China News News China » Sports: How China’s World Cup dream unraveled – and how it’s slowly growing again
As the World Cup grips North America this summer, China will again watch from the sidelines. But an unlikely story is bubbling up in the nation as Chinese fans cheer on unlikely amateur soccer players ...
News China » Sports: China bans 43 soccer players and officials for life for match-fixing
The Chinese Football Association has banned for life 38 soccer players and five club officials after a two-year investigation into match-fixing and gambling, as part of a crackdown on corruption in ...
News China » Sports: A soccer mystery: Why mighty China fails at the world's biggest sport
In April, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a company that makes humanoid robots. There he floated an idea to fix the country's woeful men's soccer team. “Can we have robots join the team?” Xi was ...
News China » Sports: Everything to know about 2025 China Open
Zheng Qinwen beat Mirra Andreeva in Beijing to become the first Chinese woman to win the China Open, claiming her first WTA 1000 title after elbow surgery. Serve On SI Every WTA 1000 champion so far ...
News China » Sports: China’s Medal Machine Runs On Depth. India Is Still Searching For Scale
India has talent but is still building a broader grassroots-to-elite pipeline through Khelo India and high-performance programmes The biggest gap lies not just in spending, but in infrastructure, ...
News China » Sports: China Sports Brands Score NBA Stars To Assist Global Ambitions
NBA star Kyrie Irving walked out onto a basketball court in southwest China to rapturous applause, his brightly coloured Chinese-made sneakers a vivid statement of domestic sportswear brands' ...
News China » Sports: China sets up new national sports arbitration centre
HONG KONG, Jan 3 (Reuters) - China opened its first national sports arbitration centre this week in Beijing, the capital, taking a key step to strengthen the legal framework for resolving sports ...
News China » Sports: China sports brands score NBA stars to assist global ambitions
CHENGU — NBA star Kyrie Irving walked out onto a basketball court in southwest China to rapturous applause, his brightly colored Chinese-made sneakers a vivid statement of domestic sportswear brands' ...