Talking Balls: Dopes, Mopes and Title Hopes

The National Games is just a hotbed of controversy. Last week it was diving being fixed and this week it’s rowers failing dope tests and shouts of shenanigans in the trampolining. Claims that the trampolining was fixed came from He Wennan. The Olympic gold medalist was unhappy at not winning and has since “retracted” her statement.

In good news, Liu Zige broke the World Record in the 200m Butterfly. She can add that to her Olympic Gold.

Ryan Griffiths scored both for Guoan in a 2-0 win over Guangzhou. He then showed the infamous “OK” sign in support of his brother Joel. There are two games left and Guoan could still win the title. Guoan play away in Dalian this weekend. The bad news is that Dalian have only lost once at home this season. Henan Construction, who Guoan lead only on goal difference, plays Tianjin. There are worries that Tianjin may not put up much of a fight, so as to derail Beijing’s title bid. Some worry that Tianjin may even lose 6-0 to Henan so that they can make up the goal difference.

F1 World Champion, Jenson Button will be at the Race of Champions in Beijing. The news is that he will be riding with Suo Ni. The TV presenter won this opportunity at a charity ball. This event has now become even stranger than cars on a football pitch.