What are the top ten sports news in China in 2017 as rated by the Sports Department of Xinhua News Agency?

On December 27, the Sports Department of Xinhua News Agency selected the top ten sports news in China in 2017 (in order of the time of occurrence):

1. Sports reform continues to deepen

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On January 5, the Football Management Center of the State Sports General Administration was officially cancelled. On February 23, Yao Ming was elected chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association. On April 1, the Chinese Basketball Association began to assume the responsibilities of the Basketball Sports Management Center of the State Sports General Administration. Football and basketball associations perform their duties as independent corporate entities. Since then, many former athletes and coaches, including Li Yan and Zhou Jihong, have become presidents of individual sports associations. New policies such as the Chinese Super League and CBA’s new policies and cross-border talent selection are frequently adopted.

2. Xinjiang won the CBA championship for the first time

On April 7, Xinjiang Guanghui team defeated Guangdong Hongyuan team with a total score of 4:0 and won the CBA 2016-2017 season championship. champion. Xinjiang became the sixth team to have its name engraved on the CBA trophy after Bayi, Shanghai, Guangdong, Beijing and Sichuan.

3. Chinese football continues to improve

On May 10, the Asian Football Club Champions League group stage ended. The three participating Chinese Super League teams Guangzhou Evergrande, Shanghai SIPG, and Jiangsu Suning made history by qualifying all groups and entering the top 16.

In the top 12 Asian qualifiers for the 2018 World Cup, the Chinese team ranked fifth in the group with 12 points and missed the World Cup finals. However, in the final battle on September 5, they played a bloody game , reversed and defeated the Qatar team.

4. Table tennis players were punished for abandoning the game

On June 23, at the China Table Tennis Open held in Chengdu, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong and head coach Qin Zhijian , Ma Lin, abandoned the game without the approval of the China Table Tennis Association, and the State Sports General Administration immediately criticized it. The next day, the China Table Tennis Association stated that it was deeply shocked and saddened to abandon the game and explained the reason why the former head coach Liu Guoliang resigned; the Chinese Table Tennis Team apologized for abandoning the game.

At the end of October, the ITTF fined three Chinese athletes US$20,000 each for abandoning the competition.

5. Another breakthrough in basic sports swimming and track and field

At the World Swimming Championships in July, Sun Yang won two gold medals in the men's 200-meter and 400-meter freestyle. At the World Championships, he won gold medals in all four freestyle events from 200 to 1,500 meters, and achieved three consecutive championships in the 400-meter freestyle. Xu Jiayu won China's first gold medal in men's backstroke world championships in the 100-meter backstroke.

At the World Athletics Championships in August, the Chinese team achieved the second-best results in history after 1993 with 2 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 2 bronze medals. Gong Lijiao, who participated in the World Championships for the sixth time, won the women's shot put world championship for the first time. She also became the first Chinese athlete to win the IAAF Diamond Award this season.

6. The 13th National Games was successfully held

The 13th National Games of the People’s Republic of China was held in Tianjin from August 27 to September 8 , a team of 3 players exceeded 4 world records 4 times, 2 players exceeded 3 Asian records 3 times, and a team of 9 players broke 11 national records 11 times.

This Games has introduced many new measures, including: 19 new mass competitions; there will be no gold medal list or medal list; Chinese and overseas Chinese athletes will be invited to participate, and high-level amateur athletes and professional athletes will be allowed to compete together. Competition; encourage local representative teams to cooperate in technical and tactical coordination projects to form teams to compete, etc.

7. The Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team won the Grand Champions Cup again after 16 years

In the Women’s Volleyball Grand Champions Cup held in September, the Chinese Women’s Volleyball Team won five out of five games and won the title one round ahead of schedule. Win the championship. The Women's Volleyball Grand Champions Cup is held every four years. This is the first time in 16 years that the Chinese women's volleyball team has won this crown. Zhu Ting won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of this year's Grand Champions Cup.

8. Xiao Ruoteng won the men's all-around gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships

On October 5, Xiao Ruoteng won the men's all-around gold medal at the 47th World Gymnastics Championships in Montreal, Canada. Lin Chao Pan won the silver medal, and the Chinese team won the all-around championship and runner-up at the World Championships for the first time. This is also the first time in 10 years for a Chinese athlete to win the men's all-around gold medal at the World Championships after Yang Wei.

9. Feng Shanshan ranks first in the world of women’s golf

On November 11, Chinese golf star Feng Shanshan won the ninth place in her career at the Blue Bay Masters in Lingshui, Hainan LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) champion, thus rising to No. 1 in the women's professional golf world rankings. She is also the first mainland Chinese player to reach the top spot in the world.

10. The Beijing Winter Olympics emblem was released

On December 15, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics emblem "Winter Dream" and the Winter Paralympics emblem "Leap" were unveiled in the country The swimming center "Water Cube" was released. The Beijing Winter Olympics emblem "Winter Dream" is inspired by the Chinese character "winter", while the Beijing Winter Paralympics emblem design shows the dynamics and strength of the Chinese character "fly".