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China got off a a rip-roaring start in its 2007 Asian Cup campaign by pounding joint-hosts Malaysia 5-1 on their own turf last night.

In a shockingly-good CSL match, Shanghai Shenhua fought back from behind twice to beat Tianjin 3-2 at a hot and steamy Yuanshen Stadium in Pudong last night.

Off-pitch goings-on again overshadowed play as Shanghai Shenhua notched up their second win of the season, in a fine 3-1 victory against Wuhan.

Yesterday, for the first time since China launched it's professional football league in 1994, Beijing Guoan beat Shanghai Shenhua on their own turf.

Shanghai's first football derby of the season has added spice tonight thanks to the rip-roaring start to the season by the city's second club, Shanghai Liancheng Zobon.

Shanghai Shenhua is among the favourites to lift this year's CSL Championship and begin their 2006 CSL campaign against newly-promoted Changchun Yatai at Hongkou Stadium tomorrow.

Chinese international captain Du Wei is to return to his old club Shanghai Shenhua shorty, after failing to win a long term deal at Glasgow Celtic.

Former Shanghai Shenhua FC defender Du Wei finally made his long-awaited first team debut for Scottish giants Glasgow Celtic yesterday -- but it ended in shambolic farce for player and club and it could well be his only appearance for the SPL side.

Shanghai Shenhua could be about to lose another star in the shape of captain and national team left-back Sun Xiang, the Shanghai Daily reports.

Du Wei, the former Shanghai Shenhua footballer, could be about to make his first-team debut for his new club, Scotland's Celtic FC, which he joined at the beginning of September. Manager Gordon Strachan was quoted as saying by the Shanghai Daily, that his new Chinese charge was acclimatising well to the physical demands of the fast and furious Scottish game:

Shanghai's latest footballing export Du Wei has made his first appearance in the jersey of his new club, Glasgow Celtic, turning out for the reserves in a 1-1 draw with Aberdeen.

Shanghai Shenhua crashed out of the China FA cup on Wednesday night despite fighting back from two goals down against their great northern rivals, Beijing Hyundai, eventually losing 3-2 on aggregate.

He’s off! The long running Du Wei saga is finally over as Chinese football’s man of the moment has sealed a move to Scottish Premier League club Glasgow Celtic. The former European Cup winners completed the signature of the 23-year-old Shanghai Shenhua defender just in time to beat a transfer deadline.

Shanghai Shenhua rocked the house in Xuhui last night to take the honours in an action-packed Shanghai soccer derby by beating city rivals Inter, 2-1, to maintain second place in the China Super League.

Derby fever sweeps the city Saturday night as the city's two biggest football clubs go head-to-head in the China Super League at Shanghai Stadium.

Shanghai Shenhua must drop their £800,000 (11.7 million RMB) price tag for defender Du Wei if he is to join Celtic, says boss Gordon Strachan.

The chances of Shanghai Shenhua FC's Du Wei moving to Celtic FC took a big boost today when the Scottish club's established defender Bobo Balde went AWOL by jetting off to France.

One of China's brightest young soccer stars may be headed to one of the sport's most storied franchises. Shanghai Shenhua defender Du Wei began a weeklong trial with Scotland's Celtic FC on Monday. Du, 6-foot-3 and 23 years old, reportedly comes with an £800,000-£1 million price tag. He would be the second major Asian acquisition for the Glasgow-based Hoops this summer. Last week, Celtic purchased Japanese midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura for £3 million. Du's departure would leave a gaping hole at backfield for Shenhua, currently in third place in the China Super League, 10 points behind league-leader Dalian Shide, with three months left in the season.