Didier Drogba could still be coming to Shanghai after all. The Oriental Morning Post reported this morning that the Chelsea striker flew to Singapore today to meet with Shanghai Shenhua owner Zhu Jun, as well as two French agents and a Chinese deputy, to discuss a contract with the team. This comes just a few days after Shenhua player-coach and former Chelsea teammate Nicolas Anelka hinted to reporters that Drogba would probably stay in London. more ›

After weeks of speculation, Shanghai Shenhua finally confirmed this morning that head coach Jean Tigana was indeed dimissed from the team. more ›

A female reporter with the Xinmin Evening News in Shanghai, who was reportedly beaten up by Dalian Football Association secretary-general Guo Jun in Liaoning Province last weekend, is refusing to accept the club's official apology for the incident. more ›

The drama between Shanghai Shenhua and Jean Tigana escalated yesterday after the team's former head coach threatened to get FIFA involved. more ›

The Shanghai Shenhua coaching drama took another turn yesterday, as former(?) head coach Jean Tigana denied media reports that he had resigned from the organization over the weekend. more ›

Things don't seem to be going well for either of Shanghai's Chinese Super League teams. First Shenhua lost their head coach, now Shenxin is dealing with a little bit of mess following a massive brawl during a game against Qingdao Jonoon last night. more ›

In yet another setback for Shanghai Shenhua, the team lost to Tianjin Teda 0-1 Friday night. Following the loss Jean Tigana formally resigned as the team's head coach Sunday night, putting the organization in a coaching meltdown. more ›

Shanghai Shenhua announced today that Nicolas Anelka will help coach the team in addition to playing. Anelka's new role as player-coach will certainly be needed as the team just fired three assistant coaches this morning. But management denied reports that it had also fired French head coach Jean Tigana. more ›

With the China Super League season in full bloom and Olympic trials on the horizon, here are some of the most interesting sports stories coming out of China this weekend. more ›

The Canberra Raiders have expressed interest in playing an exhibition game in China. The Australian Football League (AFL) National Rugby League (NRL) club, which just signed a two-year sponsorship deal with Chinese electronic brand Huawei, confirmed yesterday that they're hoping to stage the pre-season game in January or February of next year. more ›

ooooOOOoooh. Shanghai Shenhua is reportedly keeping the No.11 jersey warm for Didier Drogba, with no player on the Shenhua team having been assigned the number in its newly released roster for the new season. more ›

The current Brazilian champions Corinthians have signed former Shanghai Shenhua youth team player Chen Zhizhao on a two year deal. The team has made no secret of the fact that he was signed based on a recommendation from the marketing department, whose director reportedly claimed last year that they were planning to bring in "any old rubbish from China" in order to promote their brand in Asia. more ›

The mega-clubs of European football are once again getting on their Asian summer tour horse! Reuters reports that Arsenal and current league leaders Manchester City will play a match at the Bird's Nest in Beijing on Friday July 27th, the same day the London Olympics kick off. more ›

In Shanghai Shenhua's 'friendly' match against new crosstown rivals Shanghai Shenxin last weekend, a brawl broke out involving a number of players and backroom staff from each of the teams. more ›

A number of former football referees and officials, including a FIFA World Cup referee, were convicted of corruption charges in Northeast China yesterday. Nine defendants were given sentences of up to seven years in prison, and other cases are still pending. more ›

Nicolas Anelka, arguably the highest-profile foreign footballer ever to sign for the Chinese league, arrived at Pudong airport yesterday before being whisked through security to a special VIP backdoor exit. more ›

The rumors were true! According to Mirror Football, Shanghai Shenhua have offered Chelsea star Didier Drogba upwards of £300,000 (almost $465,000) per week to come play in China. That's half again the enormous contract signed with Nicolas Anelka just last month. more ›

