In this week’s look at all the latest news in the build-up to the 2022 Olympics and elsewhere:
Continue reading Breaking down China’s latest doping revelations
The Rio Olympics are shaping up to be the most pivotal of recent times.
Not because the sporting action is any more anticipated than at previous Games – far from it – but because the Olympic concept has taken so many knocks in recent years that the very credibility of the Games is under threat.
Continue reading Pressure builds on China as problems circle Rio Olympics
澳大利亚自行车运动员迈克尔•罗杰斯去年赢得了日本杯的冠军，在赛后的药检中他的尿液结果呈阳性，里面有中国人比较熟悉的成分——瘦肉精。据他个人解释，这是因为在参加环北京赛时吃了含有瘦肉精的猪肉，但这个理由似乎有些牵强。
The 99% claim has popped up twice in recent days in the context of Chinese sports, and both times there are less than convincing arguments.
Firstly, a Shanghai Shenhua club lawyer told Sina in reference to Didier Drogba’s contested move to Galatasaray in Turkey:
“We now have evidence which we believe will give Shenhua a 99% chance of winning a lawsuit at FIFA.”
Unnamed legal sources tend to have a habit of exaggeration because they are anonymous –> untraceable –> unaccountable. But I’m pretty sure – 99% sure in fact – that Drogba’s own legal team would have made sure there is a water tight case for breach of contract by Shenhua (presumably for unpaid wages) before he moved to another club.
