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 ...

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 ...

Guangzhou FC, the most successful soccer club in Chinese history, disbanded on Monday due to crippling debts. The club, formerly known as Guangzhou Evergrande, has been unable to meet the Chinese ...

Chinese national football team head coach Shao Jiayi attends a news conference in Zhaoqing, South China's Guangdong Province ...

However, the significance of this achievement transcends the immediate results. The Chinese U23 side is on a quest to achieve something that has eluded them for over a decade: advancing past the group ...

It’s a few minutes before practice, and helmets and pads are heaped on an Astroturf field hard by Beijing’s smog-choked Fourth Ring Road. The sound of pre-training hip-hop from a nearby boombox merges ...

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 ...

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 ...