As expected, French national and former Fulham manager Jean Tigana has signed a one-year contract to coach Shanghai Shenhua in the upcoming season. He joins fellow Frenchman and former Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka. But while Anelka will make a reported $300,000 per week for his two-year contract, Tigana claims the move isn't for money, but rather a "sport and life decision." more ›

With Nicolas Anelka signed up for the upcoming Chinese Super League season, Shanghai Shenhua owner Zhu Jun is already considering poaching none other than the 34-year-old Chelsea mainstay Didier Drogba. more ›

As predicted by Wild East Football‘s sources last week, Nicolas Anelka has agreed to a two-year contract with Shanghai Shenhua, the club announced on its official website today. The 32-year-old former France international heads East after being frozen out at Chelsea, and becomes the biggest signing ever in the history of Chinese domestic football. more ›

The rumors could be true! Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka will sign for Shenhua within the next week, a source close to the club told Wild East Football yesterday. The final details of what is said to be a three-year deal worth six million UK pounds per annum ($9.3 million USD) are yet to be worked out, but the source says Anelka will soon become a Shenhua player barring any last-minute hitches. more ›

Season 2011 is now well and truly over with the CSL concluded, the CFA cup won by Tianjin, and the national team out of the World Cup qualifers, now is the time to assesess how the year went for Shanghai Shenhua. more ›

Shanghai Shenhua apparently have set their sights on signing none other than Chelsea's mercurial forward Nicolas Anelka during next January's transfer window. more ›

The Chinese national team's elation from its 4-0 thrashing of Singapore yesterday was quickly dampened by news that Iraq had edged out Jordan in Group A, dashing China's hopes of qualifying for the 2014 Brazilian World Cup. more ›

Shanghai Shenhua's coach was so enraged by the play-acting of his own midfielder that he stormed angrily onto the pitch and dragged the offending injury-faker to his feet. more ›

CCTV5, China's national sports channel, decided to cease coverage of the country's best-supported pro sports league towards the end the 2008 in response to a disorderly occurence which took place during a Beijing Guoan - Wuhan FC match. CCTV bigwigs, and presumably all those tuning in at home, were left spluttering into their teacups in disgust when a fracas broke out between Wuhan's big money signing Li Weifeng and Beijing's Lu Jiang. The on-field rumpus which ensued led to the Hubei province-based team pulling out of the CSL in protest at the CFA's decision to ban Li Weifeng for eight matches as punishment for his misdemeanours. more ›

The soccer team of an elementary school in Beijing was demolished by its Russian counterpart in a friendly match 0:15, according to Beijing Times journalist Zhang Bin. Zhang said over Sina Weibo yesterday: more ›

Outside of Hongkou Football Stadium last night, a good-old fashioned football hooligan fight involving hundreds of Shanghai Shenhua (上海申花) and Hangzhou Greentown (杭州绿城) supporters went down, and had to be dispersed with a massive turn out of police force. Argentinian Luis Salmerón of Shenhua scored a stoppage-time goal to clinch the game 3-2 for the home side, sending the crowd into a frenzy. However, the evening would end with dozens of rival football supporters on both sides receiving injuries and drawing blood. more ›

Real Madrid, currently on a two-city tour of China that includes matches against current Chinese Super League leaders Guangzhou Evergrande FC and Tianjin Teda FC, managed to fit time in their busy ball-kicking schedule to play an intense exhibition match against 109 local kids on Monday in Guangzhou. The odd number was chosen to celebrate the 109th anniversary of the preferred club of Franco the Fascist, and it looks like Ronaldo, Kaka, Marcelo and co. had their hands full keeping the randy tykes at bay, narrowly edging the kiddies out in a 2-1 victory. more ›

Finally! The Chinese men's national team did something besides indiscriminately embarrassing themselves, winning the second leg of their tie against Laos 6-1 in Vientiane last night. China previously stuck it to the Southeast Asian side in a 7-2 win five days ago in Kunming, meaning China goes through to the third round of World Cup qualification matches in the Asian Football Confederation. more ›