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1. Top officials face trial in soccer corruption scandal

   Posted Dec 16th 2011, 12:00am

   ... of World Cup qualifying failures and a display of unsportsmanlike behaviour by the national team at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Vice-President Xi Jinping promised to clean up and revive Chinese soccer during a trip to Germany in 2009. Businessman Zhong Guojian , general manager of Guangdong Eagles, was arrested less than a month after Xi's return and that quickly led to the fall ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/987886/top-officials-face-trial-soccer-corruption-scandal
2. Who said it?

   Posted Feb 16th 2012, 12:00am

   ... On the issue of human rights, there is no best, there is only better Vice-President Xi Jinping, speaking during his visit to Washington We never questioned his integrity in the press release Secretary for Home Affairs Tsang Tak-sing (pictured) on a statement that referred to chief executive candidate Leung Chun-ying The best part of those ugly days was that I learnt ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/992729/who-said-it
3. News - China - SPORT

   CCTV chiefs gagged over hurdler Liu Xiang's injury at London Olympics

   Posted Aug 24th 2012, 12:00am by Keith Zhai

   ... Keith Zhai keith.zhai@scmp.com State broadcaster knew that top athlete was unfit before he crashed out at first hurdle TV chiefs gagged over Liu Xiang's Olympic injury State television bosses on the mainland knew sporting icon Liu Xiang was seriously ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1022152/cctv-chiefs-gagged-over-hurdler-liu-xiangs-injury-london-olympics
4. HK Sapling score first goal but fail to end losing streak

   Posted Oct 15th 2011, 12:00am

   ... Chan Kin-wa Hong Kong Sapling scored their first goal in the top flight, but still fell to their fourth consecutive defeat in their debut season. The team, which comprises mainly Hong Kong under-21 members and a few expatriates, lost 3-1 to Citizen at Kow ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/981915/hk-sapling-score-first-goal-fail-end-losing-streak
5. One city, two stars

   Posted Jul 25th 2006, 12:00am by Mark O'Neill

   ... If Yao Ming was Shanghai's sports hero last year, then hurdler Liu Xiang is this year's champion. On July 11, Liu broke a 13-year-old world record for the 110-metre hurdles at an international event in Lausanne, Switzerland, clocking 12.88 secon ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/557879/one-city-two-stars
6. Super League has fan-tastic start

   Posted Mar 12th 2006, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... figures, flying dragon kites and, against all odds, an enormous crowd. A total of 41,000 fans turned out, according to an official count by the organisers, at Xi'an's Coca Cola stadium to be entertained by a traditional Chinese-style opening ceremony before being treated to a boring 1-1 draw between International Xi'an and Shanghai Liancheng. But apart from the match itself, which ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/540060/super-league-has-fan-tastic-start
7. Pandas of peace after basket-brawl match

   Posted Aug 22nd 2011, 12:00am

   ... development. Biden said the US wants to see a 'rising China'. Biden and Xi then signed a basketball and took a few shots. Biden said 'jet lag' before missing, then finally sunk one ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/976830/pandas-peace-after-basket-brawl-match
8. HK face the unknown

   Posted Feb 02nd 2007, 12:00am by Judy Ngao

   ... The Hong Kong League XI will face Jamaica's Olympic football team in the 2007 Lunar New Year Cup tournament at Hong Kong Stadium later this month. This year, the Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA) has invited Olympic teams from Australia, China and Jamaica to compete in the annual showpiece. At Wednesday's official draw, the Hong Kong League XI were pitted against ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/580417/hk-face-unknown
9. No final whistle in soccer graft fight

   Posted Jun 14th 2012, 12:00am

   ... Vice-President Xi Jinping made a promise during a trip to Germany in 2009 to clean up and revive Chinese soccer. Zhong Guojian, then the general manager of the Guangdong Eagles, was arrested soon after Xi's return. 'Everything is about politics in China, including soccer,' said a senior sports editor with the official CCTV broadcaster, who declined to be named. 'If leaders love ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/1003891/no-final-whistle-soccer-graft-fight
10. Talking points

    Posted Jun 08th 2012, 12:00am

    ... Libyan Foreign Minister Abdelati Obeidi arrives in China tomorrow. Vice-President Xi Jinping and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi will discuss bilateral, regional and international issues with him, ...

    http://www.scmp.com/article/1003347/talking-points

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