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Football: Lippi's Guangzhou poised for Asian knock-outs

April 9, 2013 10:47
Marcello Lippi's Guangzhou Evergrande knocked Thai strugglers Muangthong United out of the AFC Champions League and moved to within a whisker of the last 16 with a 4-1 rout on Tuesday. A quickfire double from Brazilian forward Muriqui sent Guangzhou on their way at Muangthong's Thunderdome Stadium as the Chinese champions stretched their Group F lead to four points with two games to go.

Football: Lippi's Guangzhou primed for last 16

April 8, 2013 04:30
Marcello Lippi's Guangzhou Evergrande can ease into the last 16 with room to spare this week as they press their bid to become the AFC Champions League's first Chinese winners. Guangzhou put four unanswered goals past Muangthong United a week ago and another win against the Thais could put them into the knock-out phase with two group games left, provided Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors beat Urawa Red Diamonds.

Football: Conca the conqueror inspires Guangzhou rout

April 3, 2013 18:30
Argentine wizard Dario Conca inspired Guangzhou Evergrande to a 4-0 win over Muangthong United and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Kashiwa Reysol also enjoyed big victories as goals flowed in the AFC Champions League Wednesday. Guangzhou, the Chinese double-winners led by World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi, were matched until the break by the battling Thais before Conca started a second-half rout with a 51st-minute header, and finished it with a coolly taken penalty in injury time.

Football: Conca the conqueror inspires Guangzhou rout

April 3, 2013 11:06
Argentine wizard Dario Conca inspired Guangzhou Evergrande to a 4-0 win over Muangthong United and Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors and Kashiwa Reysol also enjoyed big victories as goals flowed in the AFC Champions League Wednesday. Guangzhou, the Chinese double-winners led by World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi, were matched until the break by the battling Thais before Conca started a second-half rout with a 51st-minute header, and finished it with a coolly taken penalty in injury time.

Football: Beckham open to playing on

March 20, 2013 05:45
Football superstar David Beckham refused Wednesday to rule out playing beyond the end of this season, when his current contract with French side Paris Saint-Germain ends. Speaking at a news conference unveiling him as an ambassador for the Chinese Super League (CSL), the former England captain left open the possibility of his playing in China.

Football: Tense draw for Chinese, Japanese teams in Nanjing

March 12, 2013 11:08
Jiangsu Sainty played out a tense 0-0 draw with Japan's Vegalta Sendai under tight security but with no violent flare-ups Tuesday in Nanjing, scene of a notorious massacre by Japanese troops. In a highly charged atmosphere, about 6,000 police were at the Olympic Sports Center stadium and occasional taunts were directed at the small group of around 100 Japanese fans, who were gathered together and under heavy guard.

Football: Guangzhou fight back to draw Jeonbuk in ACL

March 12, 2013 09:45
Marcello Lippi's Guangzhou Evergrande fought back from behind to earn a 1-1 away draw with former title-holders Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors in a pulsating AFC Champions League group game on Tuesday. The Chinese champions fell behind to a first-half strike from Jeonbuk's Kim Jung-Woo, and the hosts nearly went further ahead when Australian defender Alex Wilkinson and Brazilian midfielder Leonardo both went close with headers.

Football: Tension as Nanjing hosts Japanese team

March 12, 2013 06:00
Coachloads of police were deployed Tuesday for a Japanese football club's match in Nanjing, scene of the worst atrocities of Japan's 1930s invasion of China, which still weighs heavily on ties. Beijing and Tokyo are embroiled in a bitter dispute over islands in the East China Sea, and tensions are expected to be high on the pitch for the AFC Champions League game between Japan's Vegalta Sendai and home side Jiangsu Sainty.

Football: Tension as Nanjing hosts Japanese team

March 12, 2013 06:00
Coachloads of police were deployed Tuesday for a Japanese football club's match in Nanjing, scene of the worst atrocities of Japan's 1930s invasion of China, which still weighs heavily on ties. Beijing and Tokyo are embroiled in a bitter dispute over islands in the East China Sea, and tensions are expected to be high on the pitch for the AFC Champions League game between Japan's Vegalta Sendai and home side Jiangsu Sainty.

Football: Tension as Nanjing hosts Japanese team

March 11, 2013 17:30
Heightened security will be deployed Tuesday for a Japanese team's football match in Nanjing, where the worst atrocities of the brutal invasion of China by Japan's Imperial Army took place. Tensions are expected to be high on the pitch for the AFC Champions League game between Japan's Vegalta Sendai and China's Jiangsu Sainty. It is thought to be the first senior men's football game involving a Japanese team in Nanjing, where invading troops launched a brutal massacre in 1937.
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