The Chinese state TV on Tuesday aired interviews of former football officials confessing to bribe-taking that allegedly resulted in the poor performance of the team in international tournaments. He ...

We sit down with journeyman coach Pep Muñoz to discuss his time with La Masia and his stops in China and Cambodia. Whether in ...

FILE - A man looks at a kiosk displaying a newspaper with a photo of Chen Xuyuan, head of the Chinese Football Association, in Beijing, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File) BEIJING (AP ...

HONG KONG, May 17 (Reuters) - A decade after the splash of Chinese cash first made waves in the global football market, the once racing certainty that China would become a major player in the game ...

The Chinese national under-22 football team qualified for the Under-23 Asian Cup as one of four best-ranked runners-up team, after holding Australia to a scoreless draw at the qualifiers on Tuesday.

Sun Jihai, Chinese football's most famous export to the English Premier League, has warned that high-profile transfers must be accompanied by investment at the base of the game. Chinese clubs, and ...

Chinese investors are pulling out of European football en masse. In mid-2017 there were upwards of 20 Chinese-owned clubs in Europe. “There are now fewer than 10, and it’s a dwindling number,” said ...

Most of the time, Sima Nan is a cheerleader for his country and its ruling Communist Party. His posts on Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter, are often venomous about the West. But on February 20th ...