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Q&A with CBA correspondent Nick Bedard about Xinjiang vs. Beijing playoffs final
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Tonight the CBA playoffs enter their final phase as Xinjiang and the Beijing Ducks go head to head in game one of their final series.
CRI's Jordan Lee sat down with Nick Bedard, editor of Basketballbuddha.com to talk about his playoff predictions, Stephon Marbury's role, team Xinjiang, and more.
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Guanzhou Evergrande defeat Jeonbuk Motors in Asian Champions League
Now moving on to football,
AND Defending champions Guangzhou Evergrande defeated South Korean side Jeonbuk Motors 3-1 in the Asian Champions League.
Chinese player Liao Lisheng crossed to Gao Lin, who tapped in for a first close-range goal. Three minutes later Gao Lin doubled the lead with a header off a pass from midfielder Zhang Linpeng.
Jeonbuk reduced the margin minutes before the break, but never took over in the second half. Liao Lisheng then finished out the scoring with a sharp header to make it 3-1.
Guangzhou now leads Group G with seven points from three matches.
Elsewhere in the Asian Champions League,
Melbourne Victory defeated visiting Japanese side Yokohama Marinos 1-0.
Chelsea defeat Galatasaray to progress to Champions League Quarter Finals
Over in the European Champion's League English club Chelsea defeated the Turkish side Galatasaray 2-0 at home to go through the quarter finals.
After a one-all draw in the first match Chelsea Manager Jose Morinho said he was much more pleased with the way his side played this time round.
"Good, very good performance. Very solid, very compact. No fears. I think a very good approach to the game because I think 1-1 is a difficult result. Even when you are winning 2-0 it is very difficult. If they score one goal you are in the limit. And I think team was very, very solid, very confident and very much in control for the 90 minutes, which is difficult for 90 minutes."
Much of the talk had been about Chelsea 'Old Boy' Didier Drogba before the match, but he failed to threaten his former side. Mourinho said without a good team behind them evens the best strikers in the world can be left feeling lonely.
Jese injured during Real Madrid Champions League victory vs Schalke
The other Champion's League Match last night was not much more than a formality as Real Madrid swept aside the German team Schalke with a 9-2 aggregate victory.
The celebration was dampened somewhat however as the Spanish youth international Jese was injured by a bad tackle and had to be stretchered off the pitch after just 2 minutes. Real Madid Manager Carlo Ancelloti revealed 21-year-olds injuries are quite serious:
"It has been confirmed he has torn the cruciate ligament. He hasn't had any luck. He has had some bad luck. I think everyone has had bad luck, everyone at Real Madrid. We are going to lose a very important player, a youngster who has done very well this season. He has surprised everyone, but this is football"
Jese is expected to be off the pitch for around six months.
Tonight at 7:45pm in England or 3:35am Beijing time Borussia Dortmund face Zenit St. Petersberg and Manchester United face Olympiacos for their respective places in the quarter finals.
There's much speculation that Man U boss David Moyes job hangs in the balance following the result of that match.
Aussie and American sportsmen meet ahead of MLB opener in Sydney
Aussie sport met North American sport on Wednesday at the Sydney Cricket Ground as some of the top names in Australia met with their Major League Baseball counterparts.
In between team workouts. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw and Diamondbacks first baseman Paul Goldschmidt kicked and tossed around soccer, rugby league and Australian Rules footballs with rugby league player Sonny Bill Williams of the Sydney Roosters, Adam Goodes of the Australian Football League's Sydney Swans and Italian soccer legend Alessandro Del Piero of Sydney FC.
It's been 100 years since baseball was last played at the SCG and though baseball has been played in Australia for years it has always struggled for traction against other better established sports in the country. Craig Shipley is a former MLB Player from Australia.
"It's not easy because, as you just mentioned, we have six, seven, eight sporting codes that are well established in a smaller population. But there is a place for baseball. It's been here a long time and I think we can make inroads and I think this series will be a big focal point to drive that participation."
The Dodgers play Australia tomorrow in Sydney with the Diamondbacks playing the Australian team on Friday before the two clubs kick off the 2014 major league season on Saturday and Sunday.
Sport China through to Round 8 of Women's Curling Championship
The Chinese women's team has secured its 5th consecutive win after beating Latvia and Germany at the 2014 Women's Curling Championship.
China now sits among the Top 4 of the ranking board after forcing their Latvian opponents to surrender with a 9-5 lead, before they secured a 6-4 win against the German team.
Next, they will face Denmark in round eight.
Sport Hyper-sensitive anti-doping method developed by US researchers
US researchers claim to have developed a new way of detecting performance enhancing drugs that is 1,000 times more sensitive that current tests.
The method is inexpensive and works with existing equipment. Under laboratory conditions the new screen detected stimulants and steroids in minute concentrations meaning cheating athletes will be able to be caught for a much extended period of time.
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