A surprise gold medal at the Athens Olympics has lifted China's canoeing team into the spotlight, but the squad is not going to rely on that sort of luck at the Beijing Games.
KUALA LUMPUR: Liang Wenchong has become the first Chinese player to join the Asian Tour's million-dollar club, enjoying a rare occasion of beating mentor and idol Zhang Lianwei to the accolade.
Veterans Wang Liqin and Wang Nan will lead an all-star Chinese team to the World Championships in Zagreb later this month.
Men's team (prefix number denotes world ranking):
As the ancient saying goes, a perfect animal has the eyes of the hawk, strength of the bear, blood-thirst of the wolf and speed of the leopard but that animal only exists in a dream. Unlike soccer, basketball or volleyball, table tennis is an individual game that exposes each player's strengths and weaknesses
Indian stalwart Gaurav Ghei grabbed the first-round lead after a solid seven-under-par 65 with American star John Daly lurking two strokes back at the Pine Valley Beijing Open yesterday.
Chief officials of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) have underlined the important role China plays in university sports, and expressed high hopes for the 2009 Harbin Winter Universiade Games and 2011 Shenzhen Summer Universiade Games.
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