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China: Lose-lose Situation for Football

Friday, August 15th, 2008 @ 05:41 UTC

by Oiwan Lam

Countries:: China
Topics:: Sport
Languages:: Chinese
Special:: Olympics

This post is from our coverage of the 2008 Olympics in Beijing China, curated by John Kennedy and sponsored by Reuters. · All posts

Xueyung criticized the Chinese football team at the Olympics and said that the team not only lost the match but also their image. However, the blogger pointed out that the football fans also need to be responsible for the situation.

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