Sports

Morgan Hurd, From Orphan to World Gymnastics Champion

Morgan Hurd is a Chinese orphan girl who was abandoned by her biological parents after she was born. Morgan Hurd spent 11 months at an orphanage in Wuzhou City, Guangxi, China, before she was adopted by Sherri Hurd from Newark, Delaware, United States. Under Sherri’s love and nurturing, the former abandoned little girl has grown ...

Raven Montmorency

Morgan Hurd.

CCP Plans for Soccer Domination: Make Foreign Players Chinese

Several soccer players are giving up their home country’s passports and taking up Chinese citizenship as part of a government program to raise Chinese soccer to international levels. The foreign players play in the Chinese Super League (CSL) alongside domestic talent as Beijing believes this gives Chinese players good exposure to help raise their overall ...

Armin Auctor

Chinese soccer players.

Chinese Runners Accused of Cheating at Marathons

While last year, 682 Chinese nationals had participated in the famous Boston Marathon race, the number jumped to 951 Chinese runners this year. However, what made news was the fact that three of them were accused of cheating. Chinese runners cheating at the Boston Marathon “Although the recent cheating allegations are a disappointment, we are ...

Max Lu

The Boston Marathon.

China’s New Obsession: Selecting Athletes Based on Genes

In the 1997 Hollywood movie Gattaca, we were shown a vision of the future where people are prevented from pursuing their interests because their genes were “unfit” for the task. China seems to be heading toward such a society as the government announced plans to select its athletes for the 2022 Winter Olympics by screening ...

Max Lu

Olympic speed skaters

How an Olympic Athlete Found Falun Dafa

The tall and robust Olympic athlete Martins Rubenis is a sports celebrity in Latvia. The master of the luge program has won many awards in international competitions — first place in the 1998 World Youth Championship, two more silver medals in 2003, bronze medals in the 2004 World Championships, and bronze medals in the 2005 ...

Helen London

The Latvian government published a special commemorative stamp in recognition of its bronze medal winners in the group luge relay competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

The Origin of Soccer in China

The earliest soccer game originated from the Linzi region of the Qi state during the Zhou Dynasty in China over 2,300 years ago. Its ancient name was cuju. Cuju was first mentioned in the historical texts Annals of the Warring States and Records of the Grand Historian in which the sport was clearly recorded as ...

Armin Auctor

Chinese soccer was known as cuju.

How Japanese Taught the World the True Meaning of Sportsmanship

Many people play sports, but very few actually exhibit any kind of sportsmanship. And when they do, such people often tend to inspire others and win the adulation of even their harshest opponents. During the FIFA World Cup 2018, the Japanese team truly taught the world the real meaning of sportsmanship. The spirit of the ...

Nspirement Staff

Two colorful soccer balls on the field.

Do You Know Why 11 Players Make a Football Team?

Why does a football team have the number of players it does? A soccer team didn’t always have 11 players. During the 19th century in England, teams had 15 to 21 or even more players. Sometimes, one football team even had more players than the other. It wasn’t until 1870 that the number of players ...

Hermann Rohr

Japan’s World Cup Team Redefines Sportsmanship and Public Gratitude

Even though the Japanese team lost their deciding game, they won the hearts of many people through their display of sportsmanship. An image circulating the web shows how spotless the Japanese team left their dressing room. Japan might have lost the quarterfinal game, but they have gained the respect of the world. FIFA’s match commissioner ...

Hermann Rohr

The World Cup and China’s Absence

Russia is attracting the world’s attention as the first eastern European country to host the FIFA World Cup; however, China hasn’t sent a team to participate in the games. Yet the 2018 tournament is said to be full of Chinese elements, with Chinese businesses among FIFA’s top sponsors. And the stadiums are visibly full of ...

Jack Roberts