Wednesday, June 1, 2016

China's Soccer Pitch by Charlie Campbell

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: April 18, 2016
Article: China's Soccer Pitch
Page: 43
Author:  Charlie Campbell
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Questions
1. What is the name of the world's biggest soccer school?
2. In which city is the school located?
3. In which country is the school located?
4. How many students does this school have?
5. In what year did the school open?
6. What is the name of the U12 Coach?
7. What is the name of China's professional soccer league?
8. In what month does the season begin?
9. How much money in transfer fees did the Chinese Super League spend in 2016?
10. Which domestic league spent the most in transfer fees in 2016?
11. Which domestic league spent the second most in transfer fees?
12. Which domestic league spent the third most in transfer fees?
13. Which two Brazilian stars play in China?
14. What were Alex Teixeira and Ramires Santos combine transfer fee?
15. How are Chinese soccer clubs getting their money for the transfer fees?
16. Who owns China Media Capital?
17. How much money did China Media Capital buy the Chinese Soccer League television rights for 2016-2020?
18. Who is sponsoring this soccer growth in China?
19. What is Chinese President Xi Jinping's 50 Point road map?
20. Which World Cup does China want to host?
21. Which company became the first Asian company to sign up as a top-tier FIFA Sponsor?
22. What company does Wang Jianlin own?
23. How many gold medals did China win at the 2008 Beijing Olympics?
24. What is the name of China's National Team?
25. Who is the founder of the Wild East Football Chinese Soccer Blog?
26. Do the Chinese have a culture of corruption?
27. Who were the teams involved in a match fixing scandal in 2009?
28. What is the name of one referee that has been jailed for corruption?
29. What is the name of one soccer agent in Guangzhou?
30. Do sports or academia rule in China?
31. In which two countries is soccer seen as a way out of the barrio or favela?
32. What two sports are placed high for Chinese youth?
33. Who is a household name in Japan?
34. In what TV show does "Tomsan's Soccer Technics" appear?
35. What is the name of the best-selling manga comic?
36. Who is Chief Adviser to the Ministry of Education's soccer-in-schools program?
37. Who said, "everyone thinks it's a kicking game when really it's about controlling the ball"?
38. Who backs Tom Byer's research?

Reference
http://sports.sina.com.cn/csl/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Super_League
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evergrande_football_school
http://www.transfermarkt.com/alex-teixeira/profil/spieler/66515
http://www.transfermarkt.com/ramires/profil/spieler/54170
https://es.linkedin.com/in/sergio-zarco-diaz-54710191
http://www.wanda-group.com/
http://wildeastfootball.net/
http://tomsan.com/en/
http://www.ohast.jp/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CoroCoro_Comic

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