sports.espn.go.com - 10/13/2008
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BEIJING -- China's national table tennis team will give Olympic medalist Wang Hao counselling after he reportedly got into a fight with a security guard for trying to stop him from urinating outside a karaoke club. Local media reports last week quoted witnesses as saying that the two-time ...
football.guardian.co.uk - 10/14/2008
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football.guardian.co.uk —
BEIJING, Oct 14 (Reuters) - The most famous
fan of a Chinese soccer club has decided to
become a monk after the squad withdrew from the country's professional league last month in protest at the suspension of its top player. Wuhan Guanggu, a club ...
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China football flap prompts fan to become monk | ...
deadspin.com - 10/13/2008
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deadspin.com —
This story has it all: Ping Pong, drunken
urination, karakoe, and of course at the center of
it all a man named Wang Hao. Wang, who is China's most famed table tennis player, was involved in an altercation with a security guard on Thursday when the ...
(more)
Today's Drunken Ping Pong Karaoke Peeing Incident ...
reuters.com - 10/17/2008
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reuters.com —
BEIJING (Reuters) - The most famous fan of
a Chinese soccer club has decided to become a
monk after the squad withdrew from the country's professional league last month in protest at the suspension of its top player. Wuhan Guanggu, a club based in the ...
(more)
China football flap prompts fan to become monk
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Urinating Wang Comes To Blows Outside Club
SPORTSbyBROOKS —
Each morning, bloggers and columnists peruse news headlines looking for interesting material for commentary. Some, like myself, have a soft spot for pun-rich lodes of comedy gold. So imagine my glee when I was sent this story about a Chinese ping pong celebrity named Wang Hao who engaged in drunken fisticuffs with a security guard while trying to publicly urinate outside a Karaoke bar. ...
Wang Urinates Everywhere
JV Sports —
[Click to make larger] I looked at the ESPN homepage a few minutes ago, and this is what I found. Awesome. The only thing that confuses me is that I have no idea why The Leader's headline writer would fail to mention the guy's name in the link; that person needs to have more fun with their job. I really need to find video of this though. It's like something out of a stoner comedy. First off, I know table tennis is big in China, but "Celebrity"! Really?! Secondly, I love how the guy has an Ocho Cinco/TO complex and is arrogant as hell... ...
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