It was announced on Tuesday that former table tennis world champion Cai Zhenhua has recently been appointed the new president of the Chinese Football Association (CFA)!
Cai Zhenhua, right, with footballing legend David Beckham in China last year. Photograph: Getty Images
Cai Zhenhua who also succeeded in coaching, and is China’s vice sports minister is due to replace seventy-five year old Yuan Weimin following the first reshuffle of the Chinese Football Association executive board in a decade.
Cai Xhenhua commented “There are so many important tasks and so little time, I just want to day three words, determination, confidence and perseverance.”
“This is not a slogan, when I say determination I mean that I will put in huge efforts and set many goals in order to get Chinese soccer back on the right track.”
Football will be a difficult challenge for the fifty-two year old as football bureaucracy, poor management, and widespread underground betting rings have slowly impacted on the sport. China are currently ranked ninety-two in the world by FIFA and are also currently without a manager since sacking the former Spain manager Jose Antonio Camacho in June after a run of bad results.
Cai is looking forward to the hard work ahead of him stating “The harsh reality of Chinese soccer forces us to make big changes. I am to be burdened with an enormous task.”
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Source: theguardian.com
Written by: Emily Standing
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Cai Zhenhua, right, with footballing legend David Beckham in China last year. Photograph: Getty Images
Cai Zhenhua who also succeeded in coaching, and is China’s vice sports minister is due to replace seventy-five year old Yuan Weimin following the first reshuffle of the Chinese Football Association executive board in a decade.
Cai Xhenhua commented “There are so many important tasks and so little time, I just want to day three words, determination, confidence and perseverance.”
“This is not a slogan, when I say determination I mean that I will put in huge efforts and set many goals in order to get Chinese soccer back on the right track.”
Football will be a difficult challenge for the fifty-two year old as football bureaucracy, poor management, and widespread underground betting rings have slowly impacted on the sport. China are currently ranked ninety-two in the world by FIFA and are also currently without a manager since sacking the former Spain manager Jose Antonio Camacho in June after a run of bad results.
Cai is looking forward to the hard work ahead of him stating “The harsh reality of Chinese soccer forces us to make big changes. I am to be burdened with an enormous task.”
Video on the news here.
Like and tweet our articles to the World. Lets spread the word of Table Tennis.
Source: theguardian.com
Written by: Emily Standing
TableTennisDaily
