Now open for broadcasting

This roundup of the last week’s China sports news is from China Sports Today

• Canadian TV network CBC says it and other networks have re-secured rights to broadcast live from Tiananmen Square during the Olympics. That knocks one off of a list of gripes that foreign media have with the Beijing Olympic Committee (full report).

• A 2-1 loss to Qatar was China’s third in three World Cup-qualifying matches this year. The loss sealed China’s fate—the team will not compete in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa (report).

• NBA player Yi Jianlian seems to be settling just fine into his role with the Chinese national basketball team. In three exhibition victories over Croatia’s B Team, he averaged 17 points a game (report). Meanwhile, rumors swirled about a possible return to the team for Yao Ming in late July (report).

• China officially announced the six players who will represent the country in table tennis at the Olympics. CST introduces you to this dream team, made up entirely of Olympic medal winners (report).

• Daedalum Films has created a 17 minute documentary about golfer Zhou Xunshu (report), the subject of an upcoming book by Shanghaiist.com editor Dan Washburn.