''Oriental Sports Daily'' (

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: 东方体育日报;

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: Dōngfāng Tǐyù Rìbào), formerly called ''Xinmin Sports'', was the first

sport Sport pertains to any form of Competition, competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and Skill, skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to specta ...

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, apart from ''

China Sports China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

''. After the investment from the three big state companies, it was renamed to be ''Oriental Sports Daily'', which was set up on May 18, 2002. It is owned by

Wenhui-xinmin United Press Group Shanghai United Media Group () is a state media company of the People's Republic of China, established on October 28, 2013, through the merger of the city's two largest newspaper groups, Jiefang Daily Press Group and Wenhui–Xinmin United Press ...

External links

Official website of ''Oriental Sports Daily''
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