Photos: Football for Olympic competitions launched

Football for Olympic competitions launched (Photo credit: China Foto Press)

Football designed for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games was launched in Beijing on Sunday by adidas, an official partner of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. Featuring Chinese characters 'China' written by Former president of the Football Association of China Nian Weisi, the ball will be used in Olympic football preliminaries in Tianjin, Shanghai, Shenyang and Qinhuangdao, and the Olympic finals in the Olympic City of Beijing.

Nian Weisi introduces the football. (Photo credit: Sportsphoto.cn)

The Olympic football (Photo credit: Sportsphoto.cn)