Waldner and Liu Guoliang worked together to create the event.
In December last year, Waldner, the first Grand Slam player in men's table tennis, announced on social media that he and Liu Guoliang would work together to create the "Table Ryder Cup" - the Waldner Cup.
According to the "TABLE TENNIS" website, the 2022 "Liu Guoliang Laowa Cup" has confirmed three entries, Ball, Ogalov and Aida Darren will represent the world team, and the Chinese team lineup is still to be determined.
On the side of ice and snow sports, the 2021-2022 Freestyle Skiing World Cup was held at Mammoth Mountain Station in the United States - women's steeplechase qualifier, and Gu Ailing ranked second with a score of 90 points.
Liu Guoliang and Pol are also old friends.
Pol and Ocha confirmed to participate in the "Liu Guoliang Old Tile Cup"
Recently, according to the "TABLE TENNIS" website, the 2022 "Liu Guoliang Laowa Cup" has confirmed some of the participation list, and Ball and Ocharov will represent the world team.
According to the report, the "Liu Guoliang Laowa Cup" brings together famous table tennis players from all over the world to challenge the best players in China.
The team will be divided into two teams, China and the world, with Liu Guoliang, chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, and Waldner, the legendary world champion, as the captain.
Each team will consist of a captain and four players, and the team members will be selected by the captain, covering both male and female players, and will include disabled athletes, which makes the "Liu Guoliang Lao wa Cup" the first sporting event to integrate disabled athletes and professionals.
According to the rules of the tournament, each pair of captains chooses the players who will appear in each match. On the first day of the cup, each win will accumulate one point, and on the second day it will rise to two points, and the team that reaches 16 points first will win the cup title.
Gu Ailing in the game.
Gu Ailing Slope Steeplechase World Cup Qualifiers second
On January 7, Beijing time, the 2021-2022 freestyle skiing World Cup in mammoth mountain, the women's slope steeplechase qualification, Gu Ailing ranked second with a score of 90 points, and joined hands with Yang Ruyi and Yang Shuorui, who ranked seventh and eighth, to enter the final.
This season, Gu Ailing mainly played on the U-shaped field, and the slope obstacle course only played once at DEWTOUR (Fluxus Tour), and finally finished second. This World Cup is Gu Ailing's debut in the slope obstacle course, the first leg of austria she retired due to injury, the main opponent Estonia's Hildaru also appeared on this station.
A total of 23 people competed in the qualifying round of the event, including three Chinese players, including Gu Ailing, who won the best round of results than the two rounds, and the top eight players entered the final. In the first round, Gu Ailing has not yet entered the form, and only scored 9 points for mistakes. In the second round, Gu Ailing adjusted in time, fully completed the action, successfully ended the set, and obtained 90 points to finally rank second and advanced.
Yang Ruyi, who won the Swiss Open, performed decently in two rounds, scoring 64.25 points in the first round, 79.75 points in the second round, and finally ranking seventh by relying on the results of the second round to qualify for the final.
Yang Shuorui, who previously made his debut in the slope obstacle course in Austria, the first leg of the World Cup, scored 35 points in the first round and 77.50 points in the second round, ranking eighth and qualifying for the final.
Du Feng is dissatisfied with the performance of young players.
Du Feng angrily criticized the young people: Some players have won 3 championships
On January 6, Guangdong Hongyuan ushered in a second match with the Shanxi men's basketball team, and finally relied on the offensive tide of 25-2 in the last quarter, and Guangdong finally won 111-96.
In this game, the four veterans of the UAE League, Weems, Zhou Peng and Ren Junfei jointly scored 77 points and 40 rebounds, and Du Feng expressed dissatisfaction with the young players after the game.
Du Feng said: "I have been taking over the team for four seasons and I am probably the coach who gives young players the most opportunities in these 20 teams. No matter how many mistakes they make, even if the mistakes of a few of their young players are number one in the league, I will still give them a chance. ”
"The team won three consecutive championships, which is the result of the team's joint efforts. And some players are lying champions, coupled with the attention and love of fans, they think they are the best players in the league, which I think is far behind! ”
"Today's game, some players are not playing well, they can no longer be used, they can't cultivate people by losing, they can't sacrifice everyone's interests."
