over 100 years ago (though I’m not a Cubs… Read More
Football fans can be notoriously complex to understand. Fiercely loyal one minute, fickle the next. There is not always underlying logic to their likes and dislikes, while often support can be divided. And so, this weekend’s top of… Read More
It’s surely extremely rare for such an eagerly anticipated match to have such a wildly unpredicted outcome. Last Saturday’s Shanghai Derby was billed as the biggest game in the city for over a decade, yet it must be… Read More
This weekend’s Chinese Super League action sees the return of the Shanghai Derby. At last, once more, we appear to have once more settled upon a deserving rivalry for such a title—the Shanghai International Port Group against Greenland-backed… Read More
Following last Tuesday’s draw for the AFC’s World Cup qualification second round, we now know that China’s long road to Russia will begin in Thimpu, Bhutan on June 16th and that if you combined the surface area of… 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
So, a truly global superstar lands once again in Shanghai – his one-man rout of the China national side in the Asian Cup ensuring any fans not previously familiar with the name sure are now. Tim Cahill represents… Read More
China’s Asian Cup turned out better than anyone expected with positive outcomes all round – even the timing of their exit. The national team gave an extremely respectable showing, playing some of its best football for years, winning… Read More
