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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...