回顾中国球队的亚冠历史，辽宁俱乐部曾在1990年第9届亚洲俱乐部锦标赛(亚冠联赛的前身)夺得冠军，这次胜利也被视为中国足球的巅峰之作。而此次恒大若能摘得桂冠，将刷新历史，成为中国首支获得亚冠联赛冠军的球队。上周五，恒大客场2-2战平韩国首尔FC队，双方第二回的较量将于11月9日在广州天河体育场打响，这也意味着只要恒大赢球或者取得一场丢球少于两个的平局即可登顶亚冠。

　　如果恒大登顶，主帅里皮也将成为足球史上首位...

Rory McIlroy needed the win – any win – more than he needed the money, and he got it….just. One shot ahead going down the 18th hole, McIlroy watched as Tiger Woods missed a chance to tie things up with an eagle, and then sank his own birdie putt to match Woods’s birdie, as McIlroy’s 67 edged a 68 from Woods.

The prize money had been determined ahead of time, meaning the match was mostly ab...

Sir Alex Ferguson released his second autobiography this week and the press were eager to find out what he really thought of Beckham, Keane, Wenger, Rooney etc at the launch event in London. Press conferences like this tend to have a fairly standard format, where either a moderator invites journalists by name to ask questions, or the TV reporters kick things off and it follows from there.

But t...

如果你近期看过有关麦克罗伊的报道后，认为这位北爱尔兰球手根本配不上现役第六的排名，充其量也就排到第106位，这也情有可原。因为麦克罗伊本赛季目前为止还未尝胜果，各大媒体头条报道的也都是其场外的麻烦事，比如说与女友分手，无法适应新俱乐部的环境，以及管理曾巨变和官司缠身给其带来的商业损失。总而言之，本赛季对于麦克罗伊可以说是充满了诸般不顺。

　　但2013赛季尚未结束。麦克罗伊如今正在中国备战，而这次为其两...

2009年，马布里黯然离开世界篮球发展中心——美国，一度沦为NBA内的笑柄。尽管“独狼”的天赋毋庸置疑，但他性格乖张，以至于在NBA陷入了无球队问津的窘境。

　　四年时间匆匆而过，马布里在另一片土地上迎来了自己的“春天”。2010年一月，寒冬之中，“独狼”上演了登陆CBA后的处子秀。在他全力投身中国赛场，积极融入中华文化的同时，中国球迷也向他展开了热情的怀抱。他的表现足以匹配最有价值球员的称号，不过很遗憾，由于C...

Today is one of those rare sports days in the Chinese capital, especially given that it’s a Tuesday. For those with nothing better to do (and plenty of money), you can spend the day watching the Tour of Beijing, which finishes its fifth and final stage near the Bird’s Nest today. Then at 6pm, head into the stadium itself to see the Brazilian national soccer team play. Leave at half time and jum...

The pictures of golfers wearing face masks during the Reignwood LPGA Classic this past weekend in Beijing made far bigger headlines than Feng Shanshan’s dramatic victory on home soil. But apparently there is something worse than the smog.

Chinese golf fans.

That’s according to none other than two-time major winner and world no. 3 American Stacy Lewis. I’ve written beforeabout how the L...

It should have been a triumphant weekend of sports for Beijing: China’s female golfing star, Feng Shanshan, took the inaugural Reignwood LPGA Classic by a single shot thanks to an eagle on the very last hole, the dream men’s final in the China Open tennis tournament saw no. 1 seed Novak Djokovic beat no. 2 seed Rafael Nadal, while on the women’s side Serena Williams won the tenth title of ...

本月，英国著名跑车制造商迈凯轮正式进军中国，他们在中国的首批四家代理店盛大开幕。迈凯轮此举意在与法拉利、兰博基尼及其它顶级赛车品牌一较高下，以在中国——这个全球最大的汽车消费市场分得一杯羹。但是，在当下的中国，公然炫富已经激起了普通民众日益高涨的不满情绪，而超级富豪们也有意在声势浩大的反腐行动下，保持低调。在这样的大环境下，迈凯轮在中国的前进道路势必步履维艰。

　　迈凯轮新任CEOMike Flewitt将...