Mourinho was furious on the sidelines.
Roma lost and Mourinho shelled the Serie A referee
In the early morning of the 7th, the 20th round of Serie A, AC Milan defeated Roma 3-1 at home.
Winning the match, Milan completed a three-game winning streak against the Red Wolves. Statistics show that the last time Milan won three consecutive league games over Roma was in 1996.
However, the referee's penalty in this game made Roma coach Jose Mourinho unhappy. Mourinho said after the game: "The referee and VAR are terrible. The first penalty? We didn't even see Tammy Abraham touch the ball. ”
"I asked the referee to show me the video of Abraham's handball because my analysts couldn't really see it. They showed me some clips and couldn't see anything. ”
"In this controversial situation, the VAR shouldn't let the referees see the replay, they have to shut up and go have some tea or beer."
In the standings, AC Milan is second, one point behind Inter; Napoli is still in third place, 6 points away from Inter and 5 points away from Milan; Juve is still fifth, three points away from fourth Atalanta; Androm is seventh.
Richard Arnold.
Richard Arnold becomes manchester United's new CEO
On January 6, Beijing time, Manchester United officially announced that Richard Arnold will become the club's new CEO, and he will officially take office on February 1, 2022, to take over Woodward's position.
Arnold joined Manchester United in the 2007-2008 season as the team's commercial director, where he was responsible for managing and developing the club's sponsorship, retail, merchandise, apparel and product licensing businesses, as well as digital media businesses.
United wrote in an official statement: "From 1 February 2022, former Chief Executive Richard Arnold will become the club's chief executive. Mr Ed Woodward will also step down from his position as Executive Vice-President of the Club on 1 February 2022. ”
The East and West ticket kings are Durant and Curry.
All-Star First Round Voting: Curry West Vote King
On January 7, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced the results of the all-star first round of fan voting - the east and west ticket kings are Durant and Curry.
The highest number of votes in the West was for Warriors star Curry, who received 2584623 votes, temporarily surpassing James (2018725 votes) by more than 560,000 votes; the highest number of votes in the East was Durant, who received 2360435 votes, more than 210,000 more than alphabet brothers (2145835 votes).
If Curry and Durant maintain the lead in the end, the two will be captains of the 2022 All-Star Game. In the previous 4 All-Star Games, James was captain 4 times in a row.
Cousins was once the NBA's no. 1 center.
The Bucks plan to cut Cousins temporarily
On January 6, Beijing time, according to ESPN, the Milwaukee Bucks plan to cut center Cousins before this Friday local time.
This point in time is the node when the contracts of a large number of players in the league turn into full guarantees, so the Bucks hope to cut Cousins before this, vacate a place for the team, and maintain lineup flexibility before the trade deadline.
"We wouldn't have been able to get through the season so successfully without Cousins and in the end we decided to free up a spot, but that doesn't mean the team won't be working with Cousins in the future. He was amazing for us and hopefully we helped him as well. Bucks general manager Joan Horst said.
Cousins has played in 17 games for the Bucks this season, averaging 9.1 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, and several teams are known to be interested in him.
Multinational figure skaters will retire from pre-Olympic international competitions
On January 6, Beijing time, according to foreign media reports, the French ice dance ace group and four-time World Champion Papadagis / Nishizawa Long withdrew from the Figure Skating European Championships to be held from 10 to 16 this month, due to the uncertainty of the epidemic and hoping to concentrate on preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Earlier, the Japan Ice Association announced the participation list of the figure skating four continents championships, and none of the Olympic team finalists, including Yu Yusuke, participated.
The Figure Skating Four Continents Championships will be held from January 18 to 23, and in the list of participants in the Four Continents Championships that have been announced so far, China's players, including Sui Wenjing/Han Cong, are also not present.
The impact of the epidemic, coupled with the approaching Olympic Games, may be the main reason why celebrities have chosen not to participate.