【Sports Evening News】Snooker China Sai Liang Wenbo enters the main competition Lippi is considering renewing the FA's contract for three years

Snooker China Open: O'Sullivan easily advanced 6-2 Liang Wenbo advanced 6-1 to the main tournament

On April 2, Beijing time, the first matchday of the 2017-18 Snooker China Open was held as scheduled. In the afternoon game, "Rocket" O'Sullivan eliminated the post-90s youngster Rossmuel 6-2, while China's Liang Wenbo, who had previously fallen out of the top 16, broke through the 100 in two consecutive sets to beat Clark 6-1 and broke into the main game.

Tonight's other qualifying match, Ding Junhui will face Cypriot star Georgiou at 19:30.

NBA: Warriors take the Sun lightly The Kings narrowly defeated the Lakers

On April 2, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued. The Warriors played against the Suns at home and won two straight games with a second-half victory that won 117-107. The Suns set a new record for the longest losing streak in franchise history, losing 15 consecutive games. The Warriors Durant had 29 points, 11 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 blocks in this game, and the number of assists exceeded the 3,000 mark.

In another game, the Kings played away to the Lakers and ended with a narrow 84-83 win, ending a four-game losing streak.

Other Competitions:

Bucks 125-128 Nuggets

Grizzlies 98-113 Trail Blazers

Minister of Sports and Tourism of the Republic of Korea: South Korea is expected to participate in the Asian Games together

On April 2, Beijing time, South Korean Minister of Sports and Tourism Du Jong-hwan said at the joint meeting of North Korea's North and South Korea sports exchanges held at the Mansudae Conference Hall in Pyongyang this morning that he hoped that at the opening ceremony of the Asian Games held in Calcutta, Indonesia, in August this year, South Korea and North Korea could enter together again as they did at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. At the same time, he also said that he would continue to work hard to make sports a driving force for reconciliation between the North and the South.

Lippi: Coaching Chinese football is not easy considering a three-year contract extension proposal

Recently, Lippi said in an interview with italian media that the evaluation of the process of coaching the Chinese national team can not only look at the score, but also take into account the level gap with European and American teams in terms of technology, tactics, body, psychology, organizational structure and other aspects, and from the perspective of the Asian national team alone, China has made great progress. In addition, he also pointed out that many people think that the view that "Chinese football is simple" is completely wrong, and the differences in environmental climate and the immature market-oriented structure need to be overcome. Finally, Lippi revealed that he was considering a proposal from the Chinese Football Association to renew his contract for 3 years, with the goal of qualifying for the 2022 World Cup.

The foreign coach of the North Korean national team has left office or will coach hong Kong

According to South Korea's Chosun Ilbo, North Korean national team coach Jürgen Anderson, a Norwegian, did not renew his contract after ending his two-year contract to coach North Korea on March 31. Anderson said that the new contract was not obtained, mostly because north Korea had foreign exchange difficulties under United Nations sanctions and the economic situation was not optimistic.

Anderson coached the North Korean national team in 2016 and led the team to 8 international A-level matches in the first year of his contract, with 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.

According to Norwegian media sources, on the 27th of last month, Anderson had talks with the secretary general of the Hong Kong Football Association after the Asian Cup qualifiers, or would coach the Chinese Hong Kong team afterwards.

President of Algeria: Full support for Morocco's bid to host the World Cup

Algerian Sports Minister Ould Ali said in an interview with local media that Afghan President Budflika fully supports neighboring Morocco's bid to host the 2026 World Cup, Xinhua reported. For a long time, the two countries have been at odds over borders and historical issues. Previously, Morocco had invited Argentine football legend Lakhdar Belumi to serve as ambassador for the World Cup bid, but Belumi did not respond due to concerns about domestic reactions, and Belumi did not take over the post until the Afghan government agreed to it.

The venue for the 2026 World Cup will be decided by FIFA in Russia on June 13, with Morocco expected to be supported by most countries in Africa.

Two Malaysian players are convicted of match-fixing or will be banned for 8 years

According to foreign media reports, Malaysian players Zufali and Chen Junxiang were convicted by the BWF of playing match-fixing and faced at least an 8-year ban. According to the BWF regulations, once convicted, the maximum penalty is a lifetime ban. However, since this is the first case of a badminton player involved in playing match-fixing, there is no case to refer to, and the BWF may therefore reduce the penalty.