Zhang Shuai has become just the fifth Chinese player to win a WTA singles title. Li Na has eight titles, Zheng Jie has four, Yan Zi and Sun Tiantian each have one, and now Zhang joins that elite group after a 7-6,-6-1 win over American Vania King in the final of the Guangzhou Open. Interestingly, Peng Shuai has never won a WTA singles title despite having been as high as 14 in the world ranki...

It’s been another big week for Chinese telecoms firm Huawei in the world of sports. Firstly,as previously mentioned, the company sponsored the ITU World Triathlon Grand Finale in London last weekend (and, as an aside, the ITU is the International Triathlon Union, not the International Telecommunications Union, as originally mentioned in this (now corrected, but still) shocker of a piece by S...

No, we’re not talking about a Brazilian here. Chinese tennis superstar Li Na recently unveiled a wax statue of herself at the Madame Tussauds museum in her hometown of Wuhan, ahead of the museum’s official opening on September 28. Li Na is to Wuhan what pandas are to Chengdu so a statue of her was a must, especially since the WTA Tour will visit Wuhan for the first time in September 2014. T...

While it will likely have none of the animosity of that famous showdown between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs (which, incidentally, was 40 years ago this week), Beijing will stage its own Battle of the Sexes on Friday September 27 when women’s world no. 5 Li Na will play men’s world no. 1 Novak Djokovic at the National Tennis Center in northern Beijing to mark the 10th anniversary of the...

尽管与八次全明星中锋姚明在成就上相去甚远，但在五位曾征战NBA的中国球员中，易建联的出场机会是仅次于“小巨人”的。易建联继续效力CBA的决定是他“宁做鸡头，不做凤尾”心态的写照。也许在这位中国篮坛的“大满贯”球员看来，与其不计代价地争取另一次NBA生涯，不如在国内如鱼得水地笑傲四方。

　　正如易建联所说，中国的篮球联赛已经取得了长足的进步，马布里和麦蒂等球星的加盟就是一个显而易见的例证。但是，NBA依旧领跑...

Remember how the medal tally system at China’s National Games is ridiculous, with certain performances from nearly four years ago being converted into medals that actually count at this event? Well, this is what happens. According to the official rules for counting medals, swimming star Sun Yang has won 11 medals for Zhejiang, 10 of them gold. Here’s how:

1 & 2 – 400m win at 2012 London ...

A little over a month ago, 17-year-old Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen was in pieces. The reigning Olympic champion in both the 200 and 400 IM had failed to win a medal in either race at the World Championships in Barcelona, and Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu had reclaimed her position as the medley queen.

But things are looking up for Ye. She won both events in Shenyang at the Chinese National Games,...

毫无疑问，当下的中国体育正位于世界诸强之列。可是，当人们将目光投向正在辽宁进行的全运会时，这个号称“中国奥运会”的赛事却给旁观者们留下了与“体育强国”形象背道而驰的印象。这个四年一遇的中国体坛盛事，本应只关乎竞技运动，如今却充斥着各种丑闻，从而让人们将视线聚焦在与竞技无关的闹剧之上。下面列举的是一些本届全运会上演的“花边故事”：

在北京队和山东队之间进行的女子橄榄球决赛中，夺冠热门北京队控诉...

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The announcement of the next host city for an Olympic Games is not something that creeps up on you by surprise. Precisely seven years before each Olympics, there is a very carefully choreographed announcement, during which the IOC President reveals the winning city. It’s very hard to confuse which city has won. The IOC broadcasts this live. If you don’t hear the announcement, then...

Japan is having a very, very good time on the Olympic stage right now. Firstly, Tokyo won the right to host the 2020 Olympics. They had always been the favorite, but had to allay growing fears that Fukushima’s ongoing nuclear nightmare would not have any long-lasting effects for the country (though, in truth, they may have been helped more by a combination of Spain’s dreadful employment rec...

I’ve written before about Chinese telecoms company Huawei using sports and entertainment to combat the atrocious PR it tends to get around the world. That trend is continuing, but the company now appears to be spurning the US and focusing more on Europe.

In the latest bid to promote an event or team in a foreign capital (after Canberra, Washington DC, Madrid and counting…), Huawei will be the...