China's football crisis: what's happened to Xi's XI?
String of defeats and finishing bottom of World Cup qualifying group comes a decade after Xi Jinping launched a football ...
China's U17 Football Team: A Guangdong Dream Pursuing World Cup Glory
In the landscape of international football, the Chinese men's senior team may not have made its mark in the World Cup arena, but hope is alive in the form of the U17 national team. This youthful squad ...
China's dream of becoming a football superpower lies in tatters
On a hot, humid Thursday night in Saitama, China's national football team hit its lowest ebb. With a minute left on the clock ...
Spanish beach football icon’s blueprint for Chinese talents
In the first home game of the 2025 season of the Chinese Super League (CSL), Beijing Guoan drew 1-1 with Chengdu Rongcheng in ...
Liverpool announce pre-season tour in Hong Kong, China and Japan
Liverpool previously visited Hong Kong for a pre-season tour in 2017 and made their last visit to Asia when playing in ...
China’s Initiative for Key Football Schools: A New Era for Youth Development
The application for key football schools comes under the auspices of various supportive measures initiated by the State Council, promoting an environment conducive to football's grassroots development ...
Xi’s plan to make China a football power is failing. Australia can deliver the killer blow
FIFA expanded the World Cup to 48 teams partly to give China a better chance to qualify. But unless they beat the Socceroos ...