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Olympic tickets and basketballPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, May 5, 2008 4:43 PM
 On sale from May 5 to 9 This is a roundup of the past week's Chinese sports news from China Sports Today. • Want to buy Olympics tickets? Today was the first day to line up at most Bank of China branches to apply for tickets (no guarantee you'll get what you ask for, see report). • The CEO of NBA China and three other panelists spoke in Beijing about basketball’s future in China (see report). • Mercedes-Benz hopes that signing Roger Federer to endorse and participate ina variety of activities will help the automaker stake a bigger claim on the Chinese market. Mercedes is also partnering with the Chinese Tennis Association on a new national youth development program (see report). • Darren Clarke won the BMW Open in an exciting finish at Tomson Shanghai Pudong Golf Club (see report) |
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Comments on Olympic tickets and basketball
I spent an hour yesterday trying to buy tickets online for the mountainbiking event. I gave up after repeatedly getting various error messages. It also kept asking me to sign in which was annoying.