SPORTS NEWS

China Defends Its Reviled Soccer Team

The government is taking a step to shore up the reputation of that most dubious of national sports icons: the men’s soccer team.

Posted Thursday, August 28, 2008 9:32 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Soccer, China, Olympic Games (2008), Athletics and Sports, Politics and Government, News and News Media, Liu Xiang, Xinhua, Propaganda

Sports Marketing’s Rise in China Brings Out the Stars

The star athletes who competed in the Olympic Games are making their bids to cash in on this country’s boom in sports marketing and sponsorship deals.

Posted Tuesday, August 26, 2008 3:55 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: China, Olympic Games (2008), Advertising and Marketing

From Beijing, the Memorable and the Not-So Memorable

It is any outsider’s guess what happens next in China after a successful Olympics. We, like the Chinese proletariat, will have to wait, hope and see.

Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 11:39 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Beijing (China), China, Olympic Games (2008)

Inside the Rings: China Fulfills Its Wish for Olympic Domination

China finished with 51 gold medals, the highest figure for any nation at an Olympics in 20 years, and it won them across a wider range of sports than any team in Beijing.

Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 5:22 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Beijing (China), China, Olympic Games (2008)

News Analysis: After Glow of Games, What Next for China?

Will the Olympics’ success lead China to domestic reforms or convince leaders that their current model is working?

Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 3:16 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Beijing (China), China, Olympic Games (2008), Politics and Government, Civil Rights, Freedom and Human Rights, Economic Conditions and Trends

Sports of The Times: Turn Out the Lights, the Party’s Over

At the closing ceremonies, Jacques Rogge, the president of the INternational Olympic Committee, had the look of a man happy to get out of Dodge.

Posted Sunday, August 24, 2008 10:20 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: China, Olympic Games (2008), Olympic Games, International Olympic Committee, Rogge, Jacques

A New Cast of Olympic Heroes for China

With a haul of 51 gold medals, China has its choice of Olympic celebrities to help fill the void left by world-class hurdler Liu Xiang, who dropped out of competition because of an injury.

Posted Sunday, August 24, 2008 1:07 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Beijing (China), China, Olympic Games (2008), Liu Xiang

Sports of The Times: A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little

Defining success at the Olympics is a selective process that is vulnerable to spin.

Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 11:23 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Beijing (China), China, Olympic Games (2008), United States

Chinese Fans Go Wild For Table Tennis Gold

The hottest ticket for the Olympics on Monday night was for table tennis, where China beat Germany, 3-0.

Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 11:07 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Beijing (China), China, Olympic Games (2008), Tennis, Table, Wang Liqin, Liu Guoliang, Ovtcharov, Dmitrij, Ma Lin, Wang Hao

Quake Victims in China Rally From Painful Losses

Far from Beijing and its gathering of Olympic athletes, victims of the earthquake that devastated Sichuan Province learn to use prosthetic limbs at a medical center.

Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 10:44 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: China, Olympic Games (2008), Handicapped, Children and Youth, Medicine and Health, Earthquakes, Restoration and Rehabilitation, Physical Therapy, Chengdu (China)

A Fresh Face, and Questions, in the Pool for China

Shortly after Liu Zige grabbed China’s first gold medal for swimming in the Beijing Olympics, questions regarding doping and other possible advantages surfaced.

Posted Friday, August 15, 2008 11:33 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: China, Olympic Games (2008), Swimming, Liu Zige

Chinese Grab Gold in Gymnastics; U.S. Is Second

The Chinese women took advantage of American errors to win the team competition. Romania came in third.

Posted Wednesday, August 13, 2008 1:29 AM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: China, Olympic Games (2008), United States, Gymnastics, Johnson, Shawn, Sacramone, Alicia, Liukin, Nastia, Cheng Fei

Olympics Roundup: Poor 3-Point Shooting Can’t Stop U.S. Basketball Team

Now that the United States has breezed past China and Angola, the competition will become much stiffer.

Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:35 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: Basketball, China, Olympic Games (2008), United States, Bryant, Kobe, Krzyzewski, Mike, Howard, Dwight, Barkley, Charles, Spain, Angola

Attack in West China Kills 3 Security Officers

The attack is the third in nine days against Chinese security forces in the autonomous region of Xinjiang.

Posted Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:20 PM from NYT > Sports | 0 Comments

Filed under: China, Olympic Games (2008), Xinjiang (China)

Chinese Religious Dissident Escapes From Police Custody

Hua Huiqi’s escape from police custody is sure to irritate the Chinese government when it is eager to keep international attention focused on the Olympic Games.