Chinese Super League season may get underway in late June or early July, says Guangzhou Evergrande CEO
4 years, 8 months ago

Chinese Super League season may get underway in late June or early July, says Guangzhou Evergrande CEO

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The Chinese Super League looks set to start its new season at the end of June or in early July and will not have to shorten the campaign, Guangzhou R&F CEO Huang Shenghua has said. “Based on the assessment of the current situation, the new season will start at the end of June or the beginning of July,” Xinhua quoted Huang as saying on Sunday. The Chinese Football Association have yet to announce a start date, with travel restrictions for foreigners to prevent the spread of the virus through imported cases proving one of the stumbling blocks. Former Manchester United midfielder Marouane Fellaini became the first CSL player to return a positive test for the virus upon his arrival in China last month and the Belgian was forced into a 14-day quarantine.

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Chinese Super League: Former champion Guangzhou FC denied permission to play in 2025
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3 days, 4 hours ago

Chinese Super League: Former champion Guangzhou FC denied permission to play in 2025

The Hindu  

Former Asian champion Guangzhou FC will not play professionally in 2025 after the Chinese Football Association did not grant the eight-time Chinese Super League winner permission to play in the coming campaign due to the club’s financial issues. Property developers China Evergrande purchased the club after relegation to China’s second tier in 2010 and invested heavily, paying inflated transfer fees …

Indian Super League Season 10 to Start on September 21, Will Not be Postponed for Asian Games
1 year, 4 months ago

Indian Super League Season 10 to Start on September 21, Will Not be Postponed for Asian Games

News 18  

The Indian Super League will not be postponed and will start on the pre-decided date of September 21, a Football Sports Development Limited spokesperson confirmed to News18.com on Thursday. The Indian Super League is slated to start on September 21 with the Asian Games beginning a day after on September 23 in Hangzhou, China. “We very much understand that this …

China reverts to home-and-away format as COVID restrictions lifted
1 year, 11 months ago

China reverts to home-and-away format as COVID restrictions lifted

The Hindu  

All matches in the Chinese Super League will be played using the home-and-away format this year, the Chinese Football Association said on Tuesday, bringing to an end three seasons of COVID-19 restrictions. The Chinese league system was heavily disrupted by COVID-19 restrictions, with matches played in centralised biosecure hubs without spectators during the first two years of the pandemic. Efforts …

Chinese Super League disrupted again by zero-COVID policy
2 years, 3 months ago

Chinese Super League disrupted again by zero-COVID policy

The Hindu  

Barely a month after the Chinese Super League returned to its home-and-away format for the first time in more than two years, the country’s COVID-19 policy is causing further disruption to a competition still reeling from the pandemic. Wuhan, last season’s China League One winners, hold a four-point advantage over defending champions Shandong but when the clubs will be able …

Guangzhou, Suzhou to host Chinese Super League's opening rounds
3 years, 9 months ago

Guangzhou, Suzhou to host Chinese Super League's opening rounds

The Hindu  

The opening rounds of the 2021 Chinese Super League season will be held in bio-secure hubs in Guangzhou and Suzhou, the Chinese Football Association have announced, with the new campaign to begin on April 20. Eight-time champions Guangzhou FC, who was runners-up last year, will feature in group A in their home city alongside Chinese FA Cup winners Shandong Taishan …

Chinese Super League starts season more than 5 months late
4 years, 5 months ago

Chinese Super League starts season more than 5 months late

The Hindu  

Eight-time champion Guangzhou Evergrande began its Chinese Super League title defense on Saturday after a five-month delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Guangzhou played Shanghai Shenhua at the Dalian Sports Center Stadium while Wuzan Zall took on Qingdao Huanghai at the Suzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium. Sixteen teams have been divided into two groups to play without spectators in hubs …

Delayed Chinese Super League season to kick off on July 25
4 years, 6 months ago

Delayed Chinese Super League season to kick off on July 25

The Hindu  

The Chinese Super League will kick off on July 25 after a delay of almost five months from its scheduled start, the Chinese Football Association said on Wednesday. “China's battle to prevent and control the epidemic has achieved major strategic results and the national epidemic prevention and control situation continues to improve,” the CFA said in a statement. “To satisfy …

Coronavirus Outbreak: Premier League cleared by government to pursue 17 June restart in closed stadiums
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus Outbreak: Premier League cleared by government to pursue 17 June restart in closed stadiums

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The Premier League season is now due to end on the weekend of 25-26 July, more than two months after originally scheduled. Manchester: The Premier League was given government approval on Saturday to press ahead with its 17 June restart although players will have to stay apart during goal celebrations and disputes to maintain social distancing. “There is still much …

Coronavirus: Economic woes take toll on Chinese football clubs
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus: Economic woes take toll on Chinese football clubs

The Hindu  

Economic woes are taking a toll on China’s professional football clubs, with 11 being disqualified for failing to pay wages and five closing shop on their terms, including last season’s Chinese Super League side Tianjin Tianhai. READ| Tianjin Tianhai withdrew on May 12 amid heavy debts, only three seasons after former World Cup winner Fabio Cannavaro guided it into the …

China football draws up coronavirus battle plan
4 years, 7 months ago

China football draws up coronavirus battle plan

The Hindu  

The Chinese Super League will be stripped of exuberant goal celebrations - and fans - as it attempts to start during the coronavirus pandemic, reports said on Wednesday. The CSL has ambitions of launching the season in late June or early July, and Chinese football authorities have drawn up detailed plans to keep players and fans safe. The Chinese Football …

Chinese Super League outfit Tianjin Tianhai fold amid bankruptcy
4 years, 7 months ago

Chinese Super League outfit Tianjin Tianhai fold amid bankruptcy

The Hindu  

Chinese Super League club Tianjin Tianhai has declared bankruptcy and ceased operations. Tianjin, which was previously coached by Italy's 2006 World Cup-winning captain Fabio Cannavaro and count Alexandre Pato and Axel Witsel among their former players, has struggled financially since its owner Shu Yuhui was arrested for organising and leading a pyramid scheme last year. READ | "After a period …

China include three foreign-born players in national squad for first time as team gets ready for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers
4 years, 7 months ago

China include three foreign-born players in national squad for first time as team gets ready for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

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China has included three naturalised players in the national squad for the first time as coach Li Tie has gathered the side in Shanghai for training. Titan Sports reported Brazilian-born Elkeson and Aloisio, and former Arsenal player Nico Yennaris, who was born in England, joined the camp as China begin preparations for 2022 World Cup qualifiers postponed in March due …

Coronavirus: How Europe's top league will react to Ligue 1 cancelling their season
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus: How Europe's top league will react to Ligue 1 cancelling their season

Daily Mail  

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 - becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Matchroom Boxing has also postponed all events scheduled for March and April, including Josh Kelly's European title fight against Russia's David Avanesyan. The IPL franchises are On March …

COVID-19: Chinese football agonises over wage cuts
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19: Chinese football agonises over wage cuts

The Hindu  

Chinese Super League players were under growing pressure on Tuesday to take a pay cut in line with the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, as coronavirus hits football hard. State-run Xinhua news agency published a lengthy article debating whether CSL clubs should follow Messi’s Barcelona and Ronaldo’s Juventus in temporarily cutting salaries by as much as 70 percent. …

Premier League club suggests possibility of finishing current season in China
4 years, 9 months ago

Premier League club suggests possibility of finishing current season in China

Daily Mail  

2020 OLYMPIC GAMES The 2020 Olympic Games has been postponed until 2021 on March 24 - becoming one of the last major sporting events this summer to fall victim to the coronavirus. Matchroom Boxing has also postponed all events scheduled for March and April, including Josh Kelly's European title fight against Russia's David Avanesyan. The IPL franchises are On March …

No resumption of sports events in COVID-19-scarred China
4 years, 9 months ago

No resumption of sports events in COVID-19-scarred China

The Hindu  

China's government, on Tuesday, ruled out an immediate resumption of major sporting events, including football and basketball, as the country faces a second wave of coronavirus cases from abroad. There had been speculation that the Chinese football and basketball seasons could get going in the next few weeks, after numbers of locally transmitted cases dwindled. The General Administration of Sport …

Coronavirus outbreak: Premier League eye June return to complete season over 6 weeks
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus outbreak: Premier League eye June return to complete season over 6 weeks

India Today  

The English Premier League is tentatively targeting a resumption on June 1 with a view to completing the season over six weeks before making an August start to the 2020-21 campaign, the Sunday Telegraph reported on Sunday. The report said the sketchy plan was a best-case scenario aimed at mitigating the heavy losses clubs are sustaining as they continue to …

Chinese football teams rush home to avoid coronavirus
4 years, 9 months ago

Chinese football teams rush home to avoid coronavirus

The Hindu  

Most Chinese Super League clubs fled abroad when the deadly coronavirus hit the country but they are now rushing back again as it takes hold elsewhere. The national side is still training in Dubai -- where many CSL teams also went in recent weeks -- but it, too, is now making hasty arrangements to get home as soon as possible. …

Sport will rebound in China but coronavirus exposes flaws
4 years, 10 months ago

Sport will rebound in China but coronavirus exposes flaws

The Hindu  

The coronavirus exposes an ignorance of China's lucrative sports market and poor contingency planning, experts say, after Formula One became the most high-profile casualty of a mass pullout from the country. “The current health issues have exposed how distant many international sport stakeholders are from China, in terms of both geographic distance and cultural understanding,” Chadwick said. In the summer …

Coronavirus: Three AFC Champions League group games postponed
4 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus: Three AFC Champions League group games postponed

The Hindu  

Chinese clubs in the AFC Champions League have seen their first three group games postponed due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus. The AFC's decision came after an emergency meeting in Kuala Lumpur was called after failed initial attempts to have all four Chinese clubs play their first three group games away from home. The AFC put forward …

Chinese Super League postponed due to coronavirus
4 years, 11 months ago

Chinese Super League postponed due to coronavirus

The Hindu  

The Chinese Super League has been postponed following the Chinese Football Association's announcement amid the coronavirus outbreak. READ | IAAF World Indoor Athletics championships in China postponed due to coronavirus "The Chinese Football Association will continue to maintain close communication with national authorities, determine the timing of each season's events in combination with the actual development of the epidemic situation …

China delays start of football season as Wuhan coronavirus cases top 7,000
4 years, 11 months ago

China delays start of football season as Wuhan coronavirus cases top 7,000

CNN  

CNN — All football matches in mainland China will be postponed because of the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak, according to the country’s governing football body. This year’s Chinese FA Super Cup game, a match between China FA Cup winner Shanghai Shenhua and Chinese Super League champion Guangzhou Evergrande, had been scheduled for February 15. In a statement on its website, the …

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