China football fans rent hotel rooms to dodge COVID-19 ban on spectators


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Enterprising Chinese Super League football fans skirted a COVID-19 ban on spectators by renting rooms at a hotel overlooking one of the closed stadiums. Chanting supporters of Shanghai SIPG and Tianjin Teda packed out the Sports International Hotel in Kunshan and were clearly audible as SIPG won 3-1 thanks to two goals by Brazilian Ricardo Lopes. The hotel is attached to Kunshan Stadium, near Suzhou, one of the neutral venues being used for this season's coronavirus-hit CSL. The campaign kicked off on Saturday (Jul 25) more than five months late with all games taking place behind closed doors in stadiums...