Chinese football's love affair with big-name coaches continues. Soon after Marcello Lippi's return to the country last month to take charge of the long-suffering national team, Andre Villas-Boas was ...

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 looks increasingly like a ...

For Chinese football fans watching the 2026 FIFA World Cup from afar, the tournament offered more than a discussion about who lifted the winners' trophy. It has raised a more fundamental question: ...

BEIJING, June 16, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The expanded 48-team World Cup kicked off on Thursday. For fans worldwide, the central question remains unchanged: Who will lift the trophy? Alongside the ...

Shanghai Shenhua ensured the Chinese contingent made a perfect start to the new AFC Champions League Elite campaign on Tuesday -- following up Shandong Taishan's earlier win by coming from behind to ...

A foreign spectator watches a match alongside Chinese fans during a "Suchao" game in Jiangyin, Jiangsu province, on May 30. WAN CHENGPENG/FOR CHINA DAILY Notwithstanding the Chinese Football ...