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 ›

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 ›

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 ›

From Xinkuaibao via China Sports Review: Xi Jinping (习近平) who is likely to take over Hu Jintao as the next president of the People's Republic, has expressed his three wishes for Chinese football, after a meeting with Sohn Hak-kyu, South Korea’s main opposition Democratic Party leader. They are namely, "China’s World Cup qualification, hosting of the World Cup and winning the World Cup." Fortunately for him, he did not say he would achieve all three goals by the end of his term. more ›

Looks like Arsenal has jumped on the preseason China tour train, alongside Liverpool and Real Madrid, who both announced preseason Asia tours last month. Arsenal announced this week that they will play three games in Asia, the first two in Malaysia and the last in Yiwu, China on July 16. Woohoo! When both Liverpool and Real scheduled games in Guangzhou (and one in Tianjin) we thought the Shanghai area was getting the shaft completely. But Yiwu is only a short train ride away! more ›

Korea's Suwon Samsung Bluewings' 3-0 victory over Shanghai Shenhua on Tuesday was at best a tepid affair, and at worst an achingly sad defeat for the several thousand Shenhua faithful in attendance at Hongkou Stadium. more ›

Remember how at last year's World Cup in South Africa, the North Koreans didn't have any fans of their own and the Chinese had to send in a contingent masquerading as DPRK fans? Well this time, our friends don't need our help anymore! That's because the dear leader Kim Jong Il has managed to parachute in a contingent of 200 certified true-blue North Koreans to the 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers in Doha, Qatar, and he's even outfitted them with a sporty attire that is *ZOMG!* not! the! same! colour! Despite the fact that the team has already been sent packing home (to the gulags, that is), we're sure striker Jong Tae-Se (remember him?) was so touched to see the show of support that he was reduced once again to tears. more ›

A football match between Singapore's Young Lions and Beijing Guoan turned violent as a brawl began out on the pitch and caused the rest of the game to be cancelled. Temasek Review blames the Chinese side, though it seems every other publication has left it open. more ›

Kenny Huang backs out of potential deal to buy Liverpool FC due to 'lethargic' negotiations. more ›

Could China score a goal in English football? It certainly looks that way. Liverpool locals (fondly known as ‘scousers’) are having to ‘calm down, calm down’ after hearing the latest news in English football. China could soon be taking over Liverpool Football Club. more ›

Shaolin monks aren't the only unlikely football fans in China - this tofu seller at a wet market in Jiangsu Province (near Shanghai) showed an amazing amount of control tossing and kicking a bag of tofu. She could give Ronaldo a run for his money! more ›

Shanghai Shenhua and Beijing Guoan conjured up a absolutely fantastic game of football on Saturday night, stirring Hongkou stadium into frenzied cauldron of passion, which spilled out into the streets at the final whistle. more ›

China's biggest grudge match is even spicier than usual today. For the first time ever, Beijing Guoan come to Shanghai as defending CSL champions in the most eagerly-awaited fixture on the Chinese football calendar - the Jing-Hu Dazhan (京沪大战) more ›

Shanghai Shenhua's multi-millionaire owner Zhu Jun, the 44 year old founder of Chinese gaming company The9 Ltd, made headlines around the world yesterday for having held provisional takeover talks with Liverpool. more ›

Shanghai Shenhua finally kick-off their first home game of the CSL 2010 season on Saturday against local rivals Hangzhou Lvcheng after being on the road for the first two games of the year. And probably for the first time since a professional football started in China in 1994, Shenhua are not among the title favorites. more ›

Any lingering hopes of adding to their rather bare trophy cupboard were extinguished for another year on Saturday, when Shanghai Shenhua could only tie their derby match 1-1 with Hangzhou Greentown FC. (video highlights) more ›

One of the tightest Championship finishes in the history of world football - that's the situation Shanghai Shenhua find themselves in as the CSL 2009 season enters its closing stages this weekend. Not since 2005, when Gamba Osaka won the J-League by one point ahead of four other teams on the last day of the season, has football seen such a thrilling championship finish. more ›

A Brazilian National Day celebration with Chinese characteristics took place Sunday at the Jinqiao Green Leisure and Sports Center. It was a party not to be missed, mixing capoeira, soccer and samba, etc., with kung fu and dragon dance demonstrations. Brazilian barbecue and caipirinhas were on hand to keep the attendees feeling full and refreshed. more ›

There are few sporting spectacles which rouse passions as much as a football match between two great rivals, and Saturday night's grudge game between Shanghai Shenhua and Beijing Guoan, in the Jing-Hu Dazhan (京沪大战) , was no exception. more ›

Saving face will be the goal of China's much-maligned international football team as it hosts Germany in a friendly international football tomorrow evening at Shanghai Stadium. more ›

Tension will fill the air this evening at Hongkou Football Stadium when China meets Japan in a major continental club football competition. Shanghai Shenhua play host to J-League Champions Kashima Antlers in the Asian Champions League in an all-or-nothing encounter which will decide who qualifies for the knockout rounds. more ›

The Chinese team that won an international youth championship by stacking itself with pros has said it will let go of its claim on the title, says a Sydney Morning Herald report. more ›

We knew the Chinese Football Association was pretty terrible at what they do, but we didn't know they were quite this bad. In one of the funniest scandals to hit the beleaguered Chinese football (ahem, soccer) world, CFA players were actually able to win a world championship... more ›

By Orlando Crowcroft more ›