Four years ago in Beijing, the Spainish team took the infamous “slanted-eye” team photo. China’s first opponents this Olympics will be against Spain. In basketball, China is generally
HOUSTON — Even Linsanity is bigger in Texas. Less than two days after Lin’s Rocket relaunch became official, Houston fans and business owners spent their Thursday afternoon dreaming
LONDON, July 27 (Xinhua) — Basketball star Yi Jianlian led Chinese delegation into the Olympic Stadium Friday night at the opening ceremony of the 30th Olympic Games. The
LONDON — China Wednesday picked NBA basketball player Yi Jianlian to carry their flag at the London Olympics opening ceremony, apparently swayed by his towering height. Deputy chef de
BEIJING, July 24 (Reuters) – China’s Olympic flag bearer will be tall, handsome and famous to provide a positive image of the Asian sporting superpower, according to the
BEIJING, June 11 (Xinhua) — Following is a list of points of interest to Chinese during the London Olympic Games: July 27 – Open ceremony The Olympic Stadium
In 12.87 seconds on an Oregon track, China’s Liu Xiang banished five years of injury-filled misery and annointed himself favourite to reclaim the Olympic gold he relinquished so
Houston, you can have him. That was the message theKnicks sent on Tuesday when they decided not to match Jeremy Lin’s three-year, $25.1 million offer sheet from the
Badminton powerhouse China are heightening the mind games in a bid to complete a historic 1-2-3 finish in the men’s singles at the London Olympics. But whatever their
China won its third game in a row at the Stankovic Cup by defeating Russia 73-67 on Sunday, securing their berth in the final of the tournament. Trailed
The ladies have been performing extremely well at the 2012 World Series of poker thus far, and although they haven’t been able to capture that elusive bracelet to
Between the considerable bump in ticket sales and a massive boost in merchandise demand, Jeremy Lin made the New York Knicks a boatload of money last season. And
Joey Chestnut is now tied with is former rival, Takeru Kobayashi, with six wins. Kobayashi hasn’t competed at Coney Island since 2009. He was arrested for crashing the
The Nashville Predators have re-signed forward, Brandon Yip to a one year (one-way) deal worth $750,000. Brandon Yip takes a pay raise of $25,000 this coming season. Yip
The Georgia Force and Orlando Predators met Sunday afternoon at the Arena at Gwinnett Center in an Arena Football League South Division match-up that was critical to the
China national team beat Croatia 90 ~ 82 for their 5th win in this 4-Nations International Invitational. The starting 5 were Liu Wei, Wang Shipeng, Zhu Fangyu, Ding
D.C. United announced today that the club has acquired Long Tan, a striker from Vancouver Whitecaps FC for a 1st Round Supplemental pick in the 2015 draft. Tan
Elsewhere compatriot Peng Shuai piled on the misery for Japan by downing Ayumi Morita, and veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm also went crashing out. Peng, the 30th seed, beat Morita
Hi Asian Athletes Team, I am writing to ask for your support for a feature documentary called TOP SPIN. The film chronicles the inspirational journey of three young
MILPITAS, Calif. — The table tennis club was built by Indian immigrants who made their fortunes in Silicon Valley. Its coaches were imported from around the world. And
Georgia, with the offense being led by former University of Hawaii QB Bryant Moniz (27/47 for 243 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT), battled and trailed by only three
When you and your bodacious girlfriend (who, if you’re lucky, looks like Kate Upton) jet off for a summer romp, pack a bag full of slimmed-down cords—and not
Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard, Scottie Pippen and Yi Jianlian will star in Amazing, a Chinese science fiction movie premiering summer 2012 in China that’s been likened to Tron,
On Monday the Arena Football League’s Georgia Force announced that quarterback Kevin Eakin was being placed on Recallable Reassignment, while Bryant Moniz was being moved to the active
Jeremy Lin has managed to break another record in the NBA after recently being named NBA TV’s “Social Breakout Player of the Year.” Lin, the New York Knicks
The Chinese National Team now has its full arsenal of players after Yi Jianlian became the final player to report in Beijing over the weekend. Yi had his
One day you’re all over national television. The next — well, if you’re teen golf sensation Andy Zhang, you’re back to hanging with your buddies in a store.
Each season, and on every team around the globe there are winners, and there are the losers — be that measured in terms of salaries, games started, minutes
Vancouver Whitecaps’ forward Long Tan has expressed frustration over a lack of playing time on Twitter, concluding with, “Please let me go ……. Thanks.” The 24-year-old from Dailan,
Andy Zhang has some work to do on his autograph. And taming a media throng will come in time. Like most 14-year-olds, the youngest competitor in U.S. Open history
With just six weeks before the start of the Summer Games, the top two finishers in the SWATCH 2012 Tour Grand Slam event in Moscow, Russia today proved
Kansas City Royals pitcher Bruce Chen found himself on the wrong end of a crude and racist gesture on Saturday night as teammate and catcher Humberto Quintero approached
PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Golf instructor Gary Gilchrist once said that having a major winner would make the sport really take off in China. Now let’s see if that
Mimco release their new collection Kaleidoscope Cinematopia with Jessica Gomes in a campaign shot in Palm Springs. Mimco creative director Cathryn Wills styled the shoot with a “nostalgic
