THE world governing body of table tennis said yesterday that “all potential sanctions are on the table” in relation to three Chinese players who forfeited their matches at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Platinum China Open on Friday.
The International Table Tennis Federation said it was “taking this matter extremely seriously.”
“Right now Ventes Homme Nike Air Max 2018.5 Noir , all potential sanctions are on the table, and the ITTF will continue its investigation before any decisions are made,” it said.
Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin, the world’s top-three players Femme Nike Air Max 1 Ultra Essential Triple Black Achetez , failed to turn up on Friday night in the southwestern city of Chengdu. World No. 4 Zhang Jike quit the competition the day before due to a waist injury.
The ITTF said it had received a preliminary statement from the Chinese Table Tennis Association and a public apology from the Chinese team and was waiting for a detailed report from the Chinese body and from ITTF officials on site outlining in more detail why the three players failed to turn up.
In a public apology issued on Saturday, the national team said the players forfeited their matches “on impulse without fully understanding the details of the modifications that will be made to the management of the team.
“We have deeply realized the seriousness of this fault, resulting in ... damaging the team’s positive social image of upholding patriotism, collectivism, and striving to fight for the glory of the country.”
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Ahead of Friday’s competition, the three players and their coaches Qin Zhijian and Ma Lin posted identical messages on social media accounts saying they “don’t feel like playing” because they missed their former coach Liu Guoliang. Last Tuesday, Grand Slam champion-turned coach Liu was named vice president of the CTTA and was no longer chief coach.
In a plan unveiled the same day, the CTTA abolished the positions of chief coach and head coaches in the Chinese team, and will instead set up two coaching teams for men and women players.
Last month Homme Nike Air Max 95 Blanche Pas Cher , Kong Linghui was replaced as head of the women’s table tennis team following a gambling debt scandal.
The CTTA released a statement defending the changes, saying they aimed to “strengthen the team structure, reduce the level of management hierarchy, and improve the efficiency of the preparation for the Olympic Games.”
A CTTA spokesman said: “These reforms will better prepare the Chinese team for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.”
BEIJING, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities have shut down 66 illegally built golf courses Homme Nike Air Max 1 Blanche Achetez , according to a statement from the Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) on Monday.
The closed courses were found in many provinces, with three of them in Beijing.
The statement did not specify a time frame during which these facilities were closed, but multiple ministries jointly issued a notice in July last year, asking for a crackdown on illegally built golf courses.
Monday's statement praised local governments for carrying out the orders.
Apart from issues including illegal land occupation, golf courses are widely criticized for massive water consumption and environmental damage due to broad use of pesticides and other chemicals.
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TAIPEI, April 22 (Xinhua) -- In a tree cemetery east of Taipei, Liu Shan stooped beside a cedar to whisper to her son buried beneath, telling him of the arrival of friends from his hometown on the Chinese mainland.
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One year after the tragedy exposed the mental plight of the island's newly arrived mainland students, Liu traveled to Taiwan on another motherly mission: to take care of other mainland students in the absence of their parents.
""My son's death would be made worthless if I chose to lie in the grips of sorrow,"" the single mother said. ""I've lost my son, but I was given a new life goal: to love and care about other students like him.""
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Liu said many of these young students suffer social isolation and a lack of care as they adapt to a different society and associate with their Taiwanese peers, who often have clashing thoughts and values.
""There are students who spend most of their time playing games in the dorm or confined to the small circle of mainland students at the same university,"" Liu said.
Such isolation may worsen psychological problems, as demonstrated in the case of Liu Tengyang. The 19-year-old suffered depression before hanging himself in the dormitory on March 18 Femme Nike Air Vapormax 2018 Violet En ligne , 2013. The mother suspects the cause was him being excluded by other local students after a failed romance with a Taiwanese girl.
Liu noted Taiwan's lack of protection for mainland students. Offices for mainland students lack personnel and student associations are underfunded. Mainland students are denied access to public health insurance that covers Hong Kong, Macao and other non-local students. In times of emergencies, mainland parents often face red tape in visiting their children.
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