HENAN, Central China — In the final minutes of the game, kung fu master-turned-soccer player “Mighty Steel Leg” Sing launches into the air and, with a seemingly light kick, sends the ball flying at ...

The development of Chinese soccer may be taking an odd turn as a dedicated kung fu master is nurturing young talents through a combination of Chinese martial arts with soccer, despite the sport's ...

Shaolin Soccer: Action comedy. Starring Stephen Chow, Ng Man Tat, Vicki Zhao. Directed by Chow. Written by Chow and Tsang. Kan Cheung (PG-13. In Cantonese with English subtitles. 87 minutes. At the ...

Rating: PG-13 for action violence and thematic elements. What it’s about: A Shaolin monk and his classmates form a soccer team using the principles of kung fu. The Kid Attractor Factor: Lots of goofy ...

After all the mounting hysteria among Sinophiles about how it would turn out -- including a rumored retitling to "Kung-Fu Soccer" -- Miramax's cut and English-dubbed version of Stephen Chow's ...

(CBS) - New sports should be like new foods; we should all try as many as we can. Case in point: women's World Cup soccer. Who thought that was going to be the game of the weekend? Well, now it's on ...

“Shaolin Soccer” is a silly sports comedy that I quite enjoyed. This a rip-roaring, special-effects-packed farce from Hong Kong is about a “Cinderella” kung fu soccer team led by martial arts ...

Combining sports to make new ones is not ground-breaking. Kids do it all the time with their friends at the park, and "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone famously did the same with the ...

In a BBC interview last week with Manchester United legend Eric Cantona, here’s what the Frenchman said about his infamous kung-fu kick against a Crystal Palace supporter… “When I did the kung-fu kick ...

If you haven't seen it, you need to watch Shaolin Soccer right now. This 2001 Chinese bonkers Martial Art movie was based on a popular Japanese Manga series called Captain Tsubasa. Creator Steven Chow ...

What the Marx Brothers were to the drawing-room comedy, Shaolin Soccer is to the martial arts movie. A combo platter of The Matrix and Bend It Like Beckham — and Kill Bill and Crouching Tiger and ...