Sports Broadcast | The Bulls retired Ross jersey in January next year, and 4 Chinese table tennis players advance to the women s singles quarterfinals

Bulls will retire Rose jersey in January next year. On August 22, the Bulls' official social media announced that they will retire Derek Rose's jersey in the Bulls' game against the Celtics on January 24, 2026.

According to TickPick statistics, the tickets for the game soared after the announcement. At present, the lowest ticket price for the Ross jersey retirement battle has reached $315, with an average ticket price of $663, setting a record for the Bulls' history.

Ross was selected by the Bulls as the No. 1 pick in 2008. He played for the Bulls for seven seasons from 2008-16, playing 406 games for the team, averaging 35 minutes per game, scoring 19.7 points, 3.7 rebounds and 6.2 assists.

While playing for the Bulls, Ross became the youngest MVP in NBA history in 2010-11. In addition, he was selected as the All-Star three times and the All-Squad team one time. He was selected as the Rookie of the Season and was selected as the All-Rookie of the Season in the Rookie season.

It is worth mentioning that Ross will become the fifth player in the Bulls' history to be retired, with the top five being Jerry Sloan (No. 4), Bob Love (No. 10), Jordan (No. 23), Pippen (No. 33) and Russell (No. 6, retired in the league).

Sun Yingsha.

4 national table tennis players advanced to the women's singles quarterfinals

On August 21, the WTT European Grand Slam ended the women's singles quarterfinals. 7 national table tennis women's team played, and finally 4 people entered the women's singles quarterfinals.

In the 1/8 final of the women's singles, Sun Yingsha faced her old opponent Shina Hayata. In the end, Sun Yingsha defeated Shina Hayata 11-5, 11-8, and 11-5, and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the women's singles. This is a confrontation between the two after nearly a year after the Paris Olympics, and Sun Yingsha achieved a 17-game winning streak against Hayata Hina.

Sun Yingsha said after the game: "I think Hayata and I both performed well. The score seemed 3-0, but in fact the whole confrontation was very fierce. As I said yesterday, we have not fought for a year since the Olympics. We will be on the fight and focus on every point."

On the other side, Wang Manyu defeated Nagasaki Miyu 3-2. After winning the first game 11-8, Wang Manyu failed to seize the opportunity under the lead of 10-8 in the second game and was scored 4 points in a row by Nagasaki Miyu. Nagasaki Miyu, whose morale is getting stronger, took advantage of the situation to win the third game 11-8. Against the trend, Wang Manyu gradually let go. After winning the fourth game 11-7, she fell behind 5-7 in the decisive game and scored 6 points in a row, making it difficult to secure the victory.

Wang Manyu said: "The two sides played very well. The last time they fought with Nagasaki was two years ago. I think she has made a lot of progress in the past two years and has achieved good results recently. Today I didn't perform very well, and it was quite good to be able to bite it in the end."

In the other few games, facing the Brazilian player Takahashi Bruna who eliminated Mikazu Kazumoto, Chen Yi was behind 0-1 and won two consecutive games to overtake the score. Later, he was tied by his opponent and finally won the final victory 3-2.

Shi Xunyao lost the first game, won three consecutive games and defeated his teammate Kuai Man 3-1 with a big score. Wang Yidi lost to Japanese chopper Honoka Hashimoto again 1-3, while Chen Xingtong lost to German player Shabin Winter 1-3 and missed the promotion.

Zhang Benzhihe.

Jay Benzhihe was unlucky to Ahn Jae-hyun

On the evening of August 21, the 2025 WTT Swedish Grand Slam was in the men's singles 1/8 final. South Korean star Ahn Jae-hyun narrowly defeated Japanese star Zhang Benzhihe 3-2, and overwhelmed his opponent to advance to the men's singles quarterfinals.

In the first game, Ahn Jae-hyun showed a good form as soon as he came up and took the lead of 5-1. Jang Benzhihe once chased to 7-8, but Ahn Jae-hyun scored 2 points in a row at the critical moment and got the game point 10-7. Jang Benzhihe saved a game point, but Ahn Jae-hyun finally got the game 11-8.

In the second game, Jang Benzhihe adjusted his state and took a 5-0 lead from the beginning, and then expanded his lead to 9-2. Ahn Jae-hyun, who was too far behind, was unable to make the situation come back. In the end, Jang Benzhihe won the game 11-4, and the big score came to a 1-1 draw.

