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Recent Books by sports personalities that caused big stirs

(China Daily)
Updated: 2010-10-28 08:30

True life - My diving memories

Published: October 2010

About the author: Yu Fen is a former vice head coach of the national diving team, coach of the diving team at Tsinghua University. She has 30-years coaching experience and has trained a number of Olympic champions including Fu Mingxia and Guo Jingjing.

The content of the book includes her long spiritual journey from athlete to coach, and the transition from coaching the national team to guiding the Tsinghua University diving team. The book also reveals her relationship with the divers she trained - particularly four-time Olympic champion, Fu. The story about her argument with Zhou Jihong, the leader of the national diving team, over the splitting of prize money before the 2008 Olympic Games raised eyebrows.

Yuan Weimin and China sports

Published: October 2010

About the author: Yuan Weimin was a former China's sports minister. He led the Chinese delegation to five Summer Olympic Games, two Winter Olympic Games and five Asian Games.

His book disclosed some inside stories that had never been made public. For example, why did the world-renowned "Ma's army" suddenly disappear at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games? Why the women's volleyball team cheat at the 2003 World Championships? Some of the content was even more controversial as he alleged He Zhenliang, China's former International Olympic Committee executive board member, did something against the nation's interests tanks during Beijing's 2008 Olympic Games bid (He denied the allegation).

Inside stories of China's soccer

Published: January 2009

About the authors:

This book was jointly written by China's famous soccer commentator Li Chengpeng, Soccer News chief editor Liu Xiaoxin and senior reporter Wu Celi.

The authors interviewed about 130 relevant people in a bid to uncover the match-fixing and corruption scandals in China's professional soccer league. While China launched a huge crackdown against match-fixing and corruption in the sport which arrested or detained some once-famed senior officials, coaches, players and referees, the book hit the headlines again as several people mentioned in it have threatened to sue the authors.