Three years of competition shows maturity! "Shangguan" stimulates basketball enthusiasm among the people in Shanghai

The deafening cries of Chengdu fans almost overturned the roof of the Phoenix Mountain Sports Park Ice Basketball Arena. With the extremely hot home atmosphere, the host Chinese university team defeated the Japanese university team 99-91 and won the women's basketball championship at the Chengdu University Games. As the undisputed ace player of the Chinese college women's basketball team, Han Xu competed as a 2019 student majoring in Human Resources Management at Antai School of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. In the fierce finals, she once again delivered a "quasi triple double" score of 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists, providing strong support for the Chinese women's basketball team to reach the top. In the 2023 season, Han Xu can be called a "model worker" and an "iron man" - she has represented the Sichuan women's basketball team in the WCBA, the New York Libertadores in the WNBA, the Chinese women's basketball team in the Asian Cup, and the Chinese national team

The long queue outside the official licensed retail stores has become a special scenic spot in this year's Universiade. In Chengdu, athletes, coaches, journalists, volunteers, and ordinary citizens all want to have a limited edition of Rongbao. The once popular "Bing Dwen Dwen" gave way to "Rongbao" and became the new top stream! The prototype of "Rongbao" is a giant panda named "Sesame" at the Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Base. Previously, among netizens, "Sesame" was selected as the prototype mascot for this year's Universiade with the highest number of votes. It is understood that the name Sesame comes from two reasons: firstly, its mother's name is Zhizhi, and secondly, it was born with a small black dot on its mouth, resembling sesame seeds hanging on its mouth after eating, hence the name Sesame. Sesame, who has just turned 6 years old this year, is very lively and active, and is a "sports enthusiast"

On the evening of the 29th, a special get-together was held in the village of the Chengdu Universiade. Volunteers invited athletes who celebrated their birthdays during the Universiade to the stage, and the audience sounded the blessing of "Happy Birthday. The night of singing and dancing is the youth of the Universiade. It's the arena, it's the big party. It is the wish of many foreign athletes to come to China to participate in the Universiade. They tell their "first impressions" of China through social media and through their "circle of friends". Everyone loves the Chengdu Universiade. Foreign athletes watch the show at the party. "The fastest dentist" works hard to learn Chinese Estonian track and field athlete Denis Sarmiana is a "net celebrity" athlete in the Universiade village: walking on the road, this big boy who has 2 million fans in Douyin is occasionally caught by Chinese athletes and

Editor's note: On July 20th, 2023, the FIFA Women's World Cup will be held in Australia and New Zealand. The Chinese women's football team will debut against Denmark in the group stage on the 22nd, followed by matches against Haiti and England. This Chinese women's football team has a strong "Shanghai color": head coach Shui Qingxia has long coached the Shanghai women's football team, and five international players including Zhang Xin, Zhu Yu, Wang Linlin, Tang Jiali, and Xiao Yuyi are from the Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank women's football team. In addition, overseas Chinese players Yang Lina and Shen Mengyu are also trained by Shanghai. On the occasion of the "Steel Rose" competing in the World Cup, the Liberation Daily's Shangguan News City Affairs Channel and the School of Journalism and Communication at Shanghai Sport University jointly launched the "Approaching the Women's Football World Cup" column, approaching the first "expansion" of 32 participating teams in the Women's Football World Cup, and exploring the Shanghai strength in the "Steel Rose"

On June 28th, Beijing time, the Chinese women's volleyball team will compete in the third week of the World Women's Volleyball League at the Suwon Station in South Korea. They will compete against world champion Serbia, Dominican, South Korean, and Tokyo Olympic champion US women's volleyball teams, making their final push to advance to the finals. The finals will be held in Arlington, USA from July 13th to 17th. Except for the host United States team, the other seven teams that have the best points in the pit stops will qualify for the finals. The Chinese women's volleyball team has achieved 6 wins and 2 losses with a total of 18 points, currently ranking 4th on the points table. In theory, the Chinese women's volleyball team can advance to the finals by winning two more games. It is difficult to fully grasp the Chinese women's volleyball match against Serbia and the United States, so it is necessary to ensure victory over the Dominican and South Korean women's volleyball teams. In the previous race at Hong Kong, China, the Chinese women's volleyball team lost to