In the third game, Jang Benji-heo took the lead in the beginning, but Ahn Jae-heo then made a strong effort to overtake the score. After Jang Benji-heo tied 6, Ahn Jae-heo scored 3 points in a row, 9-6 and took the lead. After Jang Benji-heo chased another point, Ahn Jae-heo scored two points in a row, winning the game 11-7, and leading again 2-1.

In the fourth game, Jang Benzhihe once again made a huge lead of 8-1, but this time Ahn Jae-hyun stubbornly chased points. With Jang Benzhihe leading 10-4, Ahn Jae-hyun scored 5 points in a row and once chased to 9-10. At the critical moment, Zhang Benzhihe finally grasped the last game point, won the game 11-9, and tied the big score again. In the decisive game, Ahn Jae-hyun took the lead and took a huge lead of 7-2 from the beginning, and then took the lead 10-4 to get the match point. Zhang Benzhihe tenaciously saved four match points and chased 4 points in a row, but in the end, Ahn Jae-hyun won the final game 11-8, and eliminated Zhang Benzhihe 3-2 with a big score.

Zhang Motoka previously won the championship in the Yokohama Championship, and surpassed Hugo in the world ranking to rise to third. However, Zhang Benzhihe has a considerable score gap with Lin Shidong and Wang Chuqin, the top two in the world, and the world rankings cannot break through to the top two. Wang Chuqin was absent from this site. Zhang Benzhihe was originally an excellent opportunity to catch up, but he missed the quarterfinals and failed to narrow the points gap.

The total transfer expenditure in the Premier League summer window hit a record.

The total transfer expenditure in the Premier League summer window hit a record

The Premier League Leeds United Football Club announced on the 21st that it would introduce Swiss international Okafor for £18 million. Premier League clubs' total investment in the transfer market this summer has reached £2.37 billion, a record high.

The previous record for total recruitment expenditure in the Premier League summer transfer window was set in 2023, at 2.36 billion pounds. At present, there are still some major transactions in the negotiation stage. For example, Liverpool bids hundreds of millions of pounds to buy Newcastle United striker Isaac; Newcastle is discussing Visa's transfer with Brentford; Eze's transfer from Crystal Palace to Arsenal is almost completed. The total Premier League transfer spending will set another record before the summer transfer window closed on September 1.

At present, the top three signing players in the Premier League this summer are all from Bundesliga clubs, namely: from Leverkusen to Liverpool, the transfer fee is 100 million pounds; from Frankfurt to Liverpool, the transfer fee is 69 million pounds; from Leipzig to Manchester United, the transfer fee is 66.3 million pounds.

"Su Chao" ticket purchase will be subject to an appointment lottery system.

"Su Chao" ticket purchase will be implemented in the appointment lottery system

Jiangsu Urban Football League ("Su Chao") Organizing Committee issued an announcement on the 21st stating that from the 10th round of the competition, a unified appointment ticket purchase platform will be launched in the province, and the ticket purchase method will be adjusted from "title grabbing" to "Appointment + Lottery" system.

Organizing Committee stated that the Jiangsu Urban Football League ticket reservation and purchase platform was launched in the "Suzhou Service Office", indicating that the official unified ticketing platform has been completed and put into use. Starting from the 10th round (August 30 and 31), all competitions have been purchased through the ticketing platform (can be purchased through the "Su Service Office" App or Alipay and WeChat Mini Programs), and the original ticketing channel will no longer be used.

The ticket purchase method of "Su Chao" will also change from "title grabbing" to "Appointment + Lottery" system. Taking the 10th round as an example, from 0:00 on August 23 to 24:00 on August 24, all competitions will be booked. After the reservation is completed, the notary agency will draw a lottery to determine the winning result. Starting from 10:00 on the 27th, you can log in to the ticket reservation platform to view the winning results, and the winner will also receive a text message reminder. After confirming that the ticket is won, you must pay within the specified time before you can get the ticket. The quotas that have not been paid in time will be released and will be replaced in order of the candidate winning order.

Since the start of the "Soviet Super League" on May 10, as of the 9th round, the cumulative number of spectators in 54 games has exceeded 1.3 million, with an average of more than 24,000 spectators per game. The organizing committee stated that when ticket purchases were previously used to grab tickets, many people reported that there were difficulties in grabbing tickets, lag in the ticket sales platform system, and incomplete functions. This unified ticketing management and optimize ticket purchase methods are aimed at effectively solving the problem of difficulty in purchasing tickets and striving to improve the ticket purchase service experience of citizens and fans.