The China Table Tennis Super League will start this weekend without a single foreign player, the organizers announced on Monday.
Basketball enthusiasts from as far away as Australia and France descended on the famous tourist city of Guilin in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region last weekend for a tournament with a difference.
With injuries and early exits resulting in a disappointing French Open performance, China's national team head coach Jiang Hongwei has warned the players must snap out of their funk if they want to keep the Olympic dream alive.
"Little Emperor", "Warrior" and "Stone Pillar". In China, LeBron James, Shaquille O'Neil and Tim Duncan sound more like kung fu legends than NBA superstars.
China's NBA prospect Yi Jianlian will enter the 2007 Draft amid high expectations, but Team USA big man Dwight Howard has warned it will take mental toughness - and cartoons - for him to prosper as a rookie.
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