HOHHOT James Bradberry Jersey , June 7 (Xinhua) -- The four-day 2014 Chinese National Wrestling Championships kicked off Saturday in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
A total of 394 players in 41 teams from Beijing, Tianjin, Shanxi Daeshon Hall Jersey , Hebei and China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region as well as other cities or regions participated in the wrestling championships, which includes 10 categories for men's competition and eight categories for women's.
"The championships were organized in order to better develop traditional Chinese sports," said Zhou Jinqiang, an official from China's sports general administration.
Dating back to Zhou Dynasty 3000 years ago Taylor Moton Jersey , Chinese wrestling was a well received sport in China. However, its popularity declined in the past two decades as China shift attention to freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling which are on the Olympic Games program.
Chinese wrestling had been the official sport of China's National Games from 1959 until it was removed in 1994.
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By Michael Place
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 10 (Xinhua) -- Victory for Brazil in their World Cup opener against Croatia on Thursday is vital to the team's chances of wining football's most coveted trophy for a sixth time, according to Selecao boss Luiz Felipe Scolari.
The 65-year-old warned his players could ill afford to trip in the Group A clash at Sao Paulo's Itaquerao stadium due to the resultant pressure in later matches.
""We need to win the first match to allow us to possibly slip-up in the second or third and still progress (to the knockout phase). Our tactical work has come a long way. There is little more to do before the first match.""
For Brazil Curtis Samuel Jersey , Thursday's clash will be followed by fixtures against Mexico on June 17 and Cameroon six days later.
Having slipped to 22nd in the FIFA world rankings in June last year, the Selecao are now third following 15 victories from their past 16 matches.
Included in that run was last year's Confederations Cup triumph, sealed with a 3-0 demolition of world and European champions Spain in the final.
But Scolari refused to bask in past glories as he underlined the importance of a positive start in Sao Paulo.
""What worries me is Croatia,"" Scolari said. ""It's important that we start the match well and pressure the opposition from the outset.
""When we score early it seems that everything falls into place. It makes the opponent change their strategy and often lose their way.""
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