Ball sports
football
On December 23, Beijing time, FIFA officially announced the year-end rankings of each team, the national football team ranked 74th in the world, ranked 8th in Asia, Iran, Japan, and South Korea ranked in the top three in Asia; in the world, Belgium ranked first, Brazil ranked second, and France ranked third.
On December 23, Beijing time, the Premier League officially announced that liverpool's match against Leeds United and Wolves against Watford this weekend was postponed due to the epidemic. The Premier League officially wrote in the statement: Leeds United and Watford have made a request to postpone the match due to the new crown epidemic, and the Premier League board of directors has decided to agree to postpone the two Christmas holiday matches after deliberation.
basketball
On December 23, Beijing time, Beijing Shougang Basketball Club announced that foreign aid Jonathan Gibson has completed registration. In the 2020-21 season, Gibson made 46 appearances for the Beijing Shougang men's basketball team, averaging 23.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.5 steals in 28.6 minutes per game, and was selected as the best international player candidate for the regular season that season.
On December 23, Beijing time, the CBA Fujian team officially announced that it had completed its registration with foreign aid Trey Gordon and completed his registration in the league. Gordon played a total of 41 games for the Fujian Xunxing men's basketball team in the 2020-2021 season, averaging 30 minutes per game, can get 30.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 8.1 assists and 1 steal, shooting 51% from the field, 43% from three-point range, and can average 2.4 three-pointers per game.
On December 23, Beijing time, according to the official announcement of the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix Team, the match of the Southeast Melbourne Phoenix Team to challenge the Illawarra Eagles away at 4:30 pm today was postponed due to the opponent's positive covid-19 test.
volleyball
On December 23, Beijing time, the 12th round of the 2021-2022 China Women's Volleyball Super League Group E ended in Jiangmen, Guangdong. Tianjin Bohai Bank swept Liaoning Huajun 3-0 to win 11 consecutive wins, Jiangsu Zhongtian Steel won 3-0 against Guangdong Jiangmen Huati to achieve 10 consecutive wins, and Shanghai Guangming Youbei won the 10th victory with Shandong Rizhao Steel 3-0.
other
On December 24, Beijing time, the second group of the 2021 Snooker Champions League (invitational version) was all cancelled. China's Lu Ning lost 1-3 to Graham Dort in the final, unfortunately finishing second and failing to directly advance to the winners' group, while Dort followed Liang Wenbo in the first group and advanced to the final winners' group. Runin, along with Ryan Day, Joe Perry and Xiao Guodong, are all in the third group and will compete with Mark Selby, Mark Williams and Stuart Bingham. While Jack Lissovsky, who finished runners-up in the first group, and G Wilson, who finished fifth, were eliminated from the bottom two in the second group.
Ice
General Administration of Sports: Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Ning Zhongyan and Gao Tingyu have qualified for the Beijing Winter Olympics
On December 23, Beijing time, the State General Administration of Sport announced that in view of Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Ning Zhongyan and Gao Tingyu, they have won the 2021-2022 short track speed skating and speed skating World Cup sub-station championships. After research, it was decided that the above four athletes were qualified for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The remaining athletes are selected through selection.
Tournament Preview
12-24(Fri)
08:00 NBA Regular Season Pelicans - Magic
08:00 NBA Regular Season Rockets-Pacers
08:30 NBA Regular Season Pistons-Heat
08:30 NBA Regular Season Wizards - Knicks
09:30 NBA Regular Season Bucks - Lone Rangers
10:00 NBA Regular Season Hornets -Nuggets
10:00 NBA Regular Season Thunder-Suns
10:00 NBA Regular Season Timberwolves - Jazz
11:00 NBA Regular Season Grizzlies -Warriors
11:00 NBA Regular Season Nets - Trail Blazers
11:30 NBA Regular Season Spurs -Lakers
13:30 National Men's Boxing Championship & Chinese Professional Boxing Championship
14:00 China Women's Volleyball Super League Stage 2
Editor of this issue: Rosson Kai