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2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Yao Ming's return and China's best golf coursesPosted by Maggie Rauch, July 21, 2008 10:19 AM
Yao Ming This roundup of the past week's sporting news is from China Sports Today. Yao Ming rejoined the Chinese national team Thursday night in a game against Serbia. The Houston Rockets center had been out with a stress fracture in his foot since February (report). City Weekend’s Olympic guide hit newsstands this week, with a complete games schedule, venue map and a roundup of Beijing’s best sports bars. Golf Digest published its rankings of Chinese golf courses. Two courses at Kunming’s Spring City Golf & Lake Resort occupy the top two positions (report). China’s women’s volleyball team, gold medalists at the last Olympic games, faces a tough road to a repeat. The team came in fifth at the FIVB World Grand Prix last weekend (report). BOCOG (Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games) released its list of items banned from Olympic venues. Leave behind your walkie-talkies, firecrackers and “flags of countries and regions not participating either in the Beijing Olympic Games or Paralympic Games” (report). Shanghai Shenhua beat Dalian Shide 3-1 in a Chinese Football Association match at Hongkou Stadium in Shanghai last week (full match report here). Foreign broadcasters reached more agreements with BOCOG about reporting rights and American broadcaster NBC announced an unprecedented amount of Olympic coverage (report).
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