Veteran Ma Long will play the role of the backbone in this World Table Tennis Championships. (Footage) issued.
Reporter Yin Chengjun.
On the morning of the 16th, Beijing time, the team competition of the Busan World Table Tennis Championships kicked off. In this World Table Tennis Championships, in addition to working hard to win the team championship, the biggest task of the Chinese men's and women's teams is to train for this year's Paris Olympics.
The short track speed skating competition of the 14th National Winter Games started in Hailar District, Hulunbuir City on the 15th, and a number of Winter Olympic champions participated in the competition, which made the popularity of the event rise sharply.
Zike doubled the shot, and AC Milan defeated the French team Rennes 3-0 in the Europa League play-offs to seize the opportunity to advance. In addition, Roma drew 1-1 with Feyenoord, Benfica beat Toulouse 2-1, Shakhtar drew 2-2 with Marseille and Sporting beat Bern Juniors 3-1.
FIFA released the latest world rankings, and the Chinese men's football team slipped to 88th, the worst result in nearly eight years. Qatar, who defended their title at the Asian Cup, are the most improved team, rising 21 places in the world rankings and are now ranked 37th in the world.
World Table Tennis Championships: The Chinese team will not let the championship fall aside.
The Busan World Table Tennis Championships started on the 16th Beijing time, and this time it was a team competition, with 40 teams from each of the men's and women's teams. The Chinese men's and women's teams will not let the championship fall behind this time, and their other important task is to train for the imminent Paris Olympics through the actual battle of the World Table Tennis Championships.
There are a total of ten players from the Chinese team participating in this World Table Tennis Championships, namely Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, and Lin Gaoyuan of the men's team; Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Chen Xingtong of the women's team. They represent the highest level of Chinese table tennis at the moment.
In the first round of the group stage on the morning of the 16th, the Chinese women's team will play against the Indian team. They will next face Uzbekistan, Spain and Hungary in the group stage. The Chinese men's team's group stage opponents are Belgium, Cuba, Hungary and Croatia.
This competition is the last major team event before the Paris Olympics, and its value is self-evident. While securing the championship, the Chinese team is also training for the Paris Olympics and selecting the most suitable players to participate in the Olympic Games through the test of the competition.
Winter Games: Winter Olympic champions competed in the short track speed skating field, and Wu Dajing and Liu Shaolin brothers appeared one after another.
On the 15th, the short track speed skating competition of the 14th National Winter Games was held in Hailar District, Hulunbuir City, and speed skaters including Winter Olympic champions Wu Dajing, Qu Chunyu and Fan Kexin gathered together to attack the gold medals in various events.
In the first women's 1500m quarterfinals, Qu Chunyu, the Winter Olympic champion who represented Tianjin, successfully advanced. In the men's 1500m quarterfinals, Liu Shaolin and Liu Shaoang, who represented Tianjin, both advanced. Ren Ziwei and Lin Xiaojun represented Heilongjiang and successfully entered the next round.
In the men's 500m preliminaries, Wu Dajing and Lin Xiaojun, who represented Jilin, were in the same group, and staged a "Wu" and "Lin" duel for the audience in advance, and finally Lin Xiaojun and Wu Dajing won the top two in the group and entered the second round. Liu Shaolin failed to advance due to a foul.
Europa League. AC Milan beat Rennes 3-0, and new signing Zique shined.
In the early morning of the 16th, Beijing time, the Europa League play-offs ushered in the first leg of the competition. One of the most eye-catching matches was AC Milan's home game against Ligue 1 side Rennes. In the end, the "Rossoneri" scored three goals in a row to win the opponent.
With no hope of winning the Serie A tournament, AC Milan shifted their focus to the Europa League. The Rossoneri fielded the strongest squad for this game, and Zike, who had just joined AC Milan this season, was at the best stage of his career.
In the 32nd minute, Florenzi's cross was scored by Zike's header to give AC Milan a 1-0 lead. In the 47th minute, the "Rossoneri" took a corner kick, Kyle's header was blocked by the Rennes goalkeeper, and Zike missed a brace. In the 52nd minute, Milan twin stars Te'o and Leon made a wonderful cooperation in the opponent's penalty area, and Leon scored the third goal by pushing the shot.
Chinese men's football team: The Chinese team slipped to 88th in the world ranking.
On the 15th, Beijing time, FIFA announced the latest world rankings. Since there were matches in the Asian Cup and Africa Cup of Nations last month, most of the Asian and African teams have changed in the standings. The Chinese team slipped nine places, their worst result in nearly eight years.
In the Asian Cup, the Chinese team performed very poorly, drawing two and losing one in three group games, and did not even score a goal, so the world ranking fell further to 88th, ranking 13th among Asian teams.
China's all-time low ranking was 109th in March 2013, after rising to 96th in the world in March 2016 and 81st in April of that year. Since then, the team's lowest world ranking has been 86th. Therefore, this ranking of the Chinese team has set the worst record in the past eight years.
Qatar and Jordan, who won and finished runners-up in the Asian Cup, were the big winners. Qatar has risen 21 places to 37th in the world and 5th in Asia, ahead of Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan. Jordan climbed 17 places to No. 70 in the world and No. 10 in Asia.
South Korea: Klinsmann was questioned by the Korean Football Association, and the countdown to the end of class may have begun.
At noon on the 15th, Beijing time, the South Korean Football Association organized a special meeting to discuss the gains and losses of the South Korean team in the Asian Cup and the coaching ability of head coach Klinsmann. In the end, the majority of those who attended the meeting agreed that the South Korean team should change their head coach. However, whether Klinsmann will step down still needs the decision of the chairman of the Football Association, Zheng Mengkui, and the executive committee.
At the meeting, Klinsmann explained his performance in the Asian Cup, saying that he did not believe that he was lacking in tactics and that the team's poor performance was the result of infighting. The participants of the Korean Football Association pointed out three problems: first, the lack of tactical preparation against the Jordanian team in the knockout round; the second is that Li Gangren's "table tennis incident" reflects the loopholes in the team's management; Third, Klinsmann has not fulfilled his promise when he signed the contract, and he has no credibility at all.
Of course, not everyone thinks Klinsmann has to be dismissed. Opponents hold the following views: first, there is no problem with Klinsmann's work attitude, and the results in the world preliminaries are also relatively good, so he cannot change the coach at a critical moment; second, the contradiction between Lee Gang-in and Son Heung-min already exists outside the South Korean national team; Third, Klinsmann led the team to the semi-finals of the Asian Cup, which has fulfilled the minimum requirements when he signed the contract.
Eventually, it was decided that Klinsmann no longer had the leadership skills to be the head coach of the South Korean national team and that a change of coach was needed. However, this meeting has no decision-making power, and only serves as an advisor and suggestion. In the end, it is still necessary for Zheng Mengkui, chairman of the Football Association, to make a decision after convening the executive committee.
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