Here are the top China sports business news stories you need to know from this week: Nike Extends CFA Deal The Chinese Football Association (CFA) has renewed its partnership with Nike. The deal will run for ten years at a total value of $473 million. Nike will continue to provide kits for all 16 Chinese Super League (CSL) teams. Read more on Sina (Chinese) and SportsPro (English) Mailman Take: The $473 million contract represents a good deal for Nike. Under the contract, $346

Here are the top China sports business news stories you need to know from this week: Nike Named Most Influential Brand in China According to the 2017 Top 50 Most Influential Sports Brands in China report, Nike ranked 1st ahead of the Chinese Basketball League and Chinese Super League. Chinese sports brands such as Anta, XTEP, and Li-Ning also made the top 10. The criteria included brand awareness, reputation, market share, and other key brand influence indexes. Read more on D

Chinese football fans – Who are they?  They are a truly fascinating species, unique in many ways which set them apart from their counterparts in the West. 1.  PASSION The most telling contribution they make to their chosen team is their passionate and vocal support which rivals even European nights on the Kop.  Last Saturday I ventured out to watch Shanghai Shenhua under the new leadership of Nicolas Anelka.  Due to the atrocious standard of football I would normally have wis

Leading Chinese digital company Mailman have just released the ‘must have’ guide to a football club wanting to make it in China’s sporting wilderness.  Whether you are Barcelona, Manchester United, Liverpool or even Stockport County, the question is the same:  How do you convince 450 million Chinese internet users to follow your club? Having managed the Chinese fan bases of major sporting organizations around the world, Mailman have reviewed the China strategies of the world’

Better late than never? This phrase does not apply to China. With interest in Sport at an all time high and with a dramatic rise in the number of Chinese Sports fans, there is no time like the present to invest in a China strategy. Now is the time to build an online presence in China or you may lose out to those clubs who took advantage of this opportunity. The Chinese love for Football runs deep.  More surprisingly their passion for top European leagues far exceeds their int