Raising the nation's game
9 months, 1 week ago

Raising the nation's game

China Daily  

Slumping squads The underachieving men's soccer and basketball national programs have at times overshadowed the huge strides made by Chinese athletes elsewhere, much to the chagrin of fans. After missing out on qualification for the FIFA World Cup for the fifth time in a row at Qatar 2022, the Chinese men's soccer team sank to a new low when it crashed out of the Asian Cup in January with a scoreless, worst-ever 18th-place finish at the continental event. The rampant abuse of power, match-fixing and bribery, revealed by China's central anti-graft authority and involving former CFA president Chen Xuyuan, the association's former Party chief Du Zhaocai and former national team coach Li Tie, should be blamed for the sport's stagnant development and poor management, said Gao. "Reforms on all fronts are needed and we are planning to improve the quality of the national team's training programs as well as the CBA league's operations," Yao, also a deputy to the 14th NPC, told China Central Television last week